1. A TRANSFER MECHANISM FOR ELONGATED ARTICLES COMPRISING: A FRAME, FIRST AND SECOND COLLET MEANS MOUNTED GENERALY PARALLEL TO ONE ANOTHER, AND OSCILLATING DRIVE SHAFT MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME GENERALLY PARLALLEL TO SAID CHUCK MEANS, A TRANSFER MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING AN ELONGATED ARTICLE FROM SAID FIRST COLLET MEANS TO SAID SECOND COLLET MEANS WHILE ROTATING SAID WORKPIECE 180* ABOUT AN AXIS INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF THE ARTICLE, SAID TRANSFER MEANS BEING MOUNTED AT ONE END OF SAID DRIVE SHAFT, SAID TRANSFER DEVICE INCLUDING A HOLLOW TRANSFER SHAFT MOUNTED GENERALLY PERPENDICULARLY TO SAID DRIVE SHAFT, A TRANSFER FINGER CONNECTED TO SAID HOLLOW SHAFT AND ADAPTED TO ROTATE WITH HOLLOW SHAFT AND BEING MOVABLE AXIALLY OF SAID HOLLOW SHAFT, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID TRANSFER SHAFT AND TRANSFER FINGER THROUGH AN ARC BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND CHUCK MEANS, AND MEANS OPERATING IN TIMED RELATION TO THE OSCILLATING MOVEMENT OF SAID HOLLOW TRANSFER SHAFT AND SAID TRANSFER FINGER FOR MOVING SAID TRANSFER AXIALLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID HOLLOW TRANSFER SHAFT TO THEREBY ALIGN THE END OF SAID TRANSFER FINGER WITH RESPECT TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND COLLET MEANS.