Of conventional design with a very heavy, deep section, cast-iron V-way bed, the main structure of the Wabeco 135 mm x 600 mm D6000 lathe was simple but strong.  Spindle drive came from an infinitely-variable speed 1.4 kW motor mounted behind the headstock; from the motor drive went first to a pulley on a layshaft and from there to both the headstock spindle and the carriage power-feed and screwcutting drive. Spindle speeds ran from 45 to 2300 rpm.
Screwcutting, as on the bar-bed lathes, was by toothed belts and wheels - although in this case the arrangement was improved by putting the initial drive from the spindle through gears that incorporated a conventional tumble-reverse mechanism, so enabling the lathe to be run in the almost silent high-speed "open-gear", or to generate right and left-hand threads by the movement of just one lever. Unfortunately, however, to make this change, an inaccessible nut had to be released first. In some markets the set of pulleys and belt required to complete the screwcutting set, and generate a full range of threads, were optional extras..

The D6000 had its drive motor conventionally mounted behind the headstock. The drive from this was taken first to a pulley on a layshaft and from there to both the headstock spindle and the carriage power-feed mechanism.
Screwcutting, as on the bar-bed lathes, was by toothed belts and wheels - although in this case the arrangement was improved by putting the initial drive from the spindle through gears that incorporated a conventional tumble-reverse mechanism. Unfortunately, to reset the tumble reverse for neutral or left-hand threads, an inaccessible nut had to be released. In some markets the set of pulleys required to generate a full range of threads had to be bought separately.

Two types of collet chuck were  available for the 6000 - a simple backplate-mounted unit (illustrated) and a No. 2 Morse collet chuck with a draw bar. Collets were of the "double-slotted" EX type.