Most manually operated lathes are ran CCW so that if a chuck wrench is accidentally left in the lathe chuck, and machine is started, the chuck wrench is instantly thrown at the operator. School of Hard Knocks: Crash Course, Pass/Fail grade options
A few posts back it was mentioned that drills are used with the machine operated in CCW. I wonder if those posting individuals have ever seen a left hand twist drill? They then require that the lathe be ran in a CW direction for proper cutting action. Any ideas why I may want to use a LH drill vs a RH drill for some applications?
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