well from the look of it aside that its a geared speed control, the Matthews PM 1027 looks exactly like the weiss 11x27 lathe lathe that i have and i am quite please with it mine as a oil cutting pluid system on it and it made a huge difference in its behavior and cutting capacity in hard material like 304ss the only advantage i can see the bolton have is the crossfeed but aside from that they probably offer similar performance.
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