Quote Originally Posted by Chaz View Post
I noted one guy actually runs his machine with standard right hand tools but has them upside down. The manual shows this is possible. Downside is probably not as easy to get coolant onto the cutting area, not sure of any other reason to do this.
Rear turrets usually run tools upside down, otherwise you lose time having to reverse the spindle every time you want to drill. Getting coolant into the tool is not a problem.