Whilst this early model used a nicely turned and knurled finger nut to hold the large pulley in place all the later versions seen by the writer had an ordinary, commercially-sourced wing nut.

Each handwheel on the lathe was turned from the solid and knurled on its outer face to afford oily fingers a grip; like all other small fastenings and fitting on the lathe these components were plated. Unfortunately the handwheels and their opposing collars were fastened to the shaft by pins - meaning that no adjustments could be made to reduce backlash as the faces wore in service.

The design of the non-backgeared headstock was very simple, with the spindle bored to accept 1/4" diameter rod. Two decently-long. plain parallel bronze bearings of the split type with bolts to close down the gap, were used and a single overhung drive pulley mounted on the spindle's left-hand end. Thrust was absorbed in both directions by fibre washers fitted at each side of the front bearing.