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Ok I'm on to something new. I must have ADD! Can't stay on one thing for too long. I've been looking @ Youtube videos about making stacked ring bowls after cutting the rings on a lathe as opposed to band sawing the ring sections out. It seems that in order to use the lathe & cut the rings out a "thin parting tool" is used. My experience with a standard parting tool is to work the groove in widths that allow the tool to do its job & not bind in the cut. In the videos the author/presenter just rides the same groove until the ring is cut loose. All w/o binding in the cut. So my questions: #1 Does anyone know of a source for a "thin parting tool"? All the ones that I've seen seem to be about standard thickness. #2 The AAW forum has a Q & A that some respondents say to make your own from "sawzall or hack saw blades or a kitchen knife". In my mind all those are too thin and asking for trouble. And not just from SWMBO. #3 Can I make one from an OLD small file after grinding the teeth off the file and shaping the cutting point. How much of a PIA would that entail? I'm assuming that a file should be stiffer and less likely to break than a sawzall blade! #4 Any words of wisdom/caution? Thks smitty
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