An object of astounding beauty - with the most delicate of detailing and an wonderfully fine cosmetic finish - this miniature backgeared and screwcutting lathe even has a taper-turning attachment. The design reflects some features of toolroom lathe practice with, for example, a front V-bedway with a wide and shallow outer face backed by a steep and short inner; long, equally proportioned saddle wings; an especially deep apron; a 4-bolt cap on the spindle front bearing and a worm-drive tailstock barrel. The range of accessories is also impressive: fixed and travelling steadies, a vertical milling slide with dividing head and a high-speed milling and grinding attachment.
Even the drive - with the bed bolted directly to the motor and the countershaft cantilevered from the back - is, if not unique, very unusual. Unfortunately this arrangement brings in its wake the likelihood that vibrations from the 1-phase motor (not always the smoothest-running) can pass to the workpiece.