Although normally mounted in the toolpost of  Boxford lathe - and all the other South Bend Clones - the Little Giant toolpost grinder can, by just changing the T-bolt, also be fitted to a variety of small lathes from 3 to 5-inch centre height. Although intended for the micro finishing of particularly accurate parts, it also comes into its own when a modification has to be made to a part so hard that it cannot be turned. The mechanical parts of Boxford unit appear to have been made by the American company Dumore (whose identical model was called the "Tom Thumb") though the round-body motor fitted was always of English manufacture. Dumore are still going and can provide a wide range of accessories inkling extension spindles for internal grinding Later models - some of which had a base painted brown - had a "square" English-made Parvalux rectangular motor in a light-green "Hammerite finish. On this model the spindle thread was changed to a Whitworth-form 1/4" x 32 t.p.i.