An extraordinary lathe bargain?

[Robin GrahamParticipant @robingraham42208]

I’m thinking of selling up, so was looking at prices for my lathe – nearest equivalent I could find was a Chester Crusader 150mm centre height, 810mm between centres. A bit depressed to find you can get the basic model for under £300 here – reduced from £4592.

It seems too good to be true, but strange things happen with pricing sometimes. So just a heads-up for anyone looking for a new lathe.

Robin.

 

[Bill PhinnParticipant @billphinn90025]

They’ve hardly even tried to make themselves look plausible, let alone trustworthy. The only sensible thing to do is to give them a wide body swerve.

EtA: Their notion of what a Stihl guide bar looks like says it all.

[John HaineParticipant @johnhaine32865]

https://www.sparktoolco.com/product/proxxon-23096-1-2-52-teeth-standard-ratchet5903/

Not to mention this!

[jimmy bParticipant @jimmyb]

Pure scam.

Not even sure why you eoukd post links to an obviously scam site.

 

Can the mods block these links please

 

Jimb

[Adrian R2Participant @adrianr2]

I read of a scam that involves creating fake websites for fashion brands that are no longer trading but still have some consumer recognition, and then relying on bots being stupid enough to scrape them and offer up to AI chat users who just click “buy now”  from the recommendation rather than doing any further due diligence on the merchant.

Possibly this is the machine tool equivalent – a company called Spark Tools is listed as dissolved on Companies House.

[Robert Atkinson 2Participant @robertatkinson2]

It’s a scam.

You have to register just to find out what their address is! At best they are harvesting data.
I wonder what Chester tools think about them using their machines?
Returns at owners cost, probably to China, and only refunded if they think it is unused.

Robert.

[jaCK HobsonParticipant @jackhobson50760]

FREE shipping – only £40!

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi Jack, yes I noticed that, they don’t say which model, and some of their specs are wrong, says it all really.

Regards Nick.

 

[jaCK Hobson]

1. On jaCK Hobson Said:

   FREE shipping – only £40!

   Cheap at half the price!

[JAParticipant @ja]

I like the idea of using Vitamin B6 tablets for SNMG inserts. It must bring a whole new meaning to something.

JA

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