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...
I'd have to see the two lathes to tell you, but there are four main reasons a turner replaces his lathe: the new one vibrates less, the new one is larger either in length or in the diameter of the...
There are many different types of Lathe, the King of all machine tools- as there are many types of Organs ( musical instrument) a High-speed sometimes shortened to (speed Lathe) is a light duty...