10-18-2016, 06:37 PM
I *love* having a reversible spindle! It's really handy for power tapping, and on occasion good for threading with upside-down tools to thread away from a shoulder toward the tailstock.
One thing that matters though is if the spindle is a thread mount for chucks, you can only reverse it when using a collet chuck and only if that isn't the screw-on type.
One thing that matters though is if the spindle is a thread mount for chucks, you can only reverse it when using a collet chuck and only if that isn't the screw-on type.