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"Martin H. Eastburn" wrote:
wrote:
Just wondering whether it could be done.

If it is 3 phase, swap two of the power wires.

Otherwise the motor might have cw and ccw shades and
it is a mater of re-wiring. Takes specs of that motor
and knowledge.

At least a few radial arm saws (Wards Power Kraft for one) use/used
universal motors, wherein swapping the polarity of the rotor relative to
the stator ought to reverse the motor. One obvious way to do this on
such a motor is to swap the connections to the brush leads.

I do sincerely hope the original poster isn't intending to use the
radial saw in reverse; that sounds like a recipe for disaster. I
suppose if one wanted the blade on the opposite side of the traveler one
would need to reverse the rotation of the motor (and probably reengineer
the mount some), but otherwise...ouch.

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