jnwilliams
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If I wanted to buy a cheap lathe to simply for installing my own tips and keeping them shaped?
how about shaping it?Learn by doing. Use cheap dowels and junk cues. . Get started. You will gain experience every time you work on a tip. Never mind how it looks at first. Getting started and doing is the teacher.
There are different techniques I used a box cutter blade for the tip radius. I reduce the diameter with the lathe cutting burrs. Did you see any lathes you like? As for shaping. There are tip shapers or you can simply curl a piece of 60-80 grit sandpaper and scuff into a radius of your liking. Once you get a lathe you’ll know what you need as you go along. Lathes are fun. You are not limited to just tips. Watch utube videos to get ideas how to apply/shape a tip. Some are better than others.how about shaping it?
Can’t answer … don’t know. Honestly it’s most likely junk. The person doing the demo must hate his lungs.
would a chinese lathe be sufficient?
If you want to do just tips. The mini-lathes (HF ect) would be good enough. Just need a way to make a rest for the back of the shaft.
would a chinese lathe be sufficient?