CNC lathe designs

To all –

Can anyone please explain to me the common layouts for CNC lathes, regarding
tool turrets, toolholders, etc.? I was thinking of CNC’ing a lathe, and was
wondering about the use of a tailstock in a CNC application. Do CNC lathes
come with tailstocks?? The ones I’ve seen didn’t, but had a tool turret
instead. Would this be considered the tailstock then? I was trying to
figure out how to setup the controller/axes, and I imagine the tool turret
would require a third axis. What would this be called (U,V,W, etc.)?

Thanks in advance,

Carlos Guillermo
VERVE Engineering & Design



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