Put stand/press against wall, add a box of lead around 30 pounds to back side of stand. If there is no backside where a box can be set use the supports to mount a shelf below press, put as much ingots in a bucket or box and that stand is going no where. At the very least the legs can be attached to a plywood on the floor, again add lead weight to hold the stand in place. It is really simple.
Kenstone - Is that their Bench Grinder stand, Item #3184, or some other stand? Very limited space here and what I've been trying has been problematic so far...
Yes it is, you won't be disappointed if you buy one, a solid stand.
It's a little high for sit down loading unless you sit on a stool, and a little low for stand-up loading without a riser (something like in my pic).
https://www.harborfreight.com/univer...tand-3184.html
My review (by Kenstone) of this HF stand @HF has some hints about assembly, check it out.
Check out the Lee 3 legged stand for the way they hang a concrete block on it...and copy it it's what I would do.
https://leeprecision.com/lee-reloading-stand.html
Note the price of the Lee stand
edit: once my wife saw the stand assembled, she wanted one for in the house
Last edited by Kenstone; 03-12-2018 at 09:32 PM.
I'm pretty tall & long in the torso, should do me nicely Yes, I noticed the Lee Stand's cost, in a word, EEK! And "uh-oh" - you've created a monster maybe, tho might be smarter to call her SWMBO :P
I am average height and sit on a 7gal bucket with a padded top and it works really well for me. I can really "lean on" the handle with both hands and no fears of it tipping.
Got the grinder stand; You do have to put it together with the lower tray "Hollow up", directions don't state that but the way the metal's folded does indicate that. Also, 100# weight limit? Sheesh.
"Hollow up" is how I assemble mine, based on the pics on the box and at HF.
Probably too late to be any help for you...
I set the top plate upside down on my bench to build it, worked well.
And when I got to the shelf I put pins thru all the holes to hold it in place, then replaced one pin at a time with bolts.
I got to this thread late but Artful already showed the video of my Hand Press which takes of a lot less space than anything I have seen on this thread so far.
I started out in 1976 with my Rock Chucker mounted to a 2x4' piece of 3/4" plywood mounted to my B&D Workmate. I still have it.
However if I was downsizing I'd be using my BPM Hand Press clamped on the kitchen table like I have been doing for the past year or so. In fact I just sized and primed 200 .30 Carbine cases over the last two nights while watching TV. Will probably finish loading them tonight. Yes I did and it took me about 1.5 hours to charge and seat bullets and crimp 200 of them. Not bad for a 11" high tool that weighs 2lbs.
The tool is that easy to use and any of you who haven't got one, need to get one soon as I won't be making them forever. I am almost thru assembling parts up to #150 and I will probably only run another 50 and be done with it. I did not get one inquiry or sale off an Article in Gun World Magazine! So what's up with that?
These tools will outlast anyone here and probably their kids as well, and considering that you can have all your Reloading Kit in a Small Tool Bag makes it all that much better. You don't need a dedicated bench that takes up space that you probably don't have. That bench also will be stored for the majority of time as you aren't going to be reloading ammo all the time.
But the one thing you will get, is the Finest Portable Reloading Tool ever made by anyone.
And that's worth having.
Randy
Last edited by W.R.Buchanan; 03-21-2018 at 02:56 PM.
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^^^hes not exaggerating.. Its a great press .. you can c clamp to a bench if wanted
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You might get that to work by mounting the press on the end.
Mounted on the side will not work for sizing rifle brass. It will turn over the saw horse.
Note where the handle ball will be when all the way down. It will be outside of the leg span meaning the press will turn over the saw horse.
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BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |