Mini Metal Lathe 60W 12,000 RPM, 4-Axis All-Machine Tool for Soft Metal Wood Acrylic Plastic, Precision Micro Lathe with Safety Guard Quick Indexer 0.02mm Scale (Gold Silver Aluminum Copper)

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.

If you want to learn these are good to start. You'll be able to do very light materials and get a feel for things. The tool holders are not super standard and finding replacements is a pain. But for learning it's not terrible. Do keep in mind this is low wattage so don't expect it to take a beating. If the tool holder were better and more stable I'd give it a higher rating.

I will admit I was potentially using this outside of what it was meant to do. The description of it says it's for soft metals so I got this with the hopes to turn out some small precise brass pieces which may have been too hard. That aside, the entire construction of this was insanely loose. Even after tightening up the assembly, the whole thing still had some give where it couldn't properly hold the tool against the piece I was cutting - the jaw would actually push away. The thing that made me give up on this item was that even after tightening the chuck to the point the bar bent, pieces would still slip out. It just absolutely can't hold onto anything. I bought this hoping to save some money and space and to make some precision parts on my own. On the other end of things I realize I should have just gone with a much more intentional mini lathe. It was ambitious of me to think this would make pieces successfully.

Good quality for the price. Good starting matching to learn the basics and do light metal work.

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.

Overall seems to work ok at least for wood blanks so far. For the size is kind of heavy which feels like decent quality. Some of the actuation screws for the movable tool seem kind of small and wobbly using only one support makes me worry it could break. I wish this had variable speed on it but it does not. The rough adjustments on this also require a screwdriver and allen key while works it is kind of annoying i think. Wish had something simpler to change.

I can't even do the single thing I purchased it for - which is center drilling requiring either a chuck or collets in the tail stock. Many competitive products of the same lathe ( different colors) come with generous accessories. It has sticky inserts in its base but no feet are supplied. Missing about 1/2 the screws and things in the "user manual". The chuck and tailstock have non-typical thread (m12x.75) which seems unique to this product. Even though the seller cheaped out on accessories, at least he could supply links to sources for needed parts. It's still a pretty lathe. But not at all useful except making pencils or pens

Not a bad tool, shuts off too if you jam it. The instructions are non existent though.

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.

das gerät tut, was es verspricht. klein kompakt, vielseitig. habe es schon ausprobiert. Messigverarbeitung ist wohl grenzwertig, aber das verspricht es ja auch nicht - weichmetalle - und messing ist halbhart. vorsichtig und langsam geht auch das. wenn man kleine kunsthandwerkliche dinge machen will, ist es wohl eine sehr preiswerte lösung

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.

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

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.