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Crazy (and lucky) or Common?
Crazy (and lucky) or Common?
Made a 1/16th, minus a little, inch wide parting tool from a used seven or eight inch long bayonet saw blade. Ground off the teeth and, with japanese water stones, tapered the sides a hair or two, got the top face and the slanted edge that tapers to form the nose nice and flat to create a cutting edge on the end. Even tapered the sides a little and polished the faces. Wrapped a folded up paper towel around the “handle” end and tried it out. “This works pretty nicely. I’m going to have to make a handle for this thing - maybe tomorrow.” Now I’ve used this tool a bit over the last several months, each time thinking “ I’m going to have to make a handle for this thing - maybe tomorrow.” Last nite I was making a simple cylindrical, cup - maybe three inches round and four inches or so long out of a green cherry plum branch. Was going to get the hollowing started with a forstner bit but the drawer they’re in was stuck. The drawer with the brad point bits still worked so I used the biggest one I have, a half inch, to drill a hole in the cup to the desired depth and reached for the 1/8th inch diamond parting tool to hog out some wood. I’m using a JET mini/midi and the head stock doesn’t turn for outboard work. That means I cant drop the handle enough to make shearing cuts so it’s a slow and laborious scraping task that isn’t much fun. “Hmmmm - I wonder how my shop made narrow parting tool would work? (I really should make a handle for this thing - maybe tomorrow)” Worked great in quarter inch depth passes to the maximum depth of about 3 1/2”. That’s about as much overhang from the toolrest as I was comfortable with, given the narrowness of the “tool” (I really should make a handle for this thing - maybe tomorrow.) Given that this thing is only 1/16th inch thick and a bit over 1/2” wide, was I crazy (and just lucky) to use this tool this way or is this a common use of a narrow parting tool? charlie b |