ChipBed
Aluminum
- Joined
- Jan 7, 2005
- Location
- Rochester, NY
One of the other posts got me to thinking, but why would you ever need 'Reverse' on a lathe? My 13" has a 'Forward' & 'Reverse' drum switch, but I've never found a use for the reverse direction and, in fact, I mechanically locked it out, so I wouldn't accidentally start it up in reverse. Is there a time you'd run it backwards (maybe to put stock on? ) ?