Todd Young
12-10-2011, 11:39 AM
For those that have BD #40-031 & PRLV2BD:
I just purchased the PRLV2BD for my BD 40-031 using a PC7518. I'm getting ready to install the PRL but there are a few things that are not matching up with the manual or my current insert plate situation that I'm looking for advice on.
I have an e-mail into Woodpeck for confirmation, but I'm not sure if they answer e-mails on the weekends and I'm under a time crunch for X-Mas gift work. I have some plans to use this set up this weekend, and am hoping to solicit some help from the knowledge of the creekers.
Can you advise if:
The PRLV2BD has side plungers for side to side play? - (mine doesn't) Manual shows them as part of the plate to minimize side play
The PRLV2BD comes with 8 leveling screws and should have threaded holes in the plate to use them? - (mine doesn't have either screws or threaded holes in the plate) Manual shows they should. I do have the leveling screws from the BD table that level from under the table
The PRLV2BD should have 2 mounting holes to attach it to the BD Table Extension holes or does the PRLV2BD just sit inside the table insert without being mounted to the table? - the old plates for the BD have 2 holes for mounting screws to lock it to the table and the PRL doesn't. There is VERY minimal side to side play as well as front to back play. This is very minimal and may not have any bearing on the use of the 7518, but there are flags going up that say "don't find out the hard way if it will have an impact". I really don't want to be using this thing and have that minimal play kick the piece somewhere in the middle of a feed.
Should there be any (even very minimal) amount of side to side and front to back play with the insert in the table?
I've reviewed a number of posts trying to find out if I should or shouldn't be mounting the PRL to the table with the 2 screws. Some I've seen have mentioned it as a concern when installing, some say these things are so heavy that movement isn't an issue. I can see where the weight of these would lend to stability, but again, I don't want to find out the hard way.
Any advice is appreciated.
T
I just purchased the PRLV2BD for my BD 40-031 using a PC7518. I'm getting ready to install the PRL but there are a few things that are not matching up with the manual or my current insert plate situation that I'm looking for advice on.
I have an e-mail into Woodpeck for confirmation, but I'm not sure if they answer e-mails on the weekends and I'm under a time crunch for X-Mas gift work. I have some plans to use this set up this weekend, and am hoping to solicit some help from the knowledge of the creekers.
Can you advise if:
The PRLV2BD has side plungers for side to side play? - (mine doesn't) Manual shows them as part of the plate to minimize side play
The PRLV2BD comes with 8 leveling screws and should have threaded holes in the plate to use them? - (mine doesn't have either screws or threaded holes in the plate) Manual shows they should. I do have the leveling screws from the BD table that level from under the table
The PRLV2BD should have 2 mounting holes to attach it to the BD Table Extension holes or does the PRLV2BD just sit inside the table insert without being mounted to the table? - the old plates for the BD have 2 holes for mounting screws to lock it to the table and the PRL doesn't. There is VERY minimal side to side play as well as front to back play. This is very minimal and may not have any bearing on the use of the 7518, but there are flags going up that say "don't find out the hard way if it will have an impact". I really don't want to be using this thing and have that minimal play kick the piece somewhere in the middle of a feed.
Should there be any (even very minimal) amount of side to side and front to back play with the insert in the table?
I've reviewed a number of posts trying to find out if I should or shouldn't be mounting the PRL to the table with the 2 screws. Some I've seen have mentioned it as a concern when installing, some say these things are so heavy that movement isn't an issue. I can see where the weight of these would lend to stability, but again, I don't want to find out the hard way.
Any advice is appreciated.
T