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The taper-turning unit was especially well thought out with the unit brought into operation by tightening just the two bolts holding the anchor bracket to the bed and once in use it was still possible to operate the cross slide normally. The scale was marked both in degrees and inches of taper per foot.

A poorly designed fixed steady with a very limited capacity.

Travelling steady

A 4-way toolpost was standard, but the slide to which it was fitted was not T-slotted making changes difficult than they should have been; however, an alternative toolpost, below, included a T-slotted casting.

American-type toolholder which came complete with a T-slotted top slide.

Boring table to replace cross slide

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