High Power 60W Powerful Mini Metal DIY 4-axis Rotating Lathe Lathes Machine Tools with Base 12000 RPM for Wood Soft Metals Plexiglass Plastic

This lathe is a tremendous product. It offers precision motor control allowing the most precision work for the most delicate and intricate creation. It's quite a small lathe, so not one you would use for making staircase spindles, but ideal for making precision items for doll houses etc. I wish I had one of these when I was helping my son with his GCSE DT project. It would have proven to be very useful, however with most tools, you do need to wear safety equipment such as goggles and gloves to prevent any harm. I'm still a newbie on this, but since I always wanted one, I've got plenty of ideas on where I can use this to create some nice crafts. This is very versatile in with having plenty of adjustments available to get finite quality materials produced.

Should/could of been a very useful product, however,the product didnt work.

I’m very pleased with this lathe. I bought it to help with desktop 3D printed projects and have used it from the box to turn down some brass motor couplers. It seems well built and is good for small jobs. I would recommend swapping out the cross head bolts supplied for hex socket cap heads though. Only 4 stars as it didn’t come with bolts for the base.

Kind of cute, but very light duties only, e.g. plastic or wood. Struggles with aluminium.

Gut für die Bearbeitung kleiner Teile. Ich habe Messing bearbeitet und gute Ergebnisse erzielt. Allerdings ist die Drehmeissel Klemmung meines Erachtens etwas zu schwach ausgelegt. Ich empfehle zumindest den Einsatz einer Innensechskantschraube. Gut wäre eine Klemmung, die an zwei Punkten ansetzt.

Es fantástico, tienes un control muy preciso del motor con lo que lo que puedes realizar trabajos de mucha precisión, es ideal para trabajos delicados. Es pequeño por lo que es ideal para trabajos a pequeña escala. Me funciona perfectamente, estoy trabajando pequeñas piezas de madera. La calidad de la máquina es muy buena, realmente por el precio que tiene estoy muy contento. Creo que es un muy buen punto de partida si quieres empezar en este mundillo de operar tornos. En resumen un pequeño torno pero con muy buena calidad y una gran precisión y muy buena potencia. sirve para lo que está pensado, pequeñas piezas que requieran trabajos de mucha precisión.

The negative reviews appear to be from people who are trying to use this lathe beyond its intended purpose. This is a very small lathe designed to be used for wood, plastic and very soft metals. If you’re intending to use it for steel buy a lathe intended for steel. The instructions with it are useless but that’s typical for products from China. This works perfectly for me as I am making wooden rings. The only modification I made was to widen the T-slot to accommodate 1/4 carbide tipped cutters. The quality of the machine is very good not perfect but for the price I’m well pleased. I added a PWM speed controller to make it have variable speed control. I have a lot of machining experience so setup and adjustments were not a problem. As with any lathe whether $200 or $2000 it has to be setup correctly or it just won’t work worth a dime. This is an excellent place to start if you’re wanting to learn how to operate a lathe. I hope this helps in your decision making process.

Wish there was a variable speed option but other than that completely satisfied.

TOY. I set it up and tries to cut a plastic blank. It spun, balanced nicely, but cutting was odd. Little vibration and not a good cut. I assumed it was the material. I chucked a bit of bronze, my target material. Cut OK, but when I stopped it I saw the actual cut wasn't actually round. Lotta bouncing. The stacking to get that extra axis makes the rest a noodle, and no amount of slowing down will correct for that. As a $200 spindle to polish a part... Maybe. Just maybe. Not useful for actually cutting things.