I use gang tooling a lot now on my 7x10 mini lathe. It's really easy to do, just cut yourself a big block of aluminum or steel and bore a hole for each tool. How far apart depends on how large the tools and part are. For the spacers I've been making I have them 1" apart exactly.
Then clamp the block in the toolpost and bang away. I use TurboCNC for the software of course, but I believe all them support tool offsets for lathe work. I've got some other multi-hole blocks that just clamp to the slide for jobs that need more than 3 tools, as I run out of room fast if I'm not smart about setting them up.
I'll see if I can get a good picture of the setup to show you what's going on, but it's basically the same as Jon's - a front and rear toolpost and a raft of tapped holes on the slide. I've modified my cross slide for a 5" travel rather than the stock 3", but you should be able to make it work either way. |