Making parts, not just joining them · review
The only real metal lathe in the American half of this hub — 7 by 14 inches, variable to 2,500 rpm, reversible for left-hand threads, with a digital readout and a cutter kit.
Where we come out The only real lathe in the American half of this hub, with the second half of the spend partly included — and with its spindle bore unpublished.
Eight of the nine American machines on this shelf are mills. This is the lathe, and it belongs to a well-known class: the 7 by 14 mini lathe, which means a 7 in swing over the bed and 14 in between centers. Those are the two figures this hub compares lathes on, and both are in the title.
What makes the listing worth attention is what comes with it. This hub’s buying tip is blunt — the machine is about half the spend, and tooling makes up the rest — and this one arrives with a five-piece carbide-tipped cutter kit, internal and external chuck jaws, eleven feed-rate change gears, a chuck key, a manual and a digital readout. The change gears matter: eleven of them is a usable range of thread pitches without buying a gear set, and a DRO bought separately is a substantial sum.
The variable speed runs to 2,500 rpm in both directions, and the reverse is named for the right reason: left-hand threads, which a single-direction lathe cannot cut. What the page leaves out is the spindle bore — the third figure in this hub’s own introduction, and the one that decides whether a length of bar can be fed through the headstock. There is no runout figure, no motor rating, no weight and no minimum speed either, and three of the four bullets restate the title.
Read on the day this page was built: $510 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.
| Amazon reference | B00TXW5DKI |
|---|---|
| EAN | 0817482029906 |
Left-hand threads, and finishing. A lathe that only turns one way can cut a right-hand thread by feeding the tool towards the chuck; a left-hand thread needs the feed reversed, which on a screw-cutting lathe means reversing the spindle. The listing names that use directly. The second benefit is a tool mounted upside down at the back of the work, which with reverse rotation gives a cleaner finish on some materials.
Most of the real cost. This hub’s buying tip is that the machine is roughly half the spend, and that chucks, tool posts, collets, a vice and measuring gear routinely equal the price of the lathe itself. A five-piece carbide cutter kit, two sets of chuck jaws, eleven change gears and a digital readout in the box is a meaningful part of that second half — and the digital readout alone is a substantial separate purchase.
The spindle bore, which this hub’s introduction names alongside swing and centers. Bore decides the largest diameter of bar that can be fed through the headstock and worked on at the chuck, which is the difference between turning a shaft and turning the end of one. On a 7 by 14 lathe it is typically around 20 mm (0.79 in), and this listing does not say. Nor does it publish a runout figure, a motor rating, a weight or a minimum speed.
Same shelf, nearest price — what else that money puts on the bench.
Details checked on October 7, 2026.
Turning steel parts on a bench, where the tooling has to come with the machine
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for welding and metalworking machines and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
12 V DC · lathe and mill in one · tool-height shims · soft metals only
A 12-volt combination mini lathe and mill that supplies shims to set the tool height — the one adjustment that decides whether a small lathe cuts or rubs.
Best for: Teaching turning and milling on one machine, in wood, plastic and pure copper or aluminum
≈ $235
36 W · 20,000 rpm motor · 3,000 rpm spindle · 0.1 mm (0.004 in)/division
The 36-watt version of the XENDOLL desktop mill, with the same spindle speed, the same handle scale and the same bullets as the 24-watt one.
Best for: The same model and STEM work as the 24 W machine, with half again the motor
≈ $200
24 W · 20,000 rpm motor · 3,000 rpm spindle · 0.1 mm (0.004 in)/division
A 24-watt desktop mill for wood, plastic and soft metal, with a 0.1 mm (0.004 in) handle scale — the cheapest machine in this hub and the smallest increment it can be set to.
Best for: Model work and teaching, on wood, plastic and pure copper or aluminum
≈ $170
