Alternative parting

[Aron Fast]

New turner here:
I don’t have a thin parting tool so I used my dewalt oscillating saw with the lathe turning at 150 rpm.

Seemed to work ok. I guess I could have used my Japanese saw instead.

 

[Dean Center]

When you make boxes, in order to get the best grain match, you want the cut that parts top and bottom to be as narrow as possible (and not booger up the nice surface you have on the mating surface of each). Your Japanese saw will be better at that, with the lathe off. Unless you're a production turner, why be in such a hurry?

 

[hockenbery]

Good advice above
On dry hardwoods I’ve used both a fret saw and hack saw to cut a thin Kerf
I run the lathe backwards put the blade in backwards
A slow speed cuts away from the handle.
Nothing bad has ever happed but if it did everything is moving away

Used this a lot to cut most of the turning tenon off before gluing ornament finials into ornaments
When I finish the ornament held in a chuck with a 1/2- 3/4” tenon, I pull the tenon partway out and tighten the chuck and saw it off so I get the shortest tenon for gluing

 

[Bill Alston]

I start with a thin parting tool then finish off with a small Japanese style pull saw, sold by the likes of Aldi and Lidl.

 

[John K Jordan]

I don’t have a thin parting tool so I used my dewalt oscillating saw with the lathe turning at 150 rpm.

You can make a thin parting tool from a saw blade. Alan Lacer shows how he does it in his DVD Woodturning Shopmade Tools and Jigs.
I suspect there is also plenty of info online. Basically, find a good saw blade, grind off the teeth, sharpen the end, and make a handle.
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I've also used small hand saws and japanese style pull saws, but only with the lathe off. That makes it difficult to make a straight cut.

With the wood turning I'd definitely use the reverse.

Edit: I see a lot of youtube videos on making parting tools. Remember, there are good videos and some not so good and some just bad.

JKJ

 

[hughie]

You can make a thin parting tool from a saw blade. Alan Lacer shows how he does it in his DVD Woodturning Shopmade Tools and Jigs.
I suspect there is also plenty of info online. Basically, find a good saw blade, grind off the teeth, sharpen the end, and make a handle.
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I've also used small hand saws and japanese style pull saws, but only with the lathe off. That makes it difficult to make a straight cut.

With the wood turning I'd definitely use the reverse.

Edit: I see a lot of youtube videos on making parting tools. Remember, there are good videos and some not so good and some just bad.

JKJ

I have several large reciprocating power hacksaw blade 32mm x 500mm x 2.5mm. The whole blade is HSS, not bad, but you need to keep the overhang to a minimum.

 

[Bill Alston]

Someone gave me a piece of a HSS saw blade a while back. I *drilled a couple of holes in it, I just need to make a handle for it now.

* I don’t have any carbide drills so I sharpened a Masonry drill and that worked fine.

Edit: I finally got round to making some handle scales from Cherry. Blade is black as I cleaned it up with some acid.