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| That IS a lathe with a Quick Change on the feed screw. And is what in the USA and Europe is called a Quick Change Lathe. Its NOT a gear head lathe. Flat belts do limit the torque more the V belts or gears so it won't hog metal as well as those drives, but it will probably have enough torque to work high speed tool bits all they can take. Where you really hog metal with big cuts is with carbide tooling and the flat belts well probably not have the torque to accomplish that. Where the chips turn blue and smoke as they come off the steel work piece.
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Metal lathe for beginners
