Is there a general consensus on whether turret tooling should be mounted with the insert facing up or down? I'm assuming down so that gravity tends to help clear chips but wonder if other issues might be important to consider as well.

Also, for the folks that already have an SBL-15 with the turret, how do you have the turret tooled? If you also have gang tooling how do you split your tools between the two? I'm thinking to use a mix of ferrous and non-ferrous turning tools in the turret with one parting tool that will be used for both ferrous and non-ferrous, and possibly with a spotting drill in one of the turret positions. Gang tooling would be dedicated to drilling or boring tools.

Does that seem like a reasonable approach? I half-expect that the initial tool loadout will go through a few iterations before a good one is found but it would be nice to learn from other's experiences.

Mike