A turret lathe has six-usual tools arranged in the order of use on a rotating turret which is cycled by a large wheel or (Turnstile) like contrivance- in fact some lathe makers calle them Turnstile...
They are essentially the same machine. Capstan is British usage, Turret, US. One old and still technically correct usage of Capstan was the (Turnstile winch) were Bars were extended and seamen walked...
All turret lathes have rods. These rods are called feed rods and their purpose is to transfer mechanical power from the main drive and gearbox of the lathe to the apron attached to the saddle. This...
feeding bar mechanism used to make the bar self forward motion when the collet chuck is opened and by using weight at the end of the machine we make sure that the bar is loaded to feed forward all...