How To Sharpen A Thin Parting Tool
On a thin parting tool I only sharpen.
How to sharpen a thin parting tool. Just a slight touch to the grinder is all thats needed. Then I used the disk sander to round off the corners and the wood end of the parting tool. The Robert Sorby Narrow Parting Tool is designed to produce a clean cut with minimal waste this narrow parting tool features a double bevel cutting tip for fast clean cuts and 1-14 blade to eliminate flex and twist thats inherent to narrow blades.
It wobbles a bit much and tends to round the cutting edge. You can easily sharpen a parting tool on a diamond card or paddle. This flattens and dulls the cutting edges but you can use these flat edges as a guide to maintain the desired profile.
I then cut the end of the blade off to square it off and I cut and ground down the teeth. I even show some very close ups of the edge. Double Angle Sorby Thin Parting Tool I shaped the end of the blade like the Sorby Parting Tool double angle look.
Learn how to sharpen a parting tool on your bench grinderShop sharpening supplies. I find a credit-card-sized hone to be hard to control on the narrow surface of a thin parting tool. Being excited I went to the wood lathe to try out the new parting tool.
On a diamond parting tool I alternate sides to even the wear. Tool rest roughly at center. Begin by grinding just a small portion of the tip like the picture.
Next I took the blade over to the disk sander and ground it down to bare metal. 1 Its difficult to sharpen the bevels of a parting tool and arrive at the correct side profile with the ears leading the nose. Unless the cutting edge is in really bad shape you may not need anything more than a hone to do the job.
