Customer Reviews for VEVOR 7"X14" Mini Precision Wood Lathe 550W Metal Bench Lathe Turning Machine

Fast delivery and exactly as described. Excellent product. JAMAICA RATINGS

Lots of lathe. Feels underpowered but that can be solved in time.

Overall a good machine for the money, had minor damage, emergency stop cover was broke metal cover dented, accessories are just sat on top after lathe is bolted in box. Contacted seller and they made it right. Takes a little effort to get everything zeroed in, but if you have any lathe knowledge this is a great buy for the money. I added a guide for thru chuck material to have a support. Primary use for me is building carbon fiber pool cue shafts. Would be nice if chuck bore was larger. Would recommend this machine. Overall good quality and a value

I really like this lathe and everything it came with I just have a problem with the fact that I didn't receive the model that I ordered and I don't know if the model I received is as good as the one I ordered. And because I didn't save my invoice and paperwork ont the crate I can't get a straight answer from customer service.

Heavy enough to be useful. I think it's a cast iron structure. Used it for steel, stainless, and a bunch of brass. All smaller parts. If you expect to turn some large parts with this, don't bother. At lower speeds the torque just isn't there. I haven't verified the threading accuracy, but I haven't had a problem using that function for a power feed. It's quiet, good speed range, and has decent guarding. Heck of a deal in my opinion.

Though the description says it is designed for threading, there is no thread dial, making threading problematic. Also, it arrived damaged, with the electronics housing partially crushed. And note it has a metric lead screw, not inch. Otherwise, seems ok.

Surprising quality compared to some of the similar mills i watched unboxing videos of. Even has metal thread gears instead of plastic!

After digging through several \"kissing cousin\" lathes (basically same as these under different brands and paint) and studying a couple dozen different youtube videos on unbox and set up, along with pros and cons, I was fully expecting to need quite a bit of work to get this thing running. I was pleasantly surprised as it came out of the crate with no damage at all. Set it up on the bench space and went to try it out. Drat! I thought maybe I had a warranty issue, so contacted seller, and was advised to make sure the safety shield over the chuck was down (Manual did not mention the safety switch to it!) - Paydirt! I continued through setup checks, and I didn't even need to do the vast majority of fine-tune adjustments - everything was dead on. I had to shim up the provided cutter bits but adjusted the thing around and chucked up a piece of brass dowel, turned the end of it down to a point, (to check tailstock alignment) and even tailstock was dead-on aligned. First project, making a drill guide for wooden dowels, and it turned out exactly as it should. I am loving this lathe so far, and can finally get around to the umpteen dozen little projects I had been wanting to do \"when I get a metal lathe\".. 5 Stars all the way, although the manual (VERY SPARSE) could have been better, you'll find plenty of youtube videos (a couple on this specific lathe, but the rest are more about techniques and adjustments) so even a beginner (I havent run a metal lathe since 1989) can get set up and running nicely!

The package arrived on time and in mint condition. Using to make items for the home.

I love this little lathe. It is a benchtop lathe, so there is a definite limit to what can be accomplished with it. The passthrough of the chuck will limit the size of the material both in diameter and length, but it works really well on smaller projects (which is what it is designed for). I've done external and internal milling of material as well as some boring operations. Once I got everything aligned, which you will have to do upon initial setup, it has been great. I bought the set that included the metal gears. I have not installed the metal gears yet and have been using the installed plastic ones. When the operation gets a bit restricted, by depth or hardness of the material, I have found that the plastic gears will slip and grind. I plan on swapping in the metal gears soon. I have purchased other Vevor lathe tools to experiment with the various operations. I've turned mild steel round stock, tube steel, aluminum, hardened steel (very difficult with the plastic gears) and Delrin. I've found that it performs well on nearly everything that I've tried thus far. Their is a little movement in some of the parts and if you try to tighten it up too much, it restricts the movement of the tooling. Overall, I'm very happy with the purchase for my uses so far. I plan on installing the steel gears and my Vevor, 4 jaw chuck to play around with some other operations.