Pros & Cons
Pros
It performs its duties well and absolutely as it should. From a hobby point of view it does the job and does it well. Ive been using sycamore hardwood and its been great.
Highlights
Quality
This machine is perfect and of very good quality i would definitely recommend it
My praise remains the same i find it easy to use and very quiet it runs very smoothly with no problems
Not 4 jaw a 3 jaw is self centering a 4 jaw is not
The adjusting hand screws are not always easy to operate and sometimes you have to move the whole rest to be able to get a good grip
Packaging/appearance
I opened the suspiciously rattling box to discover all items loose within the box no packing whatsoever
Overview
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- This product had a total of 399 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 14 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The tool rest is ok but would be better if it was longer
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The adjusting hand screws are not always easy to operate and sometimes you have to move the whole rest to be able to get a good grip
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
My main moan is that you can’t fit a drill in the tail stock
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This makes boring a hole much more time consuming
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I opened the suspiciously rattling box to discover all items loose within the box no packing whatsoever
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I suspect a returned item that hadnt been inspected before being resold as new
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Needless to say damage had occured with one side of the motor housing being broken completely
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The sad fact is i needed the machine deperately and as it obviously was still in working order i glued the side back in position see photo and made do