How To Sharpen A Thin Parting Tool
As a woodturner you need to know how to sharpen your woodturning tools.
How to sharpen a thin parting tool. I then cut the end of the blade off to square it off and I cut and ground down the teeth. Double Angle Sorby Thin Parting Tool I shaped the end of the blade like the Sorby Parting Tool double angle look. On a thin parting tool I only sharpen.
Handel up the top edge of the parting tool engages the wood and the tool handle goes down making a parting cut with the topmedge of the tool until the lower bevel is on the wood then do the peeling cut. Tool rest roughly at center. You should have the groove go all the way from edge to edge so the parting tool can slide easily up to the wheel.
This flattens and dulls the cutting edges but you can use these flat edges as a guide to maintain the desired profile. A hone is quite effective because of the small surface area involved. I even show some very close ups of the edge.
This narrow Robert Sorby Nick Cook Parting Tool is a favorite of Nick Cook when he needs to make narrow controlled cuts such as the grooves on honey dippers. Take a look at the Sorby tool. How to Sharpen a Parting Tool.
You can easily sharpen a parting tool on a diamond card or paddle. A trick I learned from Stewart Batty to leave a sharp corner Is to start the parting Point down handle up. Double Angle Sorby Thin Parting Tool I shaped the end of the blade like the Sorby Parting Tool double angle look.
Next I took the blade over to the disk sander and ground it down to bare metal. Then I used the disk sander to round off the corners and the wood end of the parting tool. I have watched several YouTube videos on how to sharpen it and every one of them gives different methods.
