I have been using my cue lathe for cleaning mostly because I am still nervous about putting a hand-held blade near my ferrule, is there a video out there somewhere that shows how to trim a tip with a blade on a lathe, thanks Sam.
be careful it takes some getting use to i sugest you have some kind of pin rest that you can lay your knive on like the video without this rest the blade could jump and catch the ferrule or even the tip remeber practice makes perfect try doing some house cues first
I swear by cuejoe's videos! I changed to freehand trimming with a knife blade after I watched one. Also a video from Black King tips install was helpful to me.