VIVOHOME 25CM Pottery Wheel Forming Machine 350W Electric DIY Clay Tool with Foot Pedal and Detachable Basin for Ceramic Work Art Craft White

This is a great unit. Heavy and well made. The body is welded metal, not plastic. The only nit would be the lever to control speed coming in conflict with the forward/reverse switch. Very minor and def not a dealbreaker, but a different knob or a 5 deg bend outward of the lever would be expected. We are using it as a lapidary grinder for glass. Big diff in price btwn this and lap grinders!

The pedal moves the hand shifter, which bumps into the knob for left or right spin, I might see if I can remove it. This causes an un-smooth increase in speed. Not a big issue, for me yet. The wheel has become etched and lightly pitted when I have a pat of clay down for a while. Most importantly, there is a flaw in the plastic, snap together splash guard, leaving a gap on either side, if water sloshes it runs down, under and around the wheel base and down the sides to the floor. I plugged mine with putty. But it’s silent, smooth, and darn cute. I’m a beginner, if it’s still running when I outgrow it then it’s a steal!! I still love it.

I was hesitant to buy a "cheap" wheel, but was pleasantly surprised by this one. Here are the pros and cons. First, it's very affordable. Second, the smaller size makes it very mobile; I even took mine and threw while I was camping at the lake. Third, it's very sturdy, no wobbles. Now for the cons. First, the low-speed is rather tricky; high torque... like a race car jerking at the start line. Second, there are no bat pins, so removing projects from the wheel sometimes requires the removal of the splash pan so they will slide off. I will be ordering plain 10" bats and securing them with clay--old style--so maybe this will help. Third, the legs are short and not adjustable, so be prepared for an aching lower back. To remedy this, however, I bought some dorm bed-risers for $12. Problem solved. Overall, this is a great little wheel for the money, and I am able to throw small projects at home or on the go... so I'm very happy with it.

Bought this for my nine year-old little girl let’s just say she loved it and it was worth money. Well spent good quality love the tools. It came with easy to set up easy to clean. She loved the color only thing you might need when you buy this is buy a small little seat or a stool Maybe something about the size of a little stepstool you know when they had to step on to brush your teeth, something like that so they can sit down and do it. My daughter does it over there on the tile that way the Clay’s pretty easy to clean up the splatters just mop it.Now, when we first got it, it was kind of loud. I just sprayed a little bit of WD-40 on the spinner, and it went away quickly and ran smoothly. Just need a little bit of oil.Lol what doesn’t WD-40 fix lol

Broke just 3 days after the return window, maybe the 8th time being used. The collet that holds the table to the motor ripped apart. It seems to be made of very cheap, brittle aluminum. I can’t use the wheel and can’t seem to remove the collet from the table to replace it.The pedal feels very cheap; it doesn’t start slowly, you have to start at high speed and then drop to a lower speed. It is VERY touchy at the low end.It’s fairly noisy for a wheel. A constant hum while in use. The motor also didn’t have much torque and would audibly get lower in pitch and volume as well as slow down when applying pressure to even half a pound of clay.Like most cheap wheels, it is very short overall. The splash pan has dividers to hold water and tools, but they get in the way, and the splash pan is too short to catch much.One of the feet brackets, the part of the body that the leveling feet screw into, came very bent, so the whole thing wobbles.The wheel is machined in such a way that it has many small, concentric circles (not just the usual big ones) that make it difficult to effectively clean.The tools are also, very unsurprisingly, frustratingly cheap and easy to break while in use.Overall, the wheel was level and I liked that it had reversible directions, but steer clear of this one. It will fail faster than you think.

I'm relatively happy with the purchase. It was a cheaper pottery wheel for its size and capabilities. It seems to be working very well and is quite easy to use and clean. You can use this to throw the smallest of tea cups or the largest of pots so long as your pots base is not larger in diameter than the wheel which I have not had a problem with. It is a very good entry level pottery wheel.

Product works as it is shown. Controllable speed with a foot petal. The bowl is made with good quality plastic that I think will hold for a long time. The build is very sturdy.My only complaint about this machine is that the plate that came with it has a very noticeable dent on top the prevents pottery any larger than 2 inches in diameter to sit flat unless it is shaved off. As well as the dent, the plat is off balance by a few degrees which is not very noticeable from a distance, but up close it, the pottery sits at a slight angle. I'm not sure if this is from the drive shaft running up to the plate or if it is the plate itself. it's fine as a starter pottery spinner, but the defects seem to be from the manufacturer and not from shipping. The boxes were in great condition when they arrive.I would have made it a 5 star if it weren't for the defects in the primary piece of pottery equipment.

The media could not be loaded. Lovely piece of machinery. My daughter took a few pottery classes and was really into it so I decided to gift this for her Xmas present. Easy to use , easy clean up and self explanatory . The noise is normal and not too loud. I’m glad I got this for her bc it seems like it’s going to last for a long time, the quality seems up to parr. I recommend .