When it comes to turning, no one style of tooling is better than the next. Both gang-style tooling and turret tooling offer their own sets of strengths and drawbacks, and the choice of which tooling style to use depends typically on the application.
When parts are to be turned are relatively small in diameter and require a limited number of tools, for example, gang tooling may be the best choice, experts say. For larger diameter parts, parts that are relatively long or that require more live tooling, on the other hand, a turret tooling system may be the best solution.