If you want flat, you can modify your parting tool by filing a "V" on the
end, thereby making it capable of a cleaner cut. See the Sorby 1/16"
parting tool for an example. The points really run in well. Easier if you
have one of the old cheapie carbon steel types to do the filing and honing.

"Alan Van Art" wrote in message
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Thanks for the reply. I'm not sure I see how that could obtain the
same result. How would you turn the flat between the beads?

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