How To Make A Wood Lathe Parting Tool

You have to remove more material to make a parting tool than most any of the other blade types.

How to make a wood lathe parting tool. This cut is always at right angles to the axis of the lathe. Blade width -18 Cutter width - 532 nominal. Simple Parting Tool technical details.

With the lathe Off place the tool about 12 to the right of the groove and find the position where the cutting edge just begins to engage the wood with the bevel rubbing. I think I used a 30 minute epoxy to glue the handles together. After watching a video from Mike Peace on Making and Using Beading and Parting Tools I ordered 4 HSS Square Cutting Tool Bits Bar 8mm x 8mm x 200mm that would be about 516 x 7 78I paid around 11 dollars for 4 of these you can find them here HSS Cutting Bits.

Using My New Parting Tool. When youre ready to part your work from your stock reach for our Easy Parting Tool. Make Your Own Beading and Parting Tool from 8mm HSS tool blank.

Setting sawzall blade into the 5 minute epoxy. You turn your blank round between centers on the lathe. This was on a 14 blank and it probably took me a good 15 to 20 minutes of grinding to get it right.

This video covers how to properly grind the tool how to set the tool so it is ri. Remember this position because its where you start when you roll a convex surface. You can get 30 minute epoxyyep just click on that link or check out your local big box store.

Handle blanks one is chiseled out to hold the sawzall blade and the other is chiseled out to hold some of the 5 minute epoxy. On the bottom end you make a tenon with your parting tool. Parting tools of almost any sort seldom give the best possible finish.