[TheForge] Electric Motor Q?

[Adam Whiteson]

I came across this interesting article (there are a number of interesting 
items at this site if you haven't already discovered it)

"http://www.homemetalshopclub.org/news/sep01/sep01.html#Featured Article"

(note: the URL includes the final word "Article")

Anyway it's about reversing one phase induction motors and dynamic 
braking.  If you read the article, then my question concerns fig 2 about 
which he says that you can't reverse the motor while spinning because the 
start relay stays open.  Why not just  wire it so that is so that the 
reverse switch applies power directly to the terminal of the start inductor 
?   You would still have to reroute the start relay since, when the motor 
slows it will kick in and if its not wired properly it will apply power 
directly to the starting cap, bypassing the inductor. But this doesn't seem 
hard to do.

Another issue is that of running 110v through the secondary of the 
transformer to get the needed start inductance, won't this generate a 600v 
potential on the terminals of the primary?

Adam