Four drive systems were available: a wall or ceiling-mounted countershaft, a foot motor with a 50 lb flywheel (which could be installed under the owner's own bench), a stand with a self-contained treadle-driven flywheel assembly or, on late machines only, a neat integral countershaft bolted to the back of the bed.
Late-model Grayson with its neat, built-on countershaft with all-V-belt drive
"Foot motor" for mounting under the owner's own bench. In the mid 1930s this cost £2 : 9s : 0d
The stand had cast iron legs and a pressed-steel drip tray with "welded corners" and a counterbalanced flywheel. £5 : 5s : 0d
Countershaft with fast-and-loose pulleys for wall or ceiling mounting. £2 : 18s : 6d