My only experience with a Prazi lathe was bad. We had one at work that
was a real piece of junk. For example;

- Only way to move the carrage was to turn the lead screw with a litle
wheel when it was disconnected from the gear train. The lead screw was
a fine pitch so it took forever

- The TEFC motor was positioned such that all of the chips were sucked
into the cooling fan and blown onto the gear train.

- The gears were phenolic and with the constant cloud of chips, they
quickly wore out and could not be replaced

- Everything was so weak and cheaply made that anyting more than the
lightest cut would chatter.

That was about 13 years ago. No wonder that the origional company went
under

Bob