Vesta VFM2 Faceting Machine Review 

Good honest review Justin and exactly the end result I expected, Like you said hopefully there will be a revised head now that you have given them your opinion on the machine, The simple solution is for them to fix the problems and then they will sell machines because as you stated a good entry level starting price and should sell really well once the problems have been sorted.

Thank you for the review on this I was looking at buying this machine. After your review on the dial slipping & gear sticking I can't afford messing my stones up.

I have run into the exact problems with the inexpensive one that I bought , just to see if I wanted to cut stones. A lot of homemade modifications, and I am able to cut basic designs, but I know I will be buying an ultra tech, as soon as possible. And I really expect, my cutting to improve by leaps & bounds, with a more precise machine. Thanks for the review. Keeps me from making another mistake purchase. Love the channel.

When you began this video, Justin, and I immediately recognized this unit as a cheap knock-off of the Ultra Tec, dressed in Facetron colors, something inside me knew what we were in store for! Thanks for not letting me down 😅

Wonderful review great job 👏 👍

Good honest review

Perfectly timed video, looking for 1st machine won't be sending $ to Vietnam in a hurry. Thanks

Faceting machines should made by gemcutters. If gemcutter is good, the machine will be good too. Thanks you for review.

Very good, thanks

Looking at the angle dial and the head motion there has to be a gear between them. There is backlash on the gear or it is not tight on the shaft loose set screw.

It's a pity, because there a lot of novices out there that can't afford the top notch brands. This machine would be and ideal solution. I'm sure there will be improvements in the near future. Very clean and honest review. 👍

Justin, the look on your face about halfway through said it all for me. I also think that the plastic mast height mechanism for the fine height adjustment will wear drastically over a short time.

Below is a link to Hall Machines. Thankyou love your shows!!!!

for what i see in the video in the shaft where the rotating angle wheel is attach to, slips out and that's why the angle wheel dont stay coming back to the same angle, it could be fix creating an external attachment to fix solid the angle wheel to the shaft ,all the time you put down the head and hit the hard stop that wheel is going to move out of angle unless is fix to the main shaft ,they made a bad design but could be fix .

These honest reviews are great! Its no budget-level machine but I'd love to hear your thoughts on the Dreamer by Daniel Hu ✌😁

When preforming I thought you blurred the stone for some reason then realized it was the opaque drip sheild. 😂

The two piece gear system in the mast is loose and the gears are not aligned in parallel. The gear teeth may also not be machined with the proper specs and/or designed using the correct alloy metal.

Have you heard anything back about revisions to the head? I notice on their website they only sell the version 1.

I’m machine my own mast machine and I can’t imagine relying on a gear to transfer angle accurately to the angle indicator. My angle wheel will be directly attached to the pivot shaft. And will be much larger and facing to the rear.

please make complete vedio ultra tech fantsy (Concave faceting )

I would love to see a run through of the vevor machines. I know they are cheap, and no one has a review I can find. I'm going to go looking again

Have you done a review of the Vevor 6"?

I would really like to hear about some of the non mast machines that are around $1200 that work really well.

Great review Justin, disappointing that they can't get the basic mechanicals right. Another couple of issues came to mind with me, firstly the white vernier support on the mast, over time this might wear from the movement of the vernier and this would also give rise to accuracy problems. Secondly the index going backwards, this is a horror as if you have to cut a gem design with a spiral, and there are plenty of them, the spiral will go in the wrong direction. I know a competition cutter that got caught with this issue and it was instant disqualification of his gem in the competition. Another thing they need to think about is adding a spring mechanism to the plate that connects with the depth of cut gauge, it would make it easier to change degrees and you wouldn't be fighting to get everything clamped in the right place.

The rotating lap wheel looks quite small.

Thank you for seen those mistakes I think ill get my facetron better

3:15 "Decimal index devisor thing here" = angle Vernier. Interesting review.The dop holding screw could be replace with a hex head grub screw. the Index wheel issues couldbe fixed with some nail polish of different colors, the index direction thing, other machines have various different directions and index lock positions (top/bottom), it happens. The other problem with the angle changing looks and sounds like two problems. One is what you said, the hard stop locking clamp is not doing it's job. The Halls' Xtra can have a similar issue if it is not done up hard, you get in the habit of hold the moving part of the quill/hard stop, up against the hardstop, and lock it down. Even then a quill drop will sometimes loose angle, just needs practise and a better locking clamp. . The Angle knob/dial seems to need some sort of locking screw/nut, as you said, and firmly locked in place as part of calibrating it (is the 45degree adaptor square? I wonder.). The Index Lever definitely needs a lock open thing. Also no reason why you can't use pin-less dops (with transfer blocks), what size were they? As you said, it's getting there. Some/most of those things could be fixed/tweaked by a knowledgeable facetor, but it will drive a beginner mad!

