Please forgive me if this is especially stupid, but I have never been around a CNC lathe with a turret, let along operated one!
Some of the discussion here has been about concerns of whether there would be a tail stock offered for the slant bed lathes.
Would it be practical to use one of the stations on the "coming soon" turret as a tail stock by just inserting a live or dead center?
I realize this would stop you from using the turret for the job, but it seems that for most cases where you would like to use a tail stock, turning with the CXA tool post would work well?
Terry