Turning · review
The largest swing on this shelf once the riser block is fitted — and two power figures that agree with each other.
The end of it Sixteen inches of swing and a consistent pair of power figures — on a lathe that starts at 150 rpm.
Every figure below names its source. Each one is a manufacturer specification read off the listing itself. The judgments are ours.
Fourteen over the bed, and a riser block in the box that takes it to sixteen.
That is 406 millimeters of swing, the largest on either half of this shelf — the published Scheppach reaches 350 without a block, from a longer bed casting.
What a riser block does not do is help rigidity. Lifting the spindle lengthens the lever between the cutting edge and the castings, so the machine flexes more under the same push.
And a 400 mm (15.7 in) bowl is exactly where that flex is worst, which is the work the block exists for.
The same number in two units, and worth saying because it is unusual.
One horsepower is 745.7 watts. Both figures are published and both are right.
Three listings elsewhere in this catalog publish pairs that do not agree: a drill press at 6.2 A and 1 HP, a dust collector at 6.5 A and 1.2 HP, a shop vacuum claiming 6.5 HP from a domestic socket.
Both VEVOR lathes on this shelf get it right.
Fine for a rounded blank. Not fine for a square one at 400 millimeters.
At 150 rpm the rim of a 400 mm (15.7 in) blank moves at about three meters a second, and an unbalanced lump that size will walk a benchtop machine across the bench.
The JET here starts at sixty for this reason. The answer with this lathe is to round the blank on a band saw first.
A lathe is chosen on two dimensions and one commitment.
The dimensions are the swing over the bed and the distance between centers. The commitment is the spindle thread, because every chuck, faceplate and screw center bought afterwards has to match it — and the common threads are 1 in by 8 TPI, M33 by 3.5 and 3/4 in by 16, which are not interchangeable in any direction.
Across all five American listings on this shelf, not one publishes it. The published Einhell page here carries the same absence in its cons, and the shelf’s own intro names it as the reason to care.
Stated: essential tools and accessories, ready to use out of the box.
The Laguna on this shelf lists four — a 3 in faceplate, a spur drive, a live center, a tool rest post with a hardened edge — and that list is how a buyer knows whether a chuck is also needed.
Here the box contains something, and the page does not say what.
Read on the day this page was built: $580 at the American Amazon shop.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-10-07. The live price is at the top of the page.
| Swing over bed | 14 in — 356 mm · A riser block is included, stated to take it to 16 in, 406 mm, the largest swing on either half of this shelf |
|---|---|
| Between centers | 20 in — 508 mm |
| Motor | 1 HP / 750 W, both published · One horsepower is 746 W, so the two figures agree |
| Speed range | 150 to 3,500 rpm, dual-speed variable control |
| Spindle thread | Not published by the maker. |
| Protection | A circuit board with overcurrent protection, stated — one of two listings on this shelf to publish any electrical protection |
| Construction | Cast iron frame, stated to reduce vibration |
| Supplied | Stated to include essential tools and accessories, with no list · Stated ready to use out of the box |
| Stated work | Table legs, canes and long-handled tools |
| Part number | Not published by the maker. · The listing title is used as the reference |
| Amazon reference | B0HGTMDJQ5 |
| EAN | 0199912984567 |
It lifts the headstock and tailstock away from the bed, which increases the swing — here from 14 inches to 16, so a 406 mm (16 in) bowl clears the bed instead of a 356 mm (14 in) one. What it does not do is help the rigidity: raising the spindle lengthens the lever between the cutting edge and the castings, so the machine flexes more under the same push. On a bowl of that size, which is where the block earns its place, the flex is at its worst. The published Scheppach on the European half of this shelf gets a 350 mm (13.8 in) swing without a block, from a longer bed casting.
Yes, and it is worth saying because it is unusual. One horsepower is 745.7 watts, so the two published figures are the same number in two units. Three listings elsewhere in this catalog publish pairs that do not agree — a VEVOR drill press at 6.2 A and 1 HP, a Bucktool collector at 6.5 A and 1.2 HP, a shop vacuum at 6.5 HP from a domestic socket. Both VEVOR lathes on this shelf get it right: this one, and the 1/3 HP / 250 W machine beside it.
For a rounded blank, yes. For a square or bark-edged one at 400 mm (15.7 in) across, no — at 150 rpm the rim of a 400 mm (15.7 in) blank is moving at about three meters a second, and an unbalanced lump that size will move a benchtop machine. The JET on this shelf starts at 60 for precisely this reason. The practical answer with this lathe is to round the blank on a band saw first, which the bandsaw-blade shelf in this catalog is stocked for.
The largest bowl on this shelf, turned from a blank that has already been rounded
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for woodworking machines and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
Entry lathe · €155 in Germany
The cheapest full-size wood lathe here, and the one that most clearly needs bolting down before it is any good.
Best for: A first lathe for spindle work — chair legs, tool handles, stair spindles
≈ $490
230 V · Ø 254 mm (10 in) swing · 5 speeds
A properly built small lathe with five speeds and a stated swing — the first machine here that publishes what it can turn.
Best for: Bowls up to 254 mm (10 in) and spindle work, in a workshop that wants a machine rather than a starter kit
12 × 21 in · 60–3,600 rpm in three ranges · reverse · 24 index positions
Sixty revolutions a minute at the bottom — the only lathe here slow enough to start an unbalanced blank safely.
Best for: Bowl work up to 305 mm (12 in), where the first minute at low speed is the dangerous one
≈ $990
