Proxxon Fine Lathe FD 150/E, Precise Lathe with 2-Stage Belt Drive, Speed Control, Spindle Speeds up to 5,000/min, Item No. 24150

Mine decided to loose all power after a couple combined hours of use. Up until that point it was outstanding. Very accurate and very smooth use. I couldn’t get a replacement so I had to send this one back before purchasing another.

A Great Buy and addtion to my workshop - an excelant buy.

I bought this lathe to do small accurate work to supplement my main and old small lathe: Took me a little while to realise that the top tool slide was not turning parallel to the bed. Normally on a lathe the tool post and tool moves along the carriage, parallel to the bed, turned by the carriage handwheel, but this lathe only has a top tool post slide which has to be set to zero. Mine was maybe a degree or so out! I had to put a test piece in the chuck and use a DTI to realign the top slide. This should have been done after manufacture. The small chuck is quite awkward to use with two small tommy bars to lock and unlock. A single chuck key would be a lot easier. You have to be careful if you take the work piece out of the chuck for some reason and when replacing it, it does not always run central. I guess it's all down to price... Tool height is not adjustable and I use old feeler gauges to raise the height. I have the lathe mounted on a large slab of aluminium (just happened to have lying about!). This makes it much more stable. I have raised the working height much higher than normal as it makes it easier to use and with poor eyesight and old age, helps a lot. I have only done a few jobs so far, time will tell how accurate and useful it will be...

Well made very neet lathe for model making and very small engineering tasks

So it h a d boo rack along bed or lead screw. That's not a great help as every time I move that compound alive to turn an angle I have to cl poo co up to parallel turn. Over prices as it lacks the very essence of a lathe. It's a toy,

At first I loved this little lathe. Small size, well made etc. However after a couple of uses the brass work piece I was trying to machine was obviously out of balance. I tried another piece of brass abd that was the same. Not sure why but obviously it had developed a fault. I have contacted Amazon and arranged a return, very disappointed.

Does what it says it does, good quality finish