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chipenter:
Have you tried looking at CNC lathe tool changers , http://www.homanndesigns.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46:7x14-lathe-atc&catid=34:cnc-projects&Itemid=55 this one is basic some of them can do all sorts and may be adaptable.

chipenter:
From 1940 Edger T Westbury did a series on turret and capstan lathes , lifted off some images but they are in RTF formatt and not supported here and the pdf's are to big to post .

Joules:
Jeff,
       I would be interested in what you found, can you point me to a link for the articles ?

I now have a tailstock turret on my Myford but haven't yet used it in anger.  I do plan to make a turret/capstan for the mini lathe.  Many are saying the mini lathe is too small, however if you actually thing about the majority of parts you are likely (I am likely) to make, it doesn't need much more than 50mm travel unless you have tooling with large over hang.  With an indexing mechanism I hope for total travel of the capstan to be 100mm or less.

chipenter:
I willnot post a link as it's a torrent site but send me your email adderess and I will post the PDF's to you .

Fergus OMore:

I was idly running through my USB sticks which serve as a library.
I found that the late Ken Metcalfe built 2  6 station turret heads -for the ML7.

They are in Model Engineer 6th and 20th August 1971.

Regards

Norman

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