Using A Parting Tool

Never fails as soon as you throw something away you figure out you need it.

Using a parting tool. This video describes and demonstrates the proper use of the parting tool on a lathe. Maximize Cutting Tool Stiffness. A parting tool is also used to cut narrow slots wherever such a slot is needed.

I used an old Lennox Sawzall or Reciprocating Blade for the blade of my wood lathe parting tool. As with face turning the tool is fed from the periphery of the workpiece toward the center and the cutting speed is reduced to zero but here the similarities end. For example slots may be cut into a spindle blank to establish the diameter the spindle is to have at that point.

The main advantage is that the swarf falls down more easily and does not clog up. If using HSS parting blades grind andor hone the cutting edge to ensure its sharp. Parting uses a blade-like cutting tool plunged directly into the workpiece to cut off the workpiece at a specific length.

If using an indexable part-off tool check that the cutting insert is in good condition. Cutting technique as well as different uses for the tool are covered. My wife gives me a hard time about saving stuff I think I thru a whole box of old blades away thinking I would never sharpen them or use them again.

Parting or Cutoff Operations In parting operations the workpiece rotates while the tool carries out a radial feed movement. Another use for the wider tools is that of removing wood quickly when forming a tenon. This video shows the tricky technique of sharpening a v-chisel - also referred to as a parting tool.

Using a parting tool in the front toolpost the wrong way up It is sometimes suggested that there are advantages in using a parting tool in the front toolpost but the wrong way up. The tool is held in a small sub holder. I must have throw a couple hundred of those away throughout my lifetime.