How To Use A Wood Lathe Parting Tool

As you do this practice looking at the horizon rather than directly at the cutting edge.

How to use a wood lathe parting tool. Learn the components of your lathe. Make sure your tool is. Parting tools of almost any sort seldom give the best possible finish.

A basic wood lathe consists of a bed headstock tailstock and tool rest. Using My New Parting Tool. Our 2nd generation Easy Parting Tool cuts clean provides precise and stable control with a flexible approach for side cutting and undercutting techniques.

Turn the grinder on and lower the tip of the parting tool onto the moving grinding wheel for a few seconds. Another important step is to make sure the cutting tip of your parting tool is right on the center line of the piece you are parting. Stand the tool on edge on the tool rest with its blade at a 90 angle to the workpiece.

The headstock consists of the drive train including the motor pulleys belts and spindle and for a right handed turner will be located on the left end of the lathe. Parting can be seen as simply cutting a groove in a workpiece that is so deep that it cuts the workpiece off the bar. This cut is always at right angles to the axis of the lathe.

Then I used the disk sander to round off the corners and the wood end of the parting tool. The parting tool has an angle of around 50 degrees. Hold the wood lathe tools in your right hand firmly but not overly tight.

Being excited I went to the wood lathe to try out the new parting tool. I find that locking my carriage is an essential step to take in order to maximize rigidity. Other uses include things such as cutting the head off a bolt.