Reversing Harbor freight 1 x 30 sander?

[flatgrinder]

Has anyone done this?

Can you just rewire it? Any pointers?

Thanks!

 

[howiesatwork]

You'd also have to reverse the belt...
Don't know if the hybrid motors can be reversed.

 

[Azsoldier]

Which way does it run? Up or down?

 

[flatgrinder]

It runs down.

 

[Azsoldier]

Why do you want to reverse it? If the blade Catches don't you want it to go DOWN and cut your feet rather than go UP and cut your face?

Also all the removed material would go UP into your face as well.

My solution.... Turn the machine upside down. Seriously. Build a 2x4 table about 5 feet high, Bolt the damn thing upside down to the BOTTOM of the table. It now runs UP.

 

[flatgrinder]

Thanks for the replies.

Yep, I didn't think of that. I could use it upside down. I'm using it for sharpening and thought that it would be nice if I could use the work rest to hold a constant (and known) angle.

 

[DC KNIVES]

I am not sure what the problem is with sharpening as it sits. I have always sharpened my knives edge up and only do edge down on when doing my final with a leather belt. Dave