"ebd" wrote in message

The range on the 3K is more than needed and belt drive doesn't
suffer from low speed torque problems of electronic VS nor the noise
adjustment & cleaning problems of a Reeves drive.

I've heard this claim many times, but am puzzled by it. What sort of
cleaning and adjustment problems have you incurred with a Reeves drive?
I've turned about 150 hours on my Jet 1442 and so far no problems of any
sort. I did replace the belt early on with a segmented belt for the sole
purpose of smoothness, but beyond that I've had not problem one.

Max