BestEquip Metal Lathe 7x14inch Precision Bench Top Mini Metal Lathe 550W Precision Metal Lathe Variable Speed 50-2500 RPM Nylon Gear with A Movable Lamp

The only complaint would be the lack of a manual. I had a similar machine before so it was not a problem.I was not aware of it being a metric machine.

Much better product than we expected for this price!

It seems to work good, the plastic chuck guard was broken , and there was no lamp like the picture showed. Otherwise I'm happy with it.

A bit small but nice tight tolerance even if it was broken and missing partsAbout .001 inch out after setting it up not too shabbyGarage wheel was cracked when I opened crate (that had a hole in corner and not all of the change gears arrived with lathe)But like any true machinist not gonna send back angsiety too high to wait a month for issues to be resolvedAll in all not bad

Well , it came in early…. That’s about as much of a compliment I’m going to give. The center is far from center. Handles we broken (okay I’m a machinist no problem) went to mount the lathe to the table and there were two broken off taps in both the back leg support cast. Gears shift is terrible. Low rpm is not concentric with vibration so I wouldn’t recommend any speed less than max (probably cheap bearings) . The dead man stock is very difficult to use because the nut hangs on every center cast support so somebody didn’t do their math correctly…..Yes I’m going to keep it and make my own parts to improve it but it’s pretty terrible value for the money..

I bought this as my first lathe. These machines, no matter which brand, are a little finicky and require tuning to get working properly. I gave this purchase a 5 star because I had an issue with the lathe that was sent and the vendor responded to me promptly and went above and beyond to take care of me. Thank you so much!!! I will buy from this vendor again. The lathe is accurately represented. If you are new to lathe work, take the time to clean and tune the machine before you start, take the control panel cover off and add a small piece of plastic or protection over the control board to ensure no metal shavings hit the control board, tighten the gibs and mount the machine to a table.

i really like this lathe and it’s a great starter lathe that has a lot of accuracy!

Very good garage machine. I use mine to make motorcycle parts and other little jobs just recently used it to turn down a set of race car shock mounts it dose an excellent job. You have to center up the tail stock check all screws and bolts and set the cross slide tension. I recommend adding a live center, drill chuck, quick change tool post and good quality tooling.