A question for you guys that have been using power wrappers for decorative wraps. I have a Renzetti lathe. I bought some months back. I am now used to power wrapping my guides and have come to like having my left hand free. However, when doing a decorative wrap it works going one way but not the other. Is there a device or way to reverse the direction of the shaft for this purpose or am I just not seeing it right???? Mybe it's just the way it is??? Thanks for any advice or direction I may receive.

You can do everything from left to right - you don't have to come back down the rod. Wrap onto tape on the tip end, then start again from the butt.

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Douglas,
If you would like to install a DC gear motor on your lathe, it would be easy to reverse the motor direction at the flip of a switch.

Of course you will need the associated power supply and foot pedal to go with the gear motor.

Good luck
Roger

Why do you need to reverse the direction (rotation) of the lathe?

Not sure how the Renzetti lathe is made but on my CPW Custom Power wrapper I just twist my belt around like in a figure eight and it will go in reverse no problem.

Glenn McMurrian

Thanks to all. I read all the above and got on the lathe last night after work. I'm at a natural gas camp for three weeks at a time so I only have a couple of hours in me after I finish my 12 hr. shift. I haul my lathe back and forth from home and have everything else in duplicate that I leave here. guess my brain was just tired. As I worked last night I realized I can go up or down the blank. I've had the lathe for a while as I said and only made myself use the power wrapper in the past few months for guide wraps. As you power wrappers know and I learned ( old dogs can learn, it's just slow and with some resistance) it's great to have your off hand free. Once I got comfortable with that I was surprised that it even worked well with micro guides and is much quicker. For some reason it took me a bit to get it organized in my head, Yea, I think I know what your thinking but that's ok, with age and life my skin is pretty thick and it's easier to ask the dumb question then to continue to overthink something. THANKS FOR THE RESPONSES the fog has lifted!!!!

Douglas, The only stupid question is the one you don't ask. It gets other people thinking and ideas develop. I for one never did a butt wrap under power, all by hand here but use power for guide wraps. I may give the power thing a try. Thanks for the idea.

Freddwhy (Rapt-Ryte)

Thanks Fred. I wrapped by hand for the past 18 or so years and it seemed fine. Like so many things we have to be careful not to become creatures of habit to the point we don't see what is in front of us. I am really enjoying using the power wsrapper and like most things; the more one does it the easier it gets. The foot pedal on this unit works very well and allows good speed control so I thought why not turn the rod and keep my rod turning hand free. What I found wiith the guides and hope to with butt wraps is that rhythm of a steady speed with which the thread is put down. It seems to, for the most part eliminate cross overes.