Coarse-pitch changewheels demanded a collection of large diameter gears  in order to produce a fine carriage feed. Tumble reverse, invented many years earlier, was a standard and useful fitting on most larger Britannia models as was a quick-set hand-turning rest (seen in the foreground by the headstock).

For a comparatively inexpensive lathe, intended for light-duty repair shop and amateur use, the finish of machined parts was of a high standard.

Narrower than the bed ways, and clamped with just a single bolt the designer was unconcerned with maximising the rigidity of the headstock.

Open slideways and unprotected feedscrews  were perfectly normal at the time, as was a carriage feed handle operating directly onto a bed-mounted rack. This gave a disproportionately rapid feed quite unsuited to hand turning.

A top-slide with degree markings engraved on its base was a normal Victorian specification - as was a compound slide rest bereft of micrometer dials.

A separate belt was required to use the smaller high-speed pulley on the treadle-powered  flywheel.