Thread: Narrow beads with skew

Yes.

You might be interested in my tamed skew, then.

You might consider making a beading tool. They are quite easy to make. Take a flat blade screwdriver. Drill a hole hear the tip with the appropriate size drill. Then cut or grind away metal until you have a half a bead shape. The grind the sides down the spacing you want between the beads or you can grind them down to a point if you want no spacing. Grind some relief on the front. To sharpen I just polish the top surface using diamond hones. I polish it close to a mirror finish.
I make mine using Drill rod. I heat the tip red hot and flatten it. Then I go through the same procedure as above. Then I heat treat it to harden the cutting surface. This makes a thicker tool that chatters less than the screwdrivers.

Second that. For repetitive work that's what I would do also. Then again, I find more satisfaction in tool making than in turning...