"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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"Jon Elson" wrote in message
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Bob La Londe wrote:

So, for a manual lathe who has found a tailpost turret to be
really
useful?
I'd rather get a few more holders for the QC dovetail toolpost and
forget
the tailstock. About the only cutting tool a tailpost is good for
is really
heavy drilling. Otherwise, you can do it all on the toolpost. A
DRO (or
CNC) helps in that matter for keeping track of the X position for
each tool.

Jon

I've actually got quite a few tool holders for the QC.

What got me thinking about the tailstock turret was center drilling,
drilling, and tapping several identical parts. Then reversing the
part, center drilling, and drilling the other end.

I do the center and initial deep pilot hole by swapping Morse shank
tools.
http://www.collistoolholder.com/cgi-...yp=CAT_9_TYP_Q