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Yes, but also in some of the older cam-operated "swiss" style (sliding headstock) lathes which used LH tools on backworking operations.
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09-30-2012, 11:05 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-30-2012, 11:07 AM by TOM REED.)
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
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Tom, they're for export to Oz and other places south of the equator.
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(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.
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