I am not in warranty because I did not get to use for over a year after I bought due to extreme illness. I just got it setup and made 10 small snowmen over three days. While sanding the final snowman the lathe stopped working . I touched the motor housing , and found it to be very hot. I turned off the lathe and let it cool, when I attempted restart it did not work. I unplugged the lathe from the outlet and removed the motor cover . I found the ground wire broke , and power wires fell off the switch. The insulators were not over the connectors so if the wires had touched the housing I could have been shocked. I disassembled the motor and found signs of overheated brunt wires. I checked the required wire size for that size motor, and found the wires used was under sized, making the unit unsafe. They used 18/2 wire should have been at least 14/2. T he connectors that fell off were a different material than the switch making them expand and contract at different rates, making them come lose. Do not buy this unsafe product.