Quote Originally Posted by i2i View Post
if you're going to cnc you may want to look over the toolplate idea.
The toolplate does look like a good way of doing it, but more awkward to set up and not as many tools. Also limits travel I suppose. Great for small jobs like in the video though. It's a similar concept to what I did with the milling machine here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wGDMSiZpyg

I didn't video it but for a different part I clamped a couple of drills to the milling machine table and got it to use them all. Another way to do it would be to mount tools to a rotary table.

I will still want to use the lathe manually when it's converted to CNC.