Columbia Q Running in Reverse

[mattrx]

I recently purchased a Columbia Q in really nice condition.  Bed plate looks very nice, as does the pin striping and plating.  It winds and runs quietly, but it runs backwards.  I removed the spring barrel and opened it up.  The spring appears to be wound in a counter clockwise direction.  Everything is very clean, and so I believe someone "serviced" the machine before it came to me, it is just too clean.

 

Can someone please give some advice as to what might possibly cause the machine to run backwards?  I should be able to figure it out, but I'm evidently less mechanically inclined than I thought I was.  I will gladly provide any pics someone might need,  but hopefully someone else has experienced this and can tell me what I need to change/adjust.

 

Thanks,

 

Matt

[Jerry]

Sounds like a fun machine! I think someone installed the spring backwards, but also must have installed the winding ratchet backwards as well.  

[mattrx]

Jerry,

 

Below are photos of the spring barrel and winding gear.  Do they look backwards to you?   I watched a couple of Brett Hurts YouTube videos and they looked the same to me.  I held off completely reinstalling the spring in case is was indeed backwards, but it is wound in the same direction as the ones in Brett's videos, or appears that way to me-this is the first spring I've actually uninstalled/reinstalled.  I've spent a lot more time on wood and finishes.
 

Thanks!

 

Matt

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 03:56 AM by mattrx

[Jerry]

The spring and the ratchet look correct.

 

Aside from possibly running the belt in a crossed, figure-8, fashion, I can think of no other way to make it run backwards.

Edited 9 hours ago by Jerry

[CurtA]

I agree with Jerry... I can't think of any way to make it run backwards...  That  being said, it should run in the direction of the photo below: 

(The cylinder plays from Left to right - 2 minute cylinders only - no 4 min Blue Amberols)

 

 

Edited 7 hours ago by CurtA