Machines by Simat
Simat 101: By the end of the 1970s the "Norfolk Lathe & Tool Company Ltd" of Royston House, North Walsham had taken over the lathe and offered it both as a finished unit and a kit of parts for home assembly. Manufacture and marketing then passed into the hands of Alphabeta Engineering of Gamers Way Industrial Estate, North Walsham, Norfolk when it became known as the Simat 101; in an attempt to make the lathe self-contained it was offered in a "deluxe" version with a motor and simple countershaft unit made from propriety "Picador" parts. The worm-and-wheel drive to the leadscrew as used on late-model Flexispeed was wisely retained. The next stage in the lathe's evolution was the Perris.