As an amateur watchmaker, I have this lathe and I am satisfied with it. I turn mostly non-ferrous metals and steel up to a diameter of 10 mm on it, and that too carefully. It should be noted that this is a HOBBY lathe, so it is not suitable for professional use. For fine mechanics and small parts, fine.
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The tailstock scale will work properly when the Proxxon chuck for drill bits is installed. The scale has not much purpose for the center.
I would really love to see somebody turn down a 50mm steel bar on this machine. Just to see what happens. Always interested in your videos. Keep it up!
before you buy a mini lathe you look around at what is on offer, and at the price you want to pay ,and will the lathe do what you want it to do ,but what happens is when you get the lathe and you use it for some time you find it does do what you want, but you want more out of the lathe and its not able to offer, the big downfall with most lathes is the spindle bore not big enough and the chuck is small these are the big downfalls ,the rest is just a matter of taste
Wow. 5/100s millimeters are good enough? ANd this measurement in a collet - would throw that thing away. A precision collet should be much more around 1/100s of mm. In my 100 mm 3-jaw Chuck i get 2/100s and 1/100s in my 6-Jaw. Don't know what your efforts and skills with a lathe are, but I have had this Proxxon mini PD250 lathe borrowed some years ago and i found that it is not usable for any kind of steel, just Aluminum and brass could be handled and I had to be very careful, what depth of cut i could use. The motor has no power at all, the bed is weak and you can twist it with ease. For small things and light cuts it could be ok, but the price is much over the worth of this oliv green toy tool. a few years later, I had the money to get a really handsome 300mm lathe and I am happy with it. No need to put the money on the desk for this expensive but low engineered Thingy. Similar with the more expensive lathes from Proxxon. For that money you can get much mure usable import lathes. Just my cents...
Aluminum cross slide ways? That is a hard no. My Russian made table-top lathe is better in that regard. Also, the first half of the video is a "talking head". It would look much better if you positioned your camera a little bit further away.
@@ausdim try Sieg SC4 (Chris from Clickspring uses that), Optimum TU2506 is another option and comes with hardened bed. They're both reasonably heavy for their size and well put together.
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@@ryebis Both those machines cost double the 250e. Also, the SC4 is 1m long and the Optimum is 1.25m long, which is a problem for many hobbyists.
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As an amateur watchmaker, I have this lathe and I am satisfied with it. I turn mostly non-ferrous metals and steel up to a diameter of 10 mm on it, and that too carefully. It should be noted that this is a HOBBY lathe, so it is not suitable for professional use. For fine mechanics and small parts, fine.
The tailstock scale will work properly when the Proxxon chuck for drill bits is installed. The scale has not much purpose for the center.
I would really love to see somebody turn down a 50mm steel bar on this machine. Just to see what happens. Always interested in your videos. Keep it up!
My guess would be that is just sounds arwfull and than the machine stops, Or ist possible and it just takes ages. But im not planing on Testing it.
I have turned a 13mm HSS drill bit down to 10mm to be used in the chuck. Didn't have much trouble.
before you buy a mini lathe you look around at what is on offer, and at the price you want to pay ,and will the lathe do what you want it to do ,but what happens is when you get the lathe and you use it for some time you find it does do what you want, but you want more out of the lathe and its not able to offer, the big downfall with most lathes is the spindle bore not big enough and the chuck is small these are the big downfalls ,the rest is just a matter of taste
Wow. 5/100s millimeters are good enough? ANd this measurement in a collet - would throw that thing away. A precision collet should be much more around 1/100s of mm. In my 100 mm 3-jaw Chuck i get 2/100s and 1/100s in my 6-Jaw. Don't know what your efforts and skills with a lathe are, but I have had this Proxxon mini PD250 lathe borrowed some years ago and i found that it is not usable for any kind of steel, just Aluminum and brass could be handled and I had to be very careful, what depth of cut i could use. The motor has no power at all, the bed is weak and you can twist it with ease. For small things and light cuts it could be ok, but the price is much over the worth of this oliv green toy tool. a few years later, I had the money to get a really handsome 300mm lathe and I am happy with it. No need to put the money on the desk for this expensive but low engineered Thingy. Similar with the more expensive lathes from Proxxon. For that money you can get much mure usable import lathes. Just my cents...
Nice video. It looks like the bed carriage is made of zinc not aluminum, im still curious on how much it will wear over time
Aluminum cross slide ways? That is a hard no. My Russian made table-top lathe is better in that regard.
Also, the first half of the video is a "talking head". It would look much better if you positioned your camera a little bit further away.
Uncomfortably close to your face, mate
Press F again, or get farther away from the computer, mate.
Back away from the camera dude, you're scary.
overpriced junk is what it is.
Can you give us alternatives with that price?
@@ausdim try Sieg SC4 (Chris from Clickspring uses that), Optimum TU2506 is another option and comes with hardened bed. They're both reasonably heavy for their size and well put together.
@@ryebis Both those machines cost double the 250e. Also, the SC4 is 1m long and the Optimum is 1.25m long, which is a problem for many hobbyists.
last I checked PD250E costs about $400AUD more than Optimum 2506V in Australia. Length and weight may be valid considerations though.
@@ryebis He's in Europe, so am I. He mentioned it when talking about support and parts. I paid 1049€ vs 2000€+ of your alternatives.