The main structure of the Wabeco 135mm x 600mm D6000 lathe is of conventional design with a very heavy, deep section, cast-iron V-way bed, a simple but strong carriage assembly and an infinitely-variable speed 1.4 kW motor mounted behind the headstock.
The drive from motor is taken first to a pulley on a layshaft and from there to both the headstock spindle (which runs from 45 to 2300 rpm) and the carriage power-feed and screwcutting drive.
Screwcutting, as on the bar-bed lathes, is by toothed belts and wheels - although in this case the arrangement is improved by putting the initial drive from the spindle through gears which incorporate 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 has 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, are optional extras.

The D6000 has its drive motor conventionally mounted behind the headstock. The drive from this is 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, is by toothed belts and wheels - although in this case the arrangement is improved by putting the initial drive drive from the spindle through gears which incorporate a conventional tumble-reverse mechanism. Unfortunately, to reset the tumble reverse for neutral or left-hand threads, an inaccessible nut has to be released. In some markets the set of pulleys required to generate a full range of threads have to be bought separately.

The cross slide, with its traverse T slots, and the "post-mounted" top slide, are very similar in general appearance to those on the older Emco V10 lathes.

Two types of collet chuck are available for the 6000 - a simple backplate-mounted unit (illustrated) and a No. 2 Morse collet chuck with a draw bar.
The collets are of the double-sotted type.