I bought one of them on Ali for 170€. But the quality was so bad, that I had to fix bended screws, I couldn't fix the material properly in the chuck. I had to send it back. The idea of lathe of that size isn't that bad. but double the price, build it properly, improve some design flaws (as ex: the space between chuck and the crossslide is to narrow) and you would have a good micro lathe
I'm playing with one of these myself this summer. Did you ever fix what was making it spin crooked? Mine does the same thing, the tailstock seems aligned, but when i put something in the chuck it does exactly what yours did with the dowel.
cool thing! Especially when working with metal, I would rather have heard the sound of the machine than random rock. Where did you buy this and what did you pay?
Thanks, I will add the sound in a next video. I just got it from Aliexpress but you can get it from Amazon & Ebay etc. as well. Might be worth shopping around depending on your part of the world. www.aliexpress.com/item/32378744656.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.1cf74c4dObs4hY
Thanks, I got it from AliExpress and was about $350USD, but you can get it cheaper if you don't want all the additional modules and only need the lathe.
Seems to be a knock off from the Austrian made Unimat ML. The original costs around 500€ for the basic all metal set. I would hope that the european version is a bit better built, with higher quality parts, and not just a fabricated in china machine that they resell for 3x the price? 😅
Thank you very uploading the nice video.
I bought one of them on Ali for 170€. But the quality was so bad, that I had to fix bended screws, I couldn't fix the material properly in the chuck. I had to send it back.
The idea of lathe of that size isn't that bad. but double the price, build it properly, improve some design flaws (as ex: the space between chuck and the crossslide is to narrow) and you would have a good micro lathe
I'm playing with one of these myself this summer. Did you ever fix what was making it spin crooked? Mine does the same thing, the tailstock seems aligned, but when i put something in the chuck it does exactly what yours did with the dowel.
cool thing! Especially when working with metal, I would rather have heard the sound of the machine than random rock.
Where did you buy this and what did you pay?
Thanks, I will add the sound in a next video. I just got it from Aliexpress but you can get it from Amazon & Ebay etc. as well. Might be worth shopping around depending on your part of the world. www.aliexpress.com/item/32378744656.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.1cf74c4dObs4hY
Very nice micro-lathe!!! How much did it cost and where did you purchase it??? Thanks for the video!!!
Thanks, I got it from AliExpress and was about $350USD, but you can get it cheaper if you don't want all the additional modules and only need the lathe.
Am I imagining things, or does it actually come with a live centre?
Seems to be a knock off from the Austrian made Unimat ML. The original costs around 500€ for the basic all metal set. I would hope that the european version is a bit better built, with higher quality parts, and not just a fabricated in china machine that they resell for 3x the price? 😅
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