What is a left hand and what is a right hand tool?

To find out what type of VDI tool you need or what type of tool you have in use, you should lay the tool in front of you by having the shaft point away from you. The VDI teeth should look up.

If the output of the tool shows to the right, then you have a right hand tool.

If the output of the tool shows to the left, then you have a left hand tool.

The same goes for static or live tools.

To illustrate:
Advices
On a face mount turret there are either left hand or right hand tools mounted, never both types!

On OD mount turrets you can use both types of live tools, either left hand or right hand tools. The output spindle is pointing either to the main spindle or to the sub spindle.

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Article Index	1 Advices and Definitions 2 The difference makes it work: left and right hand tools 3 Turret types and there position in the machine: OD mount turret 4 Turret types and there position in the machine: Face mount (ID) turret and 45° OD mount turret