I just went out and looked at my DP motor and it's a capacitor motor, so rewiring it for fwd/rev is a no go. Looks like I'll have to find a reversing tapping head to use it for threading. I'd like a tapper as short as possible because it's a bench DP and I want to give up as little headroom as possible. I'm open to suggestions of tappers you might know of that might fit my bill. I have used that Supreme Push/Pull successfully in my DP but it's a three handed PITA procedure.

I actually have a South Bend drill chuck on that DP which will hold 5/8" tools. Unfortunately the spindle end is a JT3 with no way to change it (hey it cost me $20 and it drills fine) so that limits how I can drive a tapper.