VEVOR Metal Lathe, 210x800 Mini Lathe Machine, 2500 RPM Variable Speed Change, 750W Precision Mini Lathe, Metal Working Lathe with Brushless Motor, Milling Machine for Various Metal Turning

I ordered this Lathe after months of reading reviews, watching various manufacturers and models on U-Tube, viewing feedback on the various websites, etc. I have a mechanical background and have been using tools and equipment in and out of the shop for upwards of fifty five years, from what I was reading and seeing the majority of the issues listed are the same you would have with setting up any precision machine. Knowing that, and the fact it had the brushless motor option. Brushed motors will not perform in a 7" X 10" lathe let alone a 8" 210X800 bench top beast. I was pleasantly surprised that the manual included with the lathe said in fact that this is the current production lathe powered by a 1100 Watt brushless motor - even better or so I thought.It arrived in due time with some light forklift damage to the shipping package clearly noted by the shipper and me, the damage to the lathe was mostly in the back splash area. My son gave me a hand mounting her to the bench, good and level ready for a good cleaning. The lathe had a good coat of cosmoline, No rust Good, No metal filings or grinding debris, Good.What this Behind the motor cover? A small brushed DC motor, brush caps and all, and a equally small DC motor Controller board. What? I honestly wonder how many Vevor customers think they bought a lathe with a brushless motor from Vevor lathe? I contacted Vevor and was told in writing "to date as of March 2023. None of our lathes have ever had a brushless motor Not a single one!" They also said "750 watt brushed motor is standard equipment for this Lathe". Their misleading ads... No assets in the USA...Back to the good part whoever built this lathe and assembled it did it like they were working in Colonial Hong Kong! Hats off to them. I really mean Hats off to them! Everything was in the box, metal gears, center rest, Live center, dead center. Ways are properly ground and true. The Chuck and spindle runout almost perfect. The only real issue besides the motor is the the indicator for the slide rest is on back of the saddle with no indicator or alignments marks whatsoever which is really strange? There are a few casting flash areas here and there, minor paint overspray and of course the terrible performance from the little DC Brushed motor that belongs in a manual treadmill of something that doesn't require a motor at all. The finishes I have achieved are probably a seven to eight out of ten, the DC motor stalls on even the smallest of cuts and the lead screw is too fast out of the box.The Vevor manual says they will honor a one year warranty for defects in material and workmanship when used as intended. Hopefully my Vevor motor and board will last that long?If I decide to keep this lathe the motor and controller will be the first parts to go. Overall the machine it self is almost perfect out of the box. A diamond in the rough! I would purchased this lathe again of course with the correct motor and controller...

Significant issues, all fixable but extremely time consuming even with experience and ready access to other equipment.- Can't turn it on so that it stays on (just "blips"). After a good deal of troubleshooting I pulled the power switch and associated interlock safety guard, rewired with a commercial high current toggle switch.- Can't move the carriage in Z. The underside of the bed was machined with an outrageous 3/4mm bow, so any adjustment to the gibs only works in about an 80mm travel range in Z. I disassembled the lathe completely and re-cut the underside of the bed true to the top. I also made a set of UHMW gibs with a machined in step to actually sit flat as they should. As received they were grinding away at the corners of the bed.- Can' turn or drill anything straight. The head stock was about 3/4mm for every 100mm out of line with the bed axis, tail stock was even worse at roughly 2mm off axis. It's not adjustable for this magnitude inherently, so I disassembled and milled clearance for custom shims, then re-assembled.- Lead screw gears can't mesh properly. The lead screw pillow block near the head stock has about 1.5mm slop, roughly half the tooth height of the feed gears. This should be .05mm at most. The tailstock end was fine here.The plus side is that it's cheap for it's size and bore, and the drive system is fairly robust.It's completely clear what's going on here from checking other reviews, the mfr is taking "bad/scrap" parts and building very low cost machines out of them - horrible in quality but just good enough to stay above being fraudulent.When enough bad reviews pile up they yank the old listing and list it again freshly to make it seem like a new product.I got this machine as a second ops lathe for a specific part family I'm making, was considering scratch-building a lathe for the purpose and in retrospect I probably should have. Avoid.