really great idea.. 1 small question is, what was the deciding factor on purchasing extra plates? instead of making them out of wood and using the Lee pattern? I am wrestling with that idea.. 1 base plate.. 1 metal plate for my primary press.. and possibly a wood plate insert for my swager.. .. i noticed you went the route of keeping all items metal matched inserts.. Great video by the way.. and it helped me see what I was planning for myself.
I contemplated doing the same thing. Lee used to sell a kit that came with 1 metal press plate and 2 wooden plates which to my understanding were made of an engineered product akin to MDF, and weren't very durable. I haven't any first hand experience with them, but I think they were discontinued. That being said I figured that in order to make them out of wood in a long lasting manner they would probably need to be made of a good solid hard wood like maybe some old cabinet doors. At the time, I didn't have any scrap pieces that would do, and the spare plates were only about $12 a piece so I splurged. A technical note: the brass pieces that clamp the plate down only have about ³/⁸ to ¹/² inch of jaw clearance under them, so if you were to make the plates out of say ³/⁴ plywood or a ¹x⁶ you'd have to modify the bracket. Hope that helps!
@@Maine307 good plan, the cost is insignificant really, and the benefits are plentiful! I'm going to try to start putting out some regular reloading content. Thanks for watching!
Amateur. Cant take the texas heat...
If you chafed like I do!
@@JayLewisFarmStyle its that delicate new mexico skin
@@juanhernandez-bd6cd This New Mexican was never subject to the kind of humidity we have here in NM...
really great idea.. 1 small question is, what was the deciding factor on purchasing extra plates? instead of making them out of wood and using the Lee pattern? I am wrestling with that idea.. 1 base plate.. 1 metal plate for my primary press.. and possibly a wood plate insert for my swager.. .. i noticed you went the route of keeping all items metal matched inserts.. Great video by the way.. and it helped me see what I was planning for myself.
I contemplated doing the same thing. Lee used to sell a kit that came with 1 metal press plate and 2 wooden plates which to my understanding were made of an engineered product akin to MDF, and weren't very durable. I haven't any first hand experience with them, but I think they were discontinued.
That being said I figured that in order to make them out of wood in a long lasting manner they would probably need to be made of a good solid hard wood like maybe some old cabinet doors. At the time, I didn't have any scrap pieces that would do, and the spare plates were only about $12 a piece so I splurged.
A technical note: the brass pieces that clamp the plate down only have about ³/⁸ to ¹/² inch of jaw clearance under them, so if you were to make the plates out of say ³/⁴ plywood or a ¹x⁶ you'd have to modify the bracket.
Hope that helps!
@@JayLewisFarmStyle Thank you !! i understand 100% .. many thanx! for the explanation! looks like i will go all metal.
@@Maine307 good plan, the cost is insignificant really, and the benefits are plentiful!
I'm going to try to start putting out some regular reloading content.
Thanks for watching!