Mystery Lathe Listing on ebay

[Andy_HParticipant @andy_h]

Spotted this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/286007959035 Looks a relatively new model but not seen it before.

Wondered if anyone recognises what it is?

Andy

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

The electrical connections to the motor look quite old, possibly not it’s original motor.

The size puts it more into the Inimat3 copy than Mini-lathe class. Pin scroll chuck and topslide also have the U3 look.

[HollowpointParticipant @hollowpoint]

I saw this listing and couldn’t put my finger on it. Until I saw the yellow paint under the grey. I think it is a heavily modified Emco Unimat Millennium edition.

[bernard towersParticipant @bernardtowers37738]

The electrical conns look very much like sewing machine hence 4 wires which include speed control.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

A mystery to me … but the item description seems honest enough

What did make me chuckle though, was the ebay concept of “Similar Items”

MichaelG.

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[Andy_HParticipant @andy_h]

I was tempted initially but the as I saw the bid creeping up decided it definitely wasn’t for me. Ending at £235 is, IMO, far too much given the number of unknowns attached to it!

 

Andy

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