James,
you have misread Chaddock's intentions as the designer of
the Quorn.
Assuming that grinding grit is bad for you, then you take precautions
to avoid breathing it. That applies whatever you have!
So onto the Quorn and the Clarkson as machines. I have built a Quorn
and use a Stent and have a Kennet and a Clarkson( wow!) The Quorn is
bedevilled by grit stopping its works- not just yours. This goes for
the Worden and to some extent for the Kennet. The Clarkson and the
Stent have 'flat' worktables and therefore the grit is less likely to
get into the works.
If you concentrate on reading into the Quorn, you will find all sorts
of 'workarounds' have been published since 1973. Chaddock made a
bellows like that on a folding camera, others purloined hospital
piping and others with fancy bellows but mine has a gentleman's trilby
hat suitably trimmed. It's bit like Stephenson's Rocket whose wonky
cylinders were packed with the foreman's felt hat.
So there you have it
Cheers
Norman