The tailstock was loose and banging around in the crate when the shipping container arrived. It appeared to not have been installed tightly enough and came unbolted from the ways. The loose heavy tailstock did some damage to the sheet metal tray, and the sheet metal rear chip guard, bent them up quite a bit.The advertisement claims that the lathe has the ability to cut both metric and Imperial threads. This is not true given the gears that ship with the lathe. The lead screw is metric and has a thread pitch of 1.5mm. The lathe will cut a full range of metric thread sizes.In order to be able to cut Imperial thread sizes additional gears need to be acquired.Needed gears: 55 tooth, 57 tooth, 65 tooth.LittleMachineshop.com has a full metal gear set that includes these for about $150.Plastic versions of these gears can be purchased individually on ebay. Cost each which includes shipping is around $20 each.These lathes have been a nightmare for a lot of people, however the trueness of this particular lathe is acceptable. I agree with the recommendation by many to tear the lathe down and build it back up checking for tension on fasteners, and proper alignments as well as lubrication while putting it back together. They appear to be quickly assembled at the factory, and the tolerances need to be verified.