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Question please: - sasquatch - 09-28-2012
Combined drill and countersinks: Why do they also come in left hand?--- Is this due to being used in multiple head drills were the spindles turn in oposite directions?
Thanks.
RE: Question please: - PixMan - 09-30-2012
Yes, but also in some of the older cam-operated "swiss" style (sliding headstock) lathes which used LH tools on backworking operations.
RE: Question please: - TOM REED - 09-30-2012
I just thought they were Chinese, they read from right to left which is backwards to us right? Or could the be from ENGLAND, there they drive on the wrong side of the road, left, right. hihi--- tom
RE: Question please: - stevec - 09-30-2012
Tom, they're for export to Oz and other places south of the equator.
RE: Question please: - bollie7 - 10-15-2012
(09-30-2012, 11:32 AM)stevec Wrote: Tom, they're for export to Oz and other places south of the equator.Thats right, our society is going backwards in just about every other aspect atm.
bollie7