From November 1976 Boxford marketed the 5" x 22|" Model ME10, a less expensive lathe - though constructed from components identical to the more expensive machines. The first versions had a normal full-length countershaft and were little different to the run-of-the-mill rear-drive model - the aim, presumably, being to use up supplies of  no-longer-needed parts as the successful under-drive models took centre stage. Also available mounted on a special stand, the lathe was intended to run alongside the under-drive and rear-drive models and could be had in any of the three usual A, B and C specifications. The main difference between the later ME10 and the ordinary rear-drive models was the significantly reduced amount of room required to install it - a much more compact countershaft arrangement being used that made it far more suitable for the home workshop--the market segment that Boxford must have been targeting..