Dillon Strong Mount

[omgb]

Will a strong mount fit other brands of presses? Like maybe a Rockchucker? If so, anyone got a used one they want to part with?

[No_1]

With a drill in hand and a decent layout, any press OR sizer will fit a stong mount. I wanted a stong mount many moons ago but did not want to pony of the $$$ that dillon wanted so I found a piece of 3/16" aluminum and used a scribe to draw out the shape I thought it should be. I then took the angle grinder and followed that line. Some 2X4's in the vise and some careful bending made what I wanted. Not to out do myself I decided I needed one for my sizer so I found a piece of 1/8" stainless and did the same thing on