Micro Lathe Identification

[Doug N]

Hi all,
I recently picked up this mini lathe for doing small items, locally off Gumtree. It all seems to work fine, but the mystery is that there is no makers name anywhere on the machine. On the front it says 'Micro Lathe' but I can't find anything specific online for that. Being a novice with this kind of lathe I was hoping to find a manual, but no joy. Does anyone recognise this machine or have any idea who the makers might be? Would be useful to know in case I need spare parts in future. Would I be right in thinking that as far as using the lathe goes that all these small lathes are used in pretty much the same way?

Thanks in advance.

Doug

 

[MikeK]

The lathe looks like one of the imports available from Alibaba.

Here is one from Shanghai Sumore Micro Lathe:

https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Shanghai-sumore-micro-lathe-machine-sieg_60565468511.html
Here is another version from Maxnovo Machine:

https://www.maxnovomachine.com/e/PRODUCTS/Lathe-Machine/Mini-Lathe/MM-C1-Micro-Lathe.html

 

[sploo]

It's likely it's a SIEG C1 (or clone). A large percentage of branded metal lathes sold these days are one of the SIEG range, be it a C0, C1, SC2, C3-300, SC4, and offered (in various paint schemes) by Axminster, Clarke, (I think) Warco, and many US names.

Arc Euro Trade have spare parts: C1 Lathe Spares - Arc Euro Trade

 

[Doug N]

The lathe looks like one of the imports available from Alibaba.

Thanks Mike - that's the one. I picked it up with a few extras for roughly half Alibaba price (Ex shipping) so I'm happy with that. It'll only get light use from me so should last me a good while.

Nice to know where it came from. Another poster has given me a good link for spares too.

Regards

Doug

 

[Doug N]

It's likely it's a SIEG C1 (or clone). A large percentage of branded metal lathes sold these days are one of the SIEG range, be it a C0, C1, SC2, C3-300, SC4, and offered (in various paint schemes) by Axminster, Clarke, (I think) Warco, and many US names.

Arc Euro Trade have spare parts: C1 Lathe Spares - Arc Euro Trade

Thanks sploo. That link is just what I needed. I don't need any parts at present but very handy to know where I can get them when needed.

Regards

Doug