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Available over the years in several versions, the Elect was made with a choice of two bed lengths: 15" with one supporting pedestal foot and admitting 5.5" between centres and 18" with two pedestals and admitting 8.5" between centres. The maximum collet capacity was 5/16" (0.315" or #80 metric) and the spindle, when fitted with plain, hardened cone bearings, had a top speed of 6,500 rpm - and was guaranteed to run to within 0.000025" concentricity. When a ball-bearing headstock was specified, the maximum speed rose to 18,000 rpm (around those attainted by early 1960s Honda GP 50 cc motorcycle engines and from year 2000 10-cylinder Formula 1 racing cars) - and the spindle ran true to within 0.0002".

An Elect lathe of the 1950s with the sturdier "production" type bed - in plain paint and fitted with a "Combination" heavy-duty tailstock and a foot-treadle operated Spring-bind Collet Closer Attachment. This latter device consisted of a round spring which could be closed over the headstock pulley to stop it rotating - combined with a lever-action collet opener.

A 1969 Elect rigged for production work and fitted with a ball-bearing headstock spindle, twin-pedestal supported bed, Revolving Tailstock and Double (lever-feed) Compound Slide Rest.

Another version of the Elect lathe - nickel plated, supported on twin pedestals and fitted with a "Plain" (push-barrel) tailstock - and a compound slide rest carrying a vertical slide fitted with a high-speed milling and grinding head.

Another version of the Elect lathe - nickel plated, supported on twin pedestals and fitted with the heavier "Combination" tailstock and a screw-feed compound slide rest.