My vertical mill has a forward switch and a reverse - written very professionally on the on/off switch in permanent magic marker.
I've only used the forward except for one time when I accidently tried to drill a hole with it in reverse.
Yesterday I had an old-woodworking-tool friend visit and we spent the day doing some metal work on the mill (Made a nice little hexagon hammer head in brass, plane nickers and other small things.) He saw the R and asked me when to use reverse. My only guess was for those end mills with the backwards spirals, but now that I think about it, that doesn't seem right - why make backwards spiraling bits if it means you have to reverse the rotation?
So what is the reverse on the vertical mill really for?
thanks
Joe
I've only used the forward except for one time when I accidently tried to drill a hole with it in reverse.
Yesterday I had an old-woodworking-tool friend visit and we spent the day doing some metal work on the mill (Made a nice little hexagon hammer head in brass, plane nickers and other small things.) He saw the R and asked me when to use reverse. My only guess was for those end mills with the backwards spirals, but now that I think about it, that doesn't seem right - why make backwards spiraling bits if it means you have to reverse the rotation?
So what is the reverse on the vertical mill really for?
thanks
Joe