Hey Justin, It's been 8 months since you reviewed this faceting machine; Do you know if this angle finder has been corrected?

It looks like the angle dial is slipping on the shaft. It does not have enough friction to stay locked into place on the geared shaft. I think if you cycled it up and down slowly without hitting that hard stop the dial will stay. But if thy made the dial have a tapered hole the nut will lock it onto the shaft. Sad to see that thy were so close.

I’d love to have a review on the KMT Kavi 😁

thanks for this honest review...i was really looking forward to getting this machine for the price and proximity to australia.... now i'll keep looking.... do you have any recommendations for a newbie to purchase a machine for around $2000US ready to go out of box?

Any update on if the manufacturer fixed this issue? It's been 2 years since you did this video. I'm curious if anyone heard anything. I'm wanting to get into gem cutting and would love to find a good entry level machine.

Hi Justin, what do you think about facetron machine ?

Take a look at " Halls machines" Made in far north queensland. They are brilliant. Would love to see a pro cutter do na review on these!!!!!

What glue do you use? Thank you! And sorry for maybe stupid question :)

I sincerely hope they re-design the relevant components and send another unit for review. A decent quality, entry-level faceting machine is sorely needed.

Just bought this VFM 2.. They have fixed this issue, thy sent me video to prove it,. Why are there no update on this.. Follow Up video..etc thy even have a stronger engine 350W now ;) And a lot of other things has been changed .. But when you said Speed Up to !! super fast i lost it.. I took me 1 min to find 0-2000 rpm ;)

Would y'all stay there still isn't a good budget or into faceting machine?

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Hmmm sounds like it needs more design work of machine. Must be first year out. Needs improvement. Good review thank you

that sucks, thanks for the review

What grit on the table

It is a shame it will not work properly. I have a Saphire machine that i can cut stones very quickly.this would be more accurate,but it has issues.

also i think that the internal gears are set too tight and they get stock that could be fix too, but if they are too loose could create backlash and will give you a bad angle reading also ,unless you use anti backlash gears ,that's why when this company try to be cheap and cut corners and use poor material like plastic and simple designs things dont work well at the end i could said that of of the best made machine i have seen is the polymeric machine .i have 2 old prismatic machines that am restoring and the where well made back them also 40 years ago .

I'd love to see you review a $250 Vevor ....lol

its because you done a 0.c start then dropped it down. i shouted at the tv if that helps lol

Music was a bit much, maybe go with some jazz pr something instead of epic trailer music. Otherwise good video

Good job Justin. There is a Chinese company last year they started to produce a must machine. I have some pictures it looks a like Facetron. If you have an email I could send you the pictures and if you will be interested I could contact the company on your behalf and ask them whether would they like to send their machine for review to you.

Justin,donate that machine to me,and I will let that machine work,thanks I'd learned a lot too watched you faceted that emerald.God bless.

I will bet my bottom dollar the head itself is slipping on the shaft.A set screw I would guess is tightened to keep the head and shaft together as one is it slips the dials will seem to be the problem but I’LL bet its the swing arm and shaft

As a beginner I would be absolutely disappointed spending over a thousand dollars on a machine that’s unreliable, why did they not find all the glitches before sending a machine for review , they shot themselves in the foot really , to bad now , I wouldn’t buy one like this , very disappointing. Thanks for your review even though this was a couple of years ago now.👍

I am thinking of buying one of these machines and have been assured by the company that this machines have be overhauled and are now 100% can anyone verify this for me I am just starting out and have a tight budget I live north east Scotland and no one to mentor me so I am basically self teaching myself

I experienced the same problem with the Vesta VFM2. I returned the machine and got a full refund.

the music is a distraction!

That’s too bad about that machine. You would think a mechanical device would be accurate 😂

My goodness be rid of that blasted over dramatic background music.

Sounds like not worth the money you pay

Damn thought you were gonna cut something. You get side tracked. No real organized review

I'd be pissed.......... shame

Your music is weird and loud lol 😂 but nice info man’ looks like with some adjustments could be great