Carl Darnell
Titanium
- Joined
- Jun 13, 2006
- Location
- Taylorsville Ky
My CamTak lathe has a lever for forward/stop/reverse on the carriage like many lathes that start and stop the motor rather than a clutch.
I was drilling some SS flanges and grabbed the lever and moved it back out of the detent and accidently lifted it instead of going down to stop the motor. Well, it suddenly reversed the spindle. Man, that sure surprised me. So I operated it several more times and it looks like I have an instant reverse feature for power tapping or any time I need to reverse quickly. I sure wouldn't do it running faster than 300 rpm but it sure works smooth at that speed and even better slower. I don't like to reverse motors fast like that but it may come in handy sometime.
I was drilling some SS flanges and grabbed the lever and moved it back out of the detent and accidently lifted it instead of going down to stop the motor. Well, it suddenly reversed the spindle. Man, that sure surprised me. So I operated it several more times and it looks like I have an instant reverse feature for power tapping or any time I need to reverse quickly. I sure wouldn't do it running faster than 300 rpm but it sure works smooth at that speed and even better slower. I don't like to reverse motors fast like that but it may come in handy sometime.