Two of us in Naples shipmodelers rolled the dice on Vevor mini wood lathes for @35 USD.. a little tweeking and works good mounted it to a slab of teak ..don't use the supplied saw blade attachment..you'll lose a digit. ..made a few casks today..throw away the chisels..junk ,,,works as well as my old Dremel and it has a live center! Smooth motor with variable speeds and reasonable torque...hey..it's 35USD!