Lathes

Hi Everyone,

Do any of you know about a supplier called "Shapiro" who advertise on this forum? I was looking at some of their lathes and they appear to be well priced.

Does anyone know where these machines are made ?

Thanks for any info.

As far as I can work out their heavy lathes are Stankomashtroy which are Russian made.

Sorry know nothing else about them except they are Maltese based.

regards

Edited By Oldiron on 09/03/2018 12:45:23

The hobby lathes look to be Weiss so much the same as Warco, Chester, Toolco, SPG. etc so made in China

It does look like the "usual" lathes.

Pricing could be interesting...

Jim

They are based in Malta, they cater for hobby and small shop type requirements. As mentioned above their lathes are of Chinese and Russian origins, hobby lathe most probably Weiss.

Thanks,Oldiron,

I saw that their heavy stuff was Russian made,so I suppose their lighter lathes are too.

Would they be any better or worse than "China made lathe of the day",that,s the question ?

Speck and price wise,they seem to compare well with both Chester and Warco. Spares might be another matter..

To Jimmy B,

Yes,the pricing is interesting,since it includes Vat and delivery to most places in Europe and to England,and surprise,surprise,even to Ireland. Dont recall any of the usual suppliers offering anything similar

Food for thought !