1572 Review Of Vevor MX8x14 Mini Lathe 650W 210 x 350

We have it’s bigger brother. Using it quite often and even some brutal shaft repair after welding. Over 10 years old. Last month the electronics gave up. Rebuild the 24V DC to 3 fase 400V with freq controller. Now it’s even better! Less vibrations, more power.

Thread cutting was a huge advance in lathes. Maudslay's Thread Cutting Lathe of 1800 (which you could actually go see in London) is one of the tools that I think was pivotal in the progress of the Industrial Revolution. It's amazing how well a cheap lathe can do the job in minutes that used to represent a week of skilled craft, cutting a screw. Steel gears are an upgrade. She chose well.

I bought a similar one, the WM-210, have had lots of fun with it. I've turned plastics, aluminum, mild steel and 316 stainless so far. I also recently got an AXA QCTP and mounted it to the carriage. Easier done to than I thought. I also bought the 101xl tool holder and that holds 1/2" tooling just fine without any mods.

Many happy re-turns🥳 That is a lovely gift.

Happy birthday, Rob! Enjoy the lathe!

looks nice. and an early Happy Birthday to you Rob!

I was lucky as a kid having access to a huge lathe of my dad's, I spent whole days just turning things down, cutting threads and making little bushes and bits for the old man.

Many thanks for all your super interesting videos. As I haven't seen your Vevor MX8x14 in your workshop anywhere in any of your videos of late I was just wondering if you had an update on this machine; I'm contemplating getting one of those.

Nice lathe and happy birthday Rob.

Looking forward to seeing it in action!

Nice lathe I have the exact same one. I purchased mine about 5 month ago. Had to do some small adjustments. My drive belt was super tight. But all in all I like it. It turns 303 and 304 stainless steel ok. Works for my needs. Enjoy

Hats off to the old Clark! Nothing beats old tools, all greased up, beat-up, and still tickin’ till the bitter end! The new lathe does look pretty good too!😀

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Rob, I bet you are now standing knee deep in swarf from your new lathe!

Happy birthday Rob! 👏🎉

Happy Birthday for tomorrow Robert nice present.

Happy birthday, the guard is only to stop users leaving the chuck key in, it doesn't cover the area of flying chips at all, ever !!

Happy birthday good sir. Have a wonderful day!

You might find the more expensive 8 X 16 lathes have 2 speed gears. When I was looking for a mini lathe, there were several iterations of drive to the spindle. I've got the 2 speed head stock, which means the chuck speed can be slower, with increased torque. I also changed the belt drive ratio, again to increase torque, at the expense of spindle speed, which for the most part is excessive if it exceeds 1200 RPM. The chuck guard should have an inhibitor switch, which might need adjustment. There's plenty of information on improvements for these lathes, but you should consider it an assembled kit, which will need stripping, cleaning, lubrication and reassembly before it performs at its best. Have fun!!

06:30 - You might buy one of these old and used, but with an experienced machinist's upgrades and it could be as good as a 3,000 lathe (likely need some cleaning and re-spec-ing)

I'd recommend getting yourself a spare circuit board for it and don't do anything too heavy like I did, trying to cut a new cast iron 5" chuck backplate which poped the circuit board in just 1 week, mines the 8x16 but it seems ok for light work.