The up-to-date Willson lathe shown at the Machine Tools Trade Exhibition of 1920. Contained within the left-hand cabinet leg the electric motor drove to a 6-speed gearbox with drive transmitted to a 4-speed gearbox built into the headstock - the total of 24 speeds spanning a very wide and useful range. The drive was clutched - controlled by a long bar running above and along the bed - and the lathe fitted with a separate shaft to drive the sliding and surfacing feeds, these being engaged by a star-shaped handwheel on the face of the apron. Feeds could be set for automatic disengagement by sliding stops fitted to a control rod running along the front of the bed - the latter also provided with a handle for the instant start and stop of the feed.