In article , Lewis Campbell wrote:
I have a small lathe, similar to this one at Harbor Freight (
http://tinyurl.com/yy03 ) except that mine was purchased from Enco.

Anyway, I would like to be able to machine LH threads but this machine
does not have a reversible leadscrew.

i don't think lh threading requires reversing the lead screw. there
s/b good info thru google but i would be surprised if you cannot
reverse it on your machine. --Loren

I'm wondering if any of you creative gentlemen may have engineered a
fix for this?

Your help will be appreciated.

Lewis.