At that price ($550 US at todays exchange rate ) I am going to take a wild guess and say either a) they mistranslated the Chinese language description or b) they¡¯re lying.?
On Mar 17, 2022, at 12:42 PM, Kaj Wiik <
kaj.wiik@...> wrote:
Anyone have experience of Vevor 7x14 lathe, they state that "
Spindle is supported by precision tapered roller bearings, spindle accuracy within 0.01 mm.", so no need of spindle bearing mod?
Cheers,
Kaj
On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 07:45 PM, OldToolmaker wrote:
I like plastic change gears. They are more quiet and are the weak link in case of a crash.
If adjusted correctly will last forever. I have had the same set for over eleven years.
Never broke a plastic change gear.? ? My current 7x does not have headstock gears, but never had a problem on a previous 7x with 2-speed headstock.? ? There are many issues with these lathes - the plastic gears are not one of them.? ?JMO
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