How To Use A Wood Lathe Parting Tool
Learn the components of your lathe.
How to use a wood lathe parting tool. Used primarily for parting off pieces of wood. 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. Stand the tool on edge on the tool rest with its blade at a 90 angle to the workpiece.
The other hand is ready to catch the turning as the wood separates and comes off of the lathe. This cut is always at right angles to the axis of the lathe. Parting tools of almost any sort seldom give the best possible finish.
Turn the grinder on and lower the tip of the parting tool onto the moving grinding wheel for a few seconds. Part-off Tool Inspection. I shaped the end of the blade like the Sorby Parting Tool double angle look.
Video on how to properly sharpen and use HSS parting. Use one hand to hold the parting tool. I find that locking my carriage is an essential step to take in order to maximize rigidity.
Then I used the disk sander to round off the corners and the wood end of the parting tool. Touch the tip of the tool to the workpiece at the 1030 position when viewed from the tailstock Photo J. With any parting tool start by placing the tool rest parallel to the workpiece and slightly below its centerline.
Other uses include things such as cutting the head off a bolt. Can also be used for feathering cuts small beads and sizing cuts. Inspect the parting tool closely before using.
