A universal turret system is provided and includes the capability of accommodating a wide range of multi-class tooling including manual tools (1), manual quick-change tools (2), semi or fully automatic tooling (3), and live or driven tooling (4). The universal turret system includes a plurality of tool adapters (79) with each adapter being mountable at any station on the turret disk and with each tool adapter being designed to receive or drive a specific tool from the multi-tool class.