Mounting your reloading press.
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- Опубликовано: 23 окт 2020
- Discussion of using mounting plates and or stands to increase the strength of your bench by the added benefit of spreading force across a larger area. If you wish to learn the area your press is applying force to the bench, I’m posting a link in the comments to an area calculator to assist with the math.
1st 75th Ranger
Increasing the area your press applies force to the bench makes it stronger without re-engineering the bench. Here’s a link to an area calculator to assist you in learning how much area you’re applying force.
www.calculator.net/area-calculator.html?triedge1=2.5&triedge1unit=inches&triedge2=2.5&triedge2unit=inches&triedge3=3.25&triedge3unit=inches&calctype=triangle&x=42&y=19#triangle
I was watching a bunch of videos on how to mount an rcbs rock chucker on my work bench and just saw that you have the exact same work bench I have!
First, thank you for your LEO service! You are spot on. I didn't go with the pre-fab Inline Fabrication, but made my own using mdf base and hardwood riser. Rock solid with any press. My bench is two 3/4" layers laminated together with bottom being mdf and top being furniture grade oak plywood. Base structure is 4x4 legs and 1x3 honeycomb that is Kreg screwed to the top. Each of my base plates are 10"x11" with riser 0f 5" out of solid hardwood. I drilled parallel holes along the top in two rows and inserted brass inserts. Each plate is then secured with knobbed bolts. Quick to change and incredibly rigid due to the geometric principles you described.
Another excellent video brah!!!
Greetings from fort Hood Killeen, brother! Thank you for your videos. You learn a lot over the years of hand loading and it looks like we've learned similar practices. Thank you for your service in the Rangers and your commitment to law enforcement! Peace is definitely the better option 😁. Keeping calm with the objective to neutralize oppositional deadly force is what we are after, if placed in that situation. I pray to God I am never placed in situations I spent a life of preparing for. God bless you!
Appreciate the comment. Drive on and stay safe out there.
You really like Lyman.
Great job!
Right On! Hooahsemperfi!
I have a similar idea for my press. Im fabricating a plate to go under the bench top that mounts to the frame and the press bolts through the top into
Sadly, as I discovered last night, increasing the height also increases the leverage... Literally ripped my Husky tool cart's wood top in half doing a FLR on some 45-70 last night to test out my new inline fab mount hahaha!
Ouch! My bench top is made of birch. It doesn't flex in the slightest nor does the press move. Maybe the top was compromised in some way before you mounted your inline fabrication mount,,,,, hate to hear you bench broke like that.
Lol 😅
@@1st75thranger5 late to the party (missed notification) but I put a piece of 3/4" plywood on top and ran bolts through. No more flex :)
@@reddawng43x91 see above!
I really like that bench! Is that a prefabricated model? If so what brand and where did you purchase it? Thank you
It is a prefab and it went together easily. Sturdy too. You can locate one here, www.sevilleclassics.com/uhd-workcenters.html
@@1st75thranger5 awesome! Thank ya
I have an old Lyman Spar T press and need to mount it. I have a Lee Turret Classic press with mounting plate kit. I want to use the Lyman press mainly for depriming pistol cases on range brass. I wonder if the Lee system will accept the Lyman press? I hate to drill more holes for the Lyman press.
I really wouldn’t know the answer that until I took the press in question and try Ed to pre fit it, IE see if it lines up with a bolt pattern on the plate you want to use.
I was curious as to how you mounted the riser to your workbench. I’m assuming you picked a spot and drilled a hole and screwed some bolts in.
I’m just getting into reloading and was looking into a husky wood top bench and a riser. There’s no real info i can find on how other reloaders mounted their setup from essential start to finish.
I don’t want to take the chance and ruin the wood top when i eventually buy everything. Any info would be fantastic!
Partner, I’m so sorry I’m just getting to this and I hope you’ve successfully mounted your press by now to your satisfaction. I will answer your question now though in case others are curious as well. I selected a spot on the end and you can see so as not to interfere with opening and closing the front drawer. I made sure the bolt pattern was far enough away from the edge, so plenty of wood was around the bolt so as not to fracture/splinter. I also made sure the ram of the press would clear the edge of the bench as well. I then took the recommended drill bit and using an electric hand drill, I drilled the four holes that I marked using the stand as a template. I secured it using the bolts recommended, making sure the length was correct to clear the drawer, yet provided a good bite for the nuts and washers I used to complete securing the stand. I took some black fingernail polish my wife had and painted the top of the bolts gloss black and it dried with zero brush strokes in it. It looks good.
3 square inches ??????????????????????????????????????????
The bolt pattern of the press is approx 3 square inches. Actually, it’s just over that by about 1/10th of an inch. The base of the press is larger of course
@@1st75thranger5 ahhhh understood :) and the bolt pattern of the stand ???
I believe I state in the video it’s approx 73 square inches.