That's what the datasheet I posted says .... agreed, quite something. I also think that was a max option not the standard configuration.
This is one is unlikely - see these oilers on top of bearings. It looks more like bushing bearings - "slow" speed ones. Also - backgear contraption on that speed will just explode.
Oil glass doesn't means plane bearings. Every rolling element bearing lathe I've worked on has the spindle are lubricated by oil, this just happens to be a drip feed vs a bath, pumped, cup reservoir or ball oiler. The lathe in the data sheet shows the same oilers and is spec'd with ball bearings. Just found the page below. It shows a better picture, factory literature, of the oilers on what is a precision rolling element bearing spindle.
As for back gear, It may be on the counter shaft or may not be present. I don't think I see one the spindle above, but the image below seems to show it. If well balanced, its just spinning when at high speed. Maybe it and the cone head pulleys are much smaller on the 5000 rpm version? No idea, I only know they claimed to have made them.
I have never set eyes on one so am not arguing, just pointing out what the datasheet says. For the curious, read some Hendyman's posts on PM, nobody on the planet knows more about them than him
It also doesn't look like, for those in know, that the price is outrageous. There wasn't an outcry on the 3200 US ask for the one in the thread below. On one hand it seems like a lot to pay without screw cutting, but on the other I've paid that and more for lighter Schaublins that weren't screw cutting.
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