Tight and Loose Headstock
A very unusual headstock fitted with a "Tight and Loose " (or "Fast and Loose") pulley system - designed to aid the rapid manufacture of parts where a method of quickly starting and stopping the headstock was required. An electric motor with a wide pulley was positioned behind the lathe, and the headstock driven directly from it; a belt-shifter fork, connected to a foot pedal, aided instant selection of the drive and left the turner's hands free to position lathe tools and operate the collet closer.