The screwcutting gearbox followed modern practice in being constructed from a totally enclosed, one-piece casting that held a supply of lubricant in the base from where it was distributed by splash. The gears were all induction hardened with the threading and feed ranges selected by three levers and an 8-position dial; a total of 39 metric, 35 English, 18 Module and 18 Diametrical pitches could be achieved by moving the control levers and either rearranging the standard changewheel set - or employing some of the extra non-metallic (hence quiet-running) gears which were supplied with the machine in order for it to achieve its full threading range.

With no gearlevers to set, or belts to move - and hence no mechanical indication of the spindle speed - some form of digital speed readout was required; unfortunately, instead of being a large, clear unit angled so that the operator could read it without hesitation, it was a rather tiny, insignificant affair tucked away in the top right hand corner of the headstock's front face.

The straight bed (there was no option of a gap) was induction hardened and fastened to a heavy-gauge sheet-metal stand which was fitted not only with the usual splash back, but a locking tool cupboard as well.

The 110-volt electrical control equipment was neatly built into a single compartment on the left-hand end of the stand, access being through a door protected by a mechanically interlocked isolator switch. The lathe was not fitted with a clutch, but relied instead upon direct on-line starting through forward and reverse contactors with 'emergency stop' available though a button mounted on the headstock and a full-length foot bar between the cabinet feet; the main spindle stop, start, forward and reverse control was by a gated lever fastened to the right-hand face of the apron.

The pumped oil supply from the apron was distributed to long grooves in the V ways of the saddle.