CREWORKS Mini Metal Lathe, 9" x 24" Benchtop Metal Lathe with 3 Jaw Chuck and 3000rpm Max. Spindle Speed, 1100W Metalworking Machine with LCD Display, Metal Lathe Machine

Very solid lathe! I did change the tool holder to a quick change post, which makes tool changes almost instant. But beyond that, running it stock and getting great results!

The Creworks mini metal lathes are crap! As already mentioned in a previous rating:' 1) Tail stock is not aligned with the spindle. If you want a semi-precision drilled hole in the center of the part, this is not the lathe for you. 2) The eye shield is the most useless thing ever. It will not move out far enough to protect your eyes from chips. Wear eye goggles or a face shield if you want protection. Chuck the shield in the trash because it is useless. 3) auto-feed drive transfer gear was misaligned on the spindle gears and it ate up the spindle gears in less than 20 minutes of operation. 4") Spindle drive belts make excessive noise. 5) Tool holder is not aligned properly (parallel with spindle) so that your parts have a taper to them. I still have yet to find a way to adjust the index angle of the tool holder slide. 6) There is nothing precision about this lathe, so do not buy if you want to make anything with a small degree of precision. You must be a machinist or mechanical engineer to fix all of the precision flaws with these crappy designed and assembled lathes.

So far so good. Received slightly faster than I expected. Boxed well. Plan for 2 people for unboxing and setting on a bench. Plenty of oil/grease to keep any rust away. Purchased for hobby use cutting / threading. Only frustration is it is missing one of the imperial thread pitch very commonly used, but I can 3d print a few different gears and should be able to get it to work. Made and added a lock so cutting / using the compound stays tight. So far with the little bit more cost for the large through bore.. would be 5 stars if scales were in imperial and was able to cut all imperial threads out of the box.

A lot of adjustment needed as with all Chinese lathes but certainly rips through aluminum and is plenty rigid. Great for what I need it to do!

Poor machining finish in bed ways, carriage,steady rest and tailstock. Excessive play in the carriage fit. However was to be expected. Good value for price. Purchaced with expectation of correcting deficincies.Overall pleased with purchace

My name is BOBBY COKER and I own this CREWORKS CT2260A 9" X24" mini metal lathe. I have been a machinist since 1979 and I assure you I know my machines. I received it as a gift in April 2024. If you're considering purchasing a mini metal lathe let me give you 10 reasons why you should never buy this one. 1. After 3 months of use the circuit board blew and took out the motor with it and company WILL NOT speak to the buyer it took 3 months to get replacement parts. The buyer had to speak with an AMAZON rep who would then speak with someone from the company then back to AMAZON, buyer, me, buyer Amazon, Company etc. 2. The half nuts could not be engaged because to do so pushed the lead screw .080" into the machine. I had to take the tailstock end bearing block off and machine .060" off to make the lead screw even on both ends. 3. I had to or move the cross slide screw housing and machine a .060" step in it so I could slide the apron back which finally allowed the half nuts to engage properly. 4. The tailstock was .075" too far below center and CREWORKS put a .030" shim under the front side of the tailstock so that when you put a drill chuck and drill bit in it would appear to be on center, but when closer to the headstock you'd see the problem. I made shim .075" thk for front and back of tail stock to get it right. 5. Lathe bed has a .040" twist from headstock to tailstock so if you turn something that requires a live center you have to realign the tailstock side to side to turn it straight. 6. Compound swivel flange is too small to be stable. The flange has a max diameter of 1 7/16" it makes the compound move too much so, I made a flange 2 1/4" and it allowed a more stable cut. 7. There is NO PARTS LIST and if something goes out the company WILL NOT SPEAK TO THE BUYER. 8. Drive gears would not mesh properly, they meshed at an angle. I had to remachine a new bracket. 9. Undercarriage clamps would not clamp bed ways properly. I had to make new ones. 10. It is very poorly made and the Company doesn't care enough about you as a customer to address any problems personally. If you really want a really well made mini lathe? Go to GRIZZLY INDUSTRIAL. WHY? Well, I just gave you 10 reasons why.