07-01-2018, 07:35 AM
Bud,
Good question! to be honest, I don't know. Before I got involved with belt grinders, I worked with the Tormek. ((I still do,) The Tormek works in either direction. I had just started using my Viel for sharpening (scissors) when I became involved in converting the Viel and later the Kally. After too many disassemblings and reassemblings, I finally have both functioning again. As part of the conversion, I added reversing switches to both. Changing direction of the motor is easy. Just flip two leads in the control box. However, I wanted to be able to easily switch back and forth.
I placed my reversing switches on the the opposite side of the control box from the on-off and variable speed switches. Some more experienced users than me think the reversing switch is unnecessary. I like the convenience.
Ken
Good question! to be honest, I don't know. Before I got involved with belt grinders, I worked with the Tormek. ((I still do,) The Tormek works in either direction. I had just started using my Viel for sharpening (scissors) when I became involved in converting the Viel and later the Kally. After too many disassemblings and reassemblings, I finally have both functioning again. As part of the conversion, I added reversing switches to both. Changing direction of the motor is easy. Just flip two leads in the control box. However, I wanted to be able to easily switch back and forth.
I placed my reversing switches on the the opposite side of the control box from the on-off and variable speed switches. Some more experienced users than me think the reversing switch is unnecessary. I like the convenience.
Ken