I have read many post about repair lathes in my search to buy one. I have used a mid sized cue smith lathe in the past. I am not a cue builder and will not be reviewing in that manner. My concern will be overall quality of the item, price, and doing repair work only. I really felt as if I was taking a chance after reading all the mixed reviews but I took the chance because the price was much better than the other lathe makers where advertising. My lathe will be here tomorrow and I will review it with pictures for anyone that is interested in reading are trying to make the hard decision between which lathe. I really could not find a real review of the lathe before buying it are any real video of it in action. If anyone would like to see a video of a tip install of anything just let me know and i will make one.