How To Sharpen A Parting Off Tool

If youve used the bench grinder recently youll want to dress it removing the old bits of debris caught in the stone.
How to sharpen a parting off tool. The work was fed across the edge of the grinding wheel with a light inward pressure to make the cut. For a few seconds turn the grinder on and lower the tip of the parting tool onto the moving grinding wheel. Simply turn the wheel on and draw the tool across the surface of the stone.
Make sure your tool is. Then turn the workpiece round and face it to the right length. Parting tools of almost any sort seldom give the best possible finish.
In this example we are making a normal right handed tool for the lathe. Inspect the parting tool closely before using. S harpening this tool can be a real pain.
Sharpen cut off blade for lathe. This gets down to clean wood and it evens out the brass pins. Make sure your bench grinder is fastened securely to the floor with no wobble or give.
Then I used the disk sander to round off the corners and the wood end of the parting tool. The same amount of time turn the parting tool over and do the opposite side. If using an indexable part-off tool check that the cutting insert is in good condition.
I find that locking my carriage is an essential step to take in order to maximize rigidity. The un-skewed cutting edge of the parting tools actually makes them much easer to sharpen. If using HSS parting blades grind andor hone the cutting edge to ensure its sharp.