1926 and evidence of further expansion along the railway frontage. The plant now covered more than 4 acres with 180,000 square feet of floor space devoted exclusively to lathe building and employed 300 workers. With a annual output capability of 4000 units 1926 saw total production of lathes pass the 35,000 mark and, on November 1st., the Company celebrated 20 year in business.
Besides the specialist machine tools from other makers the factory also employed one hundred specially converted lathes of their own manufacture. However, screwcutting leadscrews, a precision item requiring specialised machinery and knowledge to produce in quantities at reasonable cost, were still purchased from an outside supplier.

Ready for dispatch. A particularly interesting picture that can be dated to 1934 showing around one hundred and forty four Model 405 lathes - the very first but short-lived version of the well-known and very popular 9-inch "Workshop" series.

A row of 25 lathes (at the time the standard build batch) under assembly. These are 9-inch "Workshop" machines, each with a build sheet hanging from the tailstock end of its bed. Although the room would have been cleaned and tidied for the photograph it's still possible to spot backgear covers on the floor and, on the nearest lathe, a spring-bottom oil can.

1928 Planer Department - lathe beds were clamped together in groups and several machined at one setting. All the machines in this photograph are driven from overhead line shafting.