Bertie Pittman wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 07:30:04 -0500, "George" George@least wrote:

I don't have any problem with left handed threads on tools or whatever
- at least not where they make sense anyway.


You'd love the 3000, where the tailstock is secured leftie tightie for
reasons known only to Teknatool.

As I said, the reason for the apparent other-handedness is that the
designers anticipated that regular usage would be in the recess mode. Means
start-up inertia tightens it, too.