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I have read the manual line by line twice and see only that,
"The fixed shaft bolt (825) [& gear 822 called the intermediate gear] under the spindle is used for right hand cutting and threading. The set of fixed Shaft Bolts in the accessory kit is used in combination with the original set of shaft bolts to reverse the rotation of the long lead screw for left handed cutting and threading."
I see nowhere that the method is described. The charts only tell which gears to use to set the number of threads, not the direction. Nor is the procedure for removing (if that is necessary as I believe) gear (822).
It looks like, to me, that the designed method of reversal is to REMOVE the intermediate gear, on the bolt 825, and then loosen the screw 835 and tilt the "change gear box" (833) toward the back till it hits the spindle gear directly.
If this is the method, then why not move 825 & 822 to the "top" side and attach a "handle" to the "change gear box" (833) so that it can be tilted toward the back for Lefthand thread and tilt it toward the front till it engages the intermittent gear in its new position for righthand threads??
The "handle" could be set in a double indent so that either position is stable or stabilized with a set clamp. The screw (835) could be left just loose enough that the "gear change box" (833) could be moved whenever needed, set it permanently "loose" with thread lock.
"The fixed shaft bolt (825) [& gear 822 called the intermediate gear] under the spindle is used for right hand cutting and threading. The set of fixed Shaft Bolts in the accessory kit is used in combination with the original set of shaft bolts to reverse the rotation of the long lead screw for left handed cutting and threading."
I see nowhere that the method is described. The charts only tell which gears to use to set the number of threads, not the direction. Nor is the procedure for removing (if that is necessary as I believe) gear (822).
It looks like, to me, that the designed method of reversal is to REMOVE the intermediate gear, on the bolt 825, and then loosen the screw 835 and tilt the "change gear box" (833) toward the back till it hits the spindle gear directly.
If this is the method, then why not move 825 & 822 to the "top" side and attach a "handle" to the "change gear box" (833) so that it can be tilted toward the back for Lefthand thread and tilt it toward the front till it engages the intermittent gear in its new position for righthand threads??
The "handle" could be set in a double indent so that either position is stable or stabilized with a set clamp. The screw (835) could be left just loose enough that the "gear change box" (833) could be moved whenever needed, set it permanently "loose" with thread lock.