Diy multi press stand/base

[saberstar]

Just curious if anyone out there has made such a thing. I have multiple presses and don't really want to drill mounting holes in my nice workbench. I have plenty of steel around i could cut and make a stand similar to the Dillon strong mount but with multiple holes to mount various presses.
i would want to mount lee 1000, rcbs single stage, dillon 750 and a dillon square deal.

 

[natdscott]

Inline fabrication.

 

[schmart]

Gavintoob on youtube uses T Tracks on his workbench to swap out presses. I used it for awhile and it was solid, but I moved to a dedicated bench rather than tying up my workbench. Too often I needed to reload in the middle of a woodworking project, and the T Tracks collected dirt and dropped fasteners...

Lee makes a bench plate kit to allow swapping presses, but then you always have a bracket on the top of the workbench, but might be an easy way to fab something like a single strong mount, attach the kit to the top of that, and the adapter plates to all your presses. May have to drill some holes, but I assume that isn't an issue where you mentioned fabbing something.
--Rick

 

[Leo]

I never put that much into it. I bolt the press to a piece of 2x10 and use deep throat C clamps to hold it. On occasion, I have clamped a press to the back of a vehicle, a table at the range, to a black&decker workmate, my kitchen counter and my desk.

 

[Rookie]

 

[saberstar]

Nice thank you for the pics. I was looking for ideas.

 

[Rookie]

It's nothing fancy, and I could have made it prettier, but it gets the job done, it's easy to swap, and it's solid.

 

[sugarcreekbrass]

I never put that much into it. I bolt the press to a piece of 2x10 and use deep throat C clamps to hold it. On occasion, I have clamped a press to the back of a vehicle, a table at the range, to a black&decker workmate, my kitchen counter and my desk.

I do this as well. Before we sold the house, my reloading room was in an office in the basement. I used a nice wood desk thst I didn't want to put holes in. Plus, I could quickly tear down when I need the desk space for other things.

 

[jrh84]

I use a Harbor Freight bench grinder stand with a 12"x12"x1/4" plate bolted to the top. I have my RCBS Summit bolted onto the plate/through the top of the stand. There's less give with this setup than when I had it bolted it onto my workbench with a 2" butcher block top, and its somewhat mobile.

 

[ilcaveman]

Inline makes great stuff at great prices

 

[russc2542]

I bolt my presses to an oak 1x. That fits a slot at the back of the bench and C-clamp the front. Sturdier than most benches of guys on youtube. Easily swappable and moveable but not very compact though.