How To Sharpen A Parting Tool

The idea is to turn an old used sawzall blade into to tool make a handle of wood and used some epoxy and brass rod for rivets or whatever they are called in knive handles.

How to sharpen a parting tool. You can easily sharpen a parting tool on a diamond card or paddle. A sharpening jig sy. This is easy to do using a diamond sharpening tool.

On a diamond parting tool I alternate sides to even the wear. 1 Its difficult to sharpen the bevels of a parting tool and arrive at the correct side profile with the ears leading the nose. Loosen the tool post align the edge of the Be careful to not drop the 1-2-3 block.

This flattens and dulls the cutting edges but you can use these flat edges as a guide to maintain the desired profile. On a thin parting tool I only sharpen. If youve used the bench grinder recently youll want to dress it removing the old bits of debris caught in the stone.

Make sure your bench grinder is fastened securely to the floor with no wobble or give. Ensure the parting tool is perpendicular to the face of the chuck you can use a 1-2-3 block whose surfaces are ground to be parallel to one another. I lightly rub the bevel on the tool against the card or paddle until I can see that the surface of the bevel has been refreshed.

BA DA Bing BA DA Boom. The same techniques used to sharpen a skew can be applied to these tools so let me refer you to the article on sharpening skews. Shape it a little on the disk sander and fine tune the cutting tip.

In general the method is to use either a grinder or belt sander and then. Sure its a great tool when parting-off deeply into the wood as the diamond shape helps to reduce friction. Starting On Parting Tool Project.