I've been interested in Stubby Lathes for years now - they're well designed and built by a family operation in Australia. I had been trying to chase one down before I bought my American Beauty and had subscribed to the user group (not very well participated in overall) to get a feel for what owners thought about their lathes (generally good and supportive membership). The family that operated Stubby/Omega changed leadership with the passing of their founder, but appeared to be well run by the son who has continued with Omege engineering.
Every now and again I'd see a little traffic from the user group, but not often. It just kept reminding me that this is a uniquely designed and well built lathe that still has a base of happy users. Without a US distributer, it seems that marketing to the us market has all but ceased over the years.
Recently I learned of a company called Stute that is offering the Stutey Lathe which appears to be a direct knock off of the Stubby. Trying to delve into both websites doesn't reveal what is going on here. Anyone have an inkling on the situation?
Every now and again I'd see a little traffic from the user group, but not often. It just kept reminding me that this is a uniquely designed and well built lathe that still has a base of happy users. Without a US distributer, it seems that marketing to the us market has all but ceased over the years.
Recently I learned of a company called Stute that is offering the Stutey Lathe which appears to be a direct knock off of the Stubby. Trying to delve into both websites doesn't reveal what is going on here. Anyone have an inkling on the situation?
