I have half the mind to take these people to court for the complete fabrication that is this advertisement. ZERO of the specifications of this machine are valid. The centerline of the spindle (i.e. the swing) is NOT 6 inches. In fact, there IS NOT a SINGLE imperial fastener on the machine I recieved. The lead screw is NOT 16TPI as indicated by all labels and reference material. It's a complete joke, by far the worst thing I've bought from Amazon. Bar NONE. PREVIOUS REVIEW: Honestly, it pains me to write this review. To sit here and document the attrocious build quality does not make me happy. I sincerely hope it is a quality control issue, and not all of the lathes they sell are built to such a low level. First of all, the spindle on the unit I recieved was so botched up, it cooked the bearings within 2 months. and I mean _cooked_. Oh, and its CROOKED. Literally, there is a *bend* in the spindle. The bearings honestly had no hope. What's the point of using tapered roller bearings if you're going to take what looks like two pieces of a shaft, and weld them together and hope no-one notices it. Secondly, the 3/8" spindle bore - it's intentionally reduced. The spindle shaft itself is >20mm, and most of the spindle bore is at least 1/2" in diameter, if not 5/8". At this point I'm too annoyed to actually measure it, but suffice it to say, there is zero reason whatsoever for it to not have at east a 1/2" through hole bore. As you can see in one of my photos, the actual spindle nose is chowdered up. To hell with a finish pass I guess, just let the chatter be. I get that I'm not paying for some world class machine here, but I've yet to see other machines in this price range with such low quality. The dovetail ways would have been a nice touch if the gibs had been machined well, or at least to some sane tolerance. Both ends of both the Z and Y gibs were out at least 0.010", which made actually using the machine quite a task. On top of ~all~ of that, the actual speed control circuit and motor used is quite literally a joke. You basically get a dremel motor, with stupider speed control. Literally. The motor in mine is a 110V DC, brushed, motor. You read that right - DC. And the circuit used to actually control it is the product of what I can only assume is a bipolar electrical engineer. Do yourself a favor, wait a few extra days, and get any other machine. Seriously, I wish I had.
