Thanks for the replies! I'll take a look at some of those sets.
Our bigger lathes have some power. They are a variation of the imported 1340G model available in several colors and logos. With HSS tooling last year we were pulling some heavy chip coils off aluminum before they started bogging down. Couldn't quite get a good chip breaker ground into the tool bits with the shop grinder.
The lathes are fairly tight, if made to be. The setup for any precision job involves some form of minor rebuild that will last a week or two before it is back to slop
Judging from the work left around the shop by the usual users, you'd think they were using a tire iron as cutter... The abuse just shakes the screws and gibs loose.
We have no holders yet, which is why I wanted to pick a type that was good for most robotics work and standardize on that, as AlecS mentioned.