Need Help Proxxon PD 400/E

Hello guys, greeting from Vietnam. Does anyone of you guys own a Proxxon PD400? I plan to buy one in Germany and ask my relative to ship it back to Vietnam for me. I'm just a newbie. I just quit being apprentice at a small workshop to go back to school to learn more. I want to buy a mini-lathe so i can do small stuff at home.

1. Is PD 400 a good lathe? I just do some small stuff at home. I think i dont need a bigger lathe than this (I cant affort a bigger lathe, btw).

2. Can you guys give me some review? I took a little research over the internet but i cant find much about it.

3. The build quality?

4. Is it strong enough to cut 304, 316 stainless steel?

I'm sorry if i have any mistake, i'm new to the forum. If you have any recommend, tell me, please.

Thank you. I'm really appreciate.
It Will be strong enough, I have à proxxon pd250e and I am using it for titanium grade 5 even. But If I were you I should look to Roberto lathe combi with milling machine with the same properties. The have à dealer in australia also. It is à bit cheaper, better than the Chinese ones. Proxxon is not that Great as they like to be. I have Mixed experience and feelings about that brand.
Grts
T
 
Hi, I have a PD400 from Proxxon and I am very happy with it. I have cut threads on it many times with great succsess.
The machine is very precise and my feeling is that the quality is excellent.
However I would buy absolutely everything you can think of as extras for it if you do not have a proxxon dealer near you. Especially quick change tool holders. Most of the parts seem to be proprietary to proxxon.
If I where buying again now I would consider a machine with a larger spindle bore and a quick change gear box as I find the change gears a bit of a faff to change for threading, and I am not able to use, nor do I need the very high precision of the machine.
You get what you pay for, And the pd400 is expensive, but a very high quality machine.


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The proprietary is not that hard, i have bought many items for 1/3 of the proxxon price on aliexpress and a few local dealers, and found out some of those items were rebranded by proxxon. Others i did some modification myself to save some money on so called branded proxxon stuff. Not all parts and acesseries are available for much less than branded stuff and will do fine. I have some issues with the proxxon warranty and aftersales service, i think it's not that good as other brands i owned before. As for precise well hardly comes at the sales talk of the device. It was way off even more than 20%, at that time and i found out i received a demo machine for the retail price after i reassembled the sledge it was way better than at time of purchase. so be carefull tho, just being sceptic about it in my experience.
Grts
Ted.
 
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