A Y-axis on a turning center lets the live tool move off the part's centerline (up/down across the spindle), enabling true milling of flats, slots and off-center features — not just radial cross-work. It's a key mill-turn capability.
Y-axis plus C-axis and live tooling is what makes a lathe genuinely mill complex parts.
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