Making parts, not just joining them · review
The same mill-drill as its stablemate, with 1300 watts instead of 1.5 horsepower — and a spindle standard its own title and its own specification cannot agree on.
Where we come out The same bench mill as its stablemate with a different motor figure, on a page whose title and specification name two incompatible spindle standards.
This hub’s introduction ends on the hidden cost of a machine tool: the tooling standard, which you buy into once and pay for indefinitely. This listing cannot decide what that standard is. The title ends “R8 Metalworking”. The first specification bullet reads “Spindle taper:MT3-ER32”. Those are not variants of one thing — R8 collets and holders go straight into an R8 spindle, while MT3-ER32 wants a Morse taper 3 arbor carrying an ER32 nut — and a tooling set bought for either is useless on the other.
Everything else matches the sister machine on this shelf closely enough to be the same casting: a 700 by 180 mm (7.09 in) table, 350 mm (13.8 in) from spindle to table, infinitely variable speed from 50 to 2,250 rpm, a nose that tilts ±90 degrees and rotates a full 360, forward and reverse switching and an emergency stop. The motor is the one other published difference: 1300 W here, 1.5 HP — about 1,120 W — there, with nothing on either page to explain it.
Two smaller slips are worth noting because they are in the same place. The title gives the speed range as 0-2250 rpm and the bullet as 50-2250; a spindle under power does not turn at zero. And the table is 7 in by 27-1/2 in the title and 7.1 by 27.5 in the specification. The machine ships at 118 kg (260.1 lb), which is the figure to check your bench against before anything else.
Read on the day this page was built: $2230 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 | B0CB7D3Z9Q |
|---|---|
| EAN | 0760714631296 |
The listing says both, in different places, and they are not compatible. The product title ends with "R8 Metalworking"; the first specification bullet reads "Spindle taper:MT3-ER32". An R8 spindle takes R8 collets and holders directly; an MT3 spindle with an ER32 nut takes a Morse taper 3 arbor and ER32 collets. Nothing bought for one fits the other, and this hub’s introduction names the tooling standard as the commitment that outlasts the machine. Before ordering, this is the question to put to the seller in writing — and the sister machine on this shelf, which says R8 in both places, is the alternative if the answer is unsatisfactory.
Because it is the expensive half of the purchase. A set of R8 collets, an R8 drill chuck arbor, an R8 end mill holder and an R8 boring head is a significant sum, and none of it fits an MT3-ER32 spindle — which wants MT3 arbors and ER32 collets instead. Buying the wrong set is the single most expensive mistake available on this shelf, and it is made by reading the title instead of the bullet, or the other way round.
On every other published figure, yes: a 7 by 27-1/2 in table, 50 to 2,250 rpm variable brushless drive, 13.8 in from spindle to table, a nose tilting ±90 degrees and rotating 360, forward and reverse with an emergency stop. The motor is given as 1300 W here and 1.5 HP there — about 1,120 W — which is a real difference that neither page explains. And the references, T028334 and SM028356, share the 028 stem that runs through four brands on this shelf.
Same shelf, nearest price — what else that money puts on the bench.
Details checked on October 7, 2026.
The same work as the R8 machine on this shelf, once the seller has confirmed which spindle ships
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.
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