Fantom makes the best quality lathe....it just might be at a price a lot of people are not willing to pay but you have to figure the lathe comes with carter diamond bit, the case, 4c battery, on/off switch, lathe base = 1 chunk of alum so it's not going to tweak unless a bomb is set off on top of it, slave motor...might come with some other smaller things too but can't remember. There is some other lathes out there that cut good for the price range they are in...like Cobra...use to have one of those. Then Hudy I'm not sure on it's exact price range but pretty sure it's cheaper than Fantom and more than Cobra and people said they like that lathe also. Don't get a lathe that uses bearing guides or even has that option....just don't! Maybe someone else can get you the motor info you want....I just cut 'em and run 'em.