I have loads of parkside tools, the lathe is the only one that is completely useless, and is in fact pretty dangerous, massively underpowered and the tool rest is made of cheese.
Better keeping an eye out for a second hand axminster or record.
Nice, cheers. Good to know as the few PS bits I do have are pretty good. I read that their bandsaw is shit, so I've gone for the Aldi/Ferrex (which is also the Draper and Scheppach one). That is well reviewed for a cheap saw. And it's only costing me £80 hardly used.
I have walked past the Parkside one in Lidl many many times......