i would agree with you on that but my drive belt is pretty old and also i am putting in a new motor with higher hp. the starmill came with the earlier 200w motor. hoping to stuff a left over >1kw servo motor that i have sitting unused into the column. i have done trial fitting and it fits with good clearance and stuff but i would like to change the belt to a tooth belt and hope to do rigid tapping in the future. i still have multiple of these 1-1.5kw spare servos and drivers sitting around so its a case of might as well.