Looking very much like an early version of the well-known Austrian-made Unimat, this copy or "development" appears to be of a rather heavier construction than the original - and may be home-made. It joins a number of other small bar-bed lathes based on this very popular machine including what may be a Russian-built example, the Argentinean Rowic and one likely to have been made in East Germany. There has even been at least one entirely home-made version.