1572 Review Of Vevor MX8x14 Mini Lathe 650W 210 x 350
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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.
It really is quite amazing - and thank you for that mate
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.
cheers mate and indeed it is - my wife is a very thoughtful girl!
Happy birthday, Rob! Enjoy the lathe!
cheers mate
looks nice. and an early Happy Birthday to you Rob!
cheers mate - and we will see how it goes
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.
Happy Birthday for tomorrow Robert nice present.
Thank you kindly mate and yes it was - bless her heart
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!😀
it was a real work horse
Nice lathe and happy birthday Rob.
cheers mate
Looking forward to seeing it in action!
Happy birthday Rob! 👏🎉
thank you mate
Happy birthday good sir. Have a wonderful day!
Thank you kindly
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Rob, I bet you are now standing knee deep in
swarf from your new lathe!
lol - cheers mate and yes lolol
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
that's good to know mate - I mostly turn soft materials but the odd bit of mild steel too - so good info thanks for sharing
Bonjour, je viens de m'en acheter un et il démarre mais ne veut pas se lancer
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 !!
Thanks for the info!
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.
Happy Birthday 🎂 😀
Happy birthday rob
It’s amazing what you can get for your money these days
cheers mate and yes it really is amazing
I just got a 6040 4 axis cnc and was considering one of these as well. Thanks for this.
I think it is what it is mate - and the last mini lathe I got was of a similar ilk and I got just the same warnings as I am getting here - so as much use as a chocolate teapot - my only recourse is to dive in and see how it goes lol
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.
Nice, happy birthday Rob! 21 today!
lol - cheers mate - and yes - again lol
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)
Excellent video, thank you
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!!
cheers mate but that's not for me - I will just use as is and see how it goes
Very nice mate I would love one of them
good video, i been looking around at these type of lathes
I'll do an update and let you know how it goes
Hi Mate, thanks for the video. would you recomend this lathe after a year of use?
Merry Birthday! mine is the 9th!
cheers mate and awesome - just a couple of days to go - cheers again
When welding may not be an option(or if you want something to be modular), the threading feature might come in handy if you can't find that one compatible bolt in the shop.
I was wondering how it might do with coil winding tbh
@@ThinkingandTinkering around 15:00 on James T. Kilroy Jr.
video "Coil Winding on the Lathe" looks like it has some good tips.
I bought a pottery wheel from them a few years ago. I would advise you from experience to check if the earth lead is actually connected... The pottery wheel had a cable with earth which was simply cut off at the point of entering the device. It did however come with a fake GFCI screwed into it inspiring a rather false sense of safety :P
oh I did give it a once over mate
Are these machines 110 voltage or a 220 voltage I want one I just don't have the 220 in shop
Happy Birthday
cheers mate
WOW!... That looks like a lathe, ...but.... smaller.
doesn't it though lol - well we will see how it goes
@@ThinkingandTinkering If YOU didn't delete my other comment then Suzy's Tuna-Tube did! I ALSO said I have the JET-labeled version of that lathe, but two sizes up (about a 9inch swing) to do pieces that are to small for my GISHOLT No.4/ I've been "BEET-in" the "CARP" out of it for 10+ years and it's held-up just fine!
“My lathe stop working, so I bought a new one” - whoa, hang on, you can’t do that until you’ve taken the old one apart and tried to fix it? Unless it’s a smoking hole in the ground then you can always repair these things and donate them to some random hobbyist. That said, I’m happy for a review on lathes, as I was thinking about getting one 👍
do you seriously think I didn't do that already?
@@ThinkingandTinkering No, of course not? that’s why I’m curious why showing the smoking hole wasn’t part 1 😬 Why something broke is the interesting bit 👌
OH, most importantly: THANKS MRS MURRAY-SMITH!...Uhhhhmmm, ...for the record: I have a "Birthday" coming up too and need a Milling-Machine! You can just let Robert use it until I can drive over and pick it up!...😁
lol - my wife is an awesome and kind girl - not sure she is that kind though and I certainly am not - chances are I would just keep it mate - lol
@@ThinkingandTinkering Truth be told: I already have two... Just trying to help increase your collection of "awesomeness" :) Stop by with a pickup-truck... I'll toss one of these in the back for ya! It's only 2500lbs. What's that in "Metricity"? Two Boulder and a bag of biscuits?... 😁 Hey keep up the content! I enjoy and appreciate cha! I'll leave the porch light on for ya!
Hi,
Can you let me know the carriage travel and cross slide travel lengths in mm of the above lathe. Need to order a DRO for the same.
Thanks in advance.
A 150mm cross slide dro is likely your best choice, unless you are doing a travel mod to get a bit more working real estate out of the machine.
Hi Robert,
I live in the US. We can get small hobby lathes like this. Unfortunately, they seem to have some Nylon plastic gears that often fail. If that has only metal gearing, I think it is a very reasonable price.
You can get metal replacement gears for those for a good price.
Hahaha love the dead parrot reference 👍
lol - awesome - I think you might the only person who did recognise that lol
@@ThinkingandTinkering Monty Python's Flying Circus was one of my few guilty pleasures!!
My darling mother had lost her sense of humour,,, after having me!Lol!
Perhaps it could make the worn out parts for the Clarke? There are TH-cam lathe/welding/... channels who show making replacement parts their (industrial) broken machines. Vaucanson's machine is recognised as the foundation for heavy industry. Humanity now had a precision machine that could make itself, as well as perfectly round bores, etc.
good thought mate - though the only thing wrong with the Clarke is the power board has blown - still I am going to use the old lathe for a project or two - you can guarantee that lol
@@ThinkingandTinkering Yeah, I got that (electronics) update from the second video. I nearly came back to delete this comment, but thought, 'there's a lot of young people here and maybe they need to hear weird stuff like that' so I left it. Cheers mate.
What quick change tool post fits without modification?
AXA 250-000 or AXA 250-100
The 000 is slightly smaller and will take 12mm tools. The holders are not expensive.. The -100, a touch more beef, but will also cramp your work size with more minimum tool stick out.
Are you still using this lathe?
So is it ok now to congratulate you happy burthday? :)
Looks good ☺️
cheers mate
@@ThinkingandTinkering you are making me want one also.
Your old mini lathe did not even have this safety guard, so you are used to working the lathe without it. Keeping the key in the head is not a good habit as it will fly to the most harmful direction when the lathe switches on if you forgot to remove it.
that's true - on both counts - plus I have been working on lathes since I was 12 - they taught lathe skills in school when I was a lad
But will the old lathe chuck become part of a kinetic energy storage device? Ps you can never have enough tools.
oh - I like that! - and yes I agree lol
You must have been very lucky, I have had nothing but problems with mine (exact same model ) bought it just over a year ago, used it no more than 6 times. On the seventh switched on and motor ran flat out, speed controller did nothing in fact I had smoke coming from the motor. Got absolutely nothing from Vevor as I purchased this direct from them. Totally ignored any communications fro myself. Would not touch another one of these if it was a gift. Buy cheap and thats what you get. As for support from the manufacturer, it does not exist very dissapointing.
Send the old lathe to Ade's Workshop!
I have uses for it mate
Are those gears Plastic???
i have been thinking about one of these, please update us in a couple of months
I will do mate
Let's face it Robert like any boy you are just showing off your new toy and can't wait to play on it.😂🤣
oh yeah lol
I bought a 2000 watt pure sine wave inverter direct from them a few months ago and I have to say the quality, for the price, is far better than the trash on the smiley arrow or that other bay. The company seem to have first class customer service as well, answering all my questions before purchase.
Thanks for sharing - and I get a similar impression - sometimes it seems to me folks want to pay £10 and get £1,000 worth of kit - dream on - it is what it is
are you gonna restore the old one?
I will put an alternative power source in - maybe water maybe treadle - I dunno but something different for sure
Those extra ears might be there to convert from metric to inch threads. Might need to RTFM.
ah good thought mate - it is going to be a bit of an exploration for me that's for sure
Careful my friend!!!! Little Jeffy Bezos is looking at ya for that comment! Lol
lol - oops - lol
👍👍
cheers mate
Err no it isn't! It's 210 mm swing over the bed and 350 mm between centres. Still have fun with it!!!
awesome mate - thank you for correcting that
NO IT ISN'T! IT'S "METRIC" THEREFORE; IT'S "HALF-A-BISCUIT AND A CUP OF TEA" AWAY FROM THE "CENTERS"!
I want one. :)
my old one did a lot of work it wasn't supposed to do - I am planning on pretty much abusing this one too lol
How on earth are you able to cut a thread on a lathe running a belt!? Wouldn't the slightest amount of slip or flex ruin the uniformity of the thread, especially if it takes more than one pass?
the motor to lathe head is belt driven the head to the lead screw is geared - so I think it won't be an issue tbh
The belt is a tooth indexed synchronous belt. M1.5x10mm 94 tooth (not in the manual)
Pity it doesn't have a threading dial.
I allways wanted a mini lathe
I had a drill by vevor made out of chocolate 🍫 be careful
lol - I am not the most careful of folks mate
Looks alot like the design of the lathe that This Old Tony modified several years ago on TH-cam.
he shoulda poked it with a stick first to make sure it dont bite!!
Pretty standard design out of China. Looks identical to the one Blondihacks uses on her channel, and she really takes it to it's limits.
I pretty sure these are just badged
Can I have your old one?
I am afraid I am using it mate - soz
@@ThinkingandTinkering that's ok, I probably would have to pay a fortune to get it shipped to the states anyway, love your videos,they are very informative.