hey everyone I need advice. I'm disabled and have been working insainly hard to build a jewelry business tonturn my life around over the last 2 years. im struggling. I do not make enough money for an ultra. I'm looking at these for affordable option. can I get advice please?

I'll tell you something about these stonecutting subs, they're riddled with shills. It's a small industry with an even smaller market for American made faceting machines. You'll see come extreme claims made, the top one here stating the machine blew up first day. I've watched the markets and if they do indeed break so often, there would be a ton of used ones sold for parts, but that market doesn't exist. It's almost impossible to find used import machines even though they sell new daily.

That said the machine I bought was not Vevor and that brand has a very low build quality. For instance, mine is fully welded but theirs is only tack welded together. Also the one I bought has a purpose designed fiberglass reinforced nylon splash pan, where the Vevor has a piece of stainless cut into shape and crudely sealed with putty. Same overall design but manufactured in different facilities. I would stay away from Vevor.

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