Cataract Underdrive Cabinet Stand "Enclosed" Version with 6-speed drive.  40" long x 30" wide x 36" high.
Made from clear, hard, northern maple this well-constructed cabinet stand, which weighed 450 pounds, featured an unusual hinged top, counterbalanced to stay in either the open or closed positions. The top, shellacked and waxed, was 2.25" thick, made from laminated strip and braced by two 0.5" tie bolts; to add further stiffness the main cabinet rails were bolted to the legs with 4" x 0.5" machine bolts.
The body of the cabinet was varnished in the natural colour of the wood and fitted with five drawers, dovetailed at their front and with their backs grooved into the sides. One of the drawers was fitted out to accept a complete collet set.
The internal drive unit was identical with that fitted to the "Open" version of the stand, with a reversing two-speed motor as standard. The cabinet was supplied fitted, wired - and ready to run

An earlier pattern Cataract stand
The 60" x 30" x 2.25" thick top, of clear hard maple, was reinforced by two steel tie rods and supported on 15/8" diameter steel legs made rigid by 1/2" diameter rods with their ends threaded left and right to make them adjustable for tension. The steel legs were also threaded into the supporting bosses - and could be screwed in and out to overcome irregularities in the floor level.
The motor was a 220 volt, 60 cycle, 3-phase, two speed reversible unit driving a rather ornamentally-supported countershaft mounted fitted with self-aligning bearings - with provision for individual adjustment to each drive belt's tension. The floor pedals operated clutches which were able to engage, disengage - and probably reverse the drive.
More examples of early Cataract stands carrying multiple lathes, and with complex overhead drive systems, can be seen here.