Parting

Parting or grooving operation in lathe

A single point cutting tool is characterized by the presence of only one active cutting edge in the tool body that participates in material removal action during machining. Turning tool, boring tool, parting tool, shaping tool, planing tool and fly cutting tool are examples of single point cutters. In contrary, a multi-point cutting tool contains several active cutting edges that simultaneously take part in machining. For example, milling cutter, reaming