Thnx, Plastic Screws & SartUp Advice

[lshuck]

Thnx to the several of you that coached me thru the decision process about 2 mos ago beyond "Shark" and into a PRS Standard 48. A special thnx to Chris S. who invited me to see his SB on 2 occasions and spent several hours prepping me for its use.

It arrvived late last week and I am going thru the processes to get all the parts working - They have made some recent changes so some of the documentation no longer applies and that makes it interesting.

The documentation mentions the use of plastic screws for fastening the sacrificial to the support board. Has anyone done this and if so what is a good source?

Any start up advice that you wished you had when you brought your machine into life?

[gene]

Les,
What i did was to use the bot and lay out a series of 1/4" holes drilled thru the sacrifical board into the support and glue 1/4" wooden dowells to hold it in place. This way you machine then with the spoilboard and when its time to replace the spoilboard you use the same file to drill out the old and have new holes for the new

[harold_weber]

Try McMaster(dot)com, and look for "nylon machine screws". The white ones have worked well for me. Don't use glass filled ones, they are harder on router bits if you nick one.

[lshuck]

Gene:

Very clever and since I did not install the sacrificial today this is just in time.

Thnx, Les

[cabnet636]

gene i like that idea!

jim

[gene]

I wish i could take the credit but someone on this forum gave it to me. I just pass it on to whomever can benefit from it.
James
How are things coming for the 2/3?

[myxpykalix]

go down to lowes and get some nylon tank bolts, you know the kind that hold your toilet seat onto the base of the toilet, if they are not too big since i don't know a 48.

[cabnet636]

we are on and it is getting better!!

jim

[rb99]

The automotive industry uses plastic screws etc...

RIB

[david_white]

mcmaster-carr sells them

[dana_swift]

Les & Gene I use the dowel rod method for my bleederboard on a vacuum hold-down. Then surfacing the table cuts the dowels flush.

For photos:
http://www.talkshopbot.com/forum/show.cgi?tpc=33572&post=90536#POST90536

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[gene]

Thats how mine had been for years with no problems. I am using a 7.5 hp roots blower for my vac.

[lshuck]

All of You Responders:

Thnx for the info. I saw McMasters for the first time and it is a credible source.

The toilet seat idea is simple and easily available. I appreciate the ingenuity of you guys/gals.

Onward to tomorrow

Les