"Chuck Hoffman" wrote in message
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Think about this for a moment. In school, I was taught to sharpen plane
irons on a grinder and the wheel was always turning INTO the work.
Wouldn't
the same logic apply to a belt sander?

You cannot reverse the direction of an AC motor by reversing the leads.

"Leon" wrote in message
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You are correct that the belt should turn away from the edge that you
are
sharpening.



Think about this. The wheel provided you natural protection against a
dig-in, because it was round, and you were sharpening at a tangent. The
belt is flat. Not a good practice.

Depending on the motor, you might find instructions to reverse it, but the
fractional HP types are less likely than the bigger ones to have this
feature.