VEVOR Mini Metal Lathe, 8"x14", Mini Lathe Machine 2250 PRM Variable Speed Change, Precision Mini Lathe 650W Metal Working Lathe, Milling Machine for Various Types of Turning

When buying a low cost mini-lathe appreciate you are buying a starting point that will need adjustment and some upgrades to build into a precise shop tool. The Vevor MX8-14 has exceeded my expectations for the money, knowing I would need to do this work. I have extensive experience on larger machines. I am using my MX8x14 in my home shop to machine steel and getting good results. Upgrades I would strongly recommend: - Disassemble, clean and file off any burrs on the ways, grease (not just oil) and adjust each stage as firm as possible - Add an OXA Tool post 250-000, allows correct tool height adjustment and significantly increases stiffness - Indexable 3/8" 10mm carbide shank tool set - necessary for steel. The HSS tools that come with the unit are not great. - Vevor welding table with wheels - 36" x 18" - makes it easy to roll into place and setup (requires drill 2 holes to bolt on) - Electronic digital dial with magnetic base. fits perfectly on the tool stage, for precise depth adjustments. When properly setup I find this a very useful and capable mini-lathe, if you are realistic about what it can do and how it needs to be operated. Also - bonus, this lathe works great for starting die threads on posts - see pic. I am building a mini e car suspension and doing a lot of machining and threading of steel rods. In the video I show how I am able to precisely machine steel with my MX8x14. Some positive points on construction. All metal gears!! Many low cost lathes use nylon. Direct drive to spindle, smooth and effective. Digital variable speed adjust (not a series of belts and pulleys to adjust) SOO nice!! Head stock is solid, good locking mechanism. Other upgrades I made: live center, drill chuck, I removed the back cover and chuck safety cover (big machines never have this) - much easier to work on the machine. when open. If you appreciate setting up and learning to machine on a mini-lathe is a project, this Vevor lathe can be a very capable and enjoyable tool to work with at a fraction of the price of larger and more expensive mini-lathes.

Perfect machine for the DIYer to make small precision parts. If you have the ability to imagine it ,and the technical skills to do it, you can accomplish some really amazing stuff on this small compact lathe. It is powerful and accurate and very versatile. For those who need a great little machine to create things on I can most heartily recommend this unit as one of the best home shop investments I've ever made. Most highly recommended. Update: Product still works fine but I need to let everyone out there know that if you encounter problems with your VEVOR products, that assistance from VEVOR may or may not be available. I was recently informed by the VEVOR customer and product support people that they would make warranty claim repairs, but that they refused to sell or make repair parts for their products available for me to make repairs to my items, that they only sold complete units. Stupid policy, since most items that can cost such a great deal of money are usually expected to last longer than just the warranty period and that they should be repairable when the normal warranty period expires or when things happen that necessitate making repairs due to mishaps that can occur, that are not covered by warranty. To be told that I have to spend the money for an entire new unit when all that is needed is something as small and simple as a screw-on ferrule nut, that even with shipping costs could only amount to a few dollars, which by the way I was more than willing to pay for, is both idiotic and unjustifiable. The lack of concern and support from VEVOR has completely and permanently soured me on the brand and all my future purchases will be from other sources. I will be sure to carefully check customer reviews with a particularly close eye on comments about the company's customer service ratings!

Seems pretty decent for a hobby or beginner, I don't really care for the tooling that comes with it. I'm just getting into this, so a lot of that could just be me. The shield was missing a screw when I opened the crate, I didn't see it in there anywhere, but can be easily replaced with a small machine screw.

This lathe is great for beginners, but also remember what you're buying. This is a project dressed up as a lathe, it has many problems that you can actually fix with the lathe itself, you can turn it's own parts for it fairly easy. Out of the box you need to clean up everything, tighten gibs, oil ways and gears. as the lathe comes, everything is loose and sloppy, but you can tighten gibs and screws to make it pretty tight and rigid. I've turned brass, aluminum, copper, mild steel and stainless steel with this thing and it's pretty accurate out the box, my tail stock was perfectly dead center when it arrived which was great. I didn't replace the motor or any large modifications, the lathe itself can turn all this. But if you get a new motor and replace the spindle bearings with angular contact bearings, it can take MUCH larger Depth of Cuts and just be all around even better than original. These are on my todo list. You'll spend more in tooling than you will the lathe, trust me, but if you want something to tinker with and learn from, this is the lathe for you. At the end of your journey of fixing it up, removing slop, making parts for the lathe itself, you'll be left with a very useful tool that you won't regret. But it's a rough road at first, especially without tools. The tools I got are: Tail stock tools: • Woodworking MT2 Heavy Duty Live Tailstock Center $20.27 • Accusize Industrial Tools 5pc ANSI M42 (H.S.S. + 8% Cobalt) Center Drill Set, 0556-5500 $25.62 • WEN LA164K 5/8-Inch Keyed Drill Chuck with MT2 Arbor Taper $17.08 ______ Cutting tools: • Gluwoer 1/2" SRACR/L1212H06 Lathe Turning Holders Lathe Turning & Profiling Tool Holder,12PCS Kit-2PCS Metal Lathe Tools Holder 10PCS RCMT0602 Round Carbide Milling Insert for Metal Steel $26.35 • Carbide Lathe Tools -Lathe Threading Tool Turning Holder - Boring Bars SNR0008K11 / SNR0010K11 / SNR0012M11 with 3 Indexable Carbide Inserts 11IR A60 for Lathe Turning Tool $26.99 (interal threading tools) • Carbide Lathe Tools -Lathe Threading-Tool Bit Set 15pcs - Lathe Cutting Bits Lathe Tooling 5pcs 1/4”~1/2" S06K/S07K/S08K/S10K/S12M-SCLCR06 Turning Holder Boring Bars / 10pcs Golden CCMT060204 $35.99 (Various sized boaring bars, very useful) • Zouzmin CCMT21.51 CCMT060204 DCMT21.51 DCMT070204 Carbide Turning Inserts $24.01 • Gluwoer Indexable Lathe Turning Tool 1/2" 12mm Shank 21PCS Kit-7PCS Metal Lathe Tools Holder 14PCS Carbide Insert for Turning Boring Grooving Cutting Threading $44.82 _____ Replacing the tool post OXA Tool Post Set 250-000 Wedge Type Quick Change Tool Post Set 8 Inch Swing Dia 6Pcs $116.90 For most mini lathes, you WANT the OXA.

Takes some work but can be made pretty good lots of things to fix but vevor is really great to work with they are very helpful . instruction manual is not great but YouTube videos can help.this has been a great learning process for me an old retired guy

I don’t know what these other reviews are talking about this is worth its weight in gold. Maybe the others are trying to chip it way to much at a time idk but mine is amazing Out the box no adjustments just bolted to my bench. With a crappy cheap bit mine cuts through mild steel no problem. Brass no issues at all. I’m sure with mods and adjustments it could be production worthy

It well made mostly the tool post is off center cutting tool is high have to modify befor use

To start, it took a bit to get everything aligned, the cross slides needed shims, had to wipe down the whole thing, it was covered in oil. Just got to start using it 1/13/26, it bogs down bad. Motor smokes quite a bit. Too late for a return. Going to try to get it fixed somehow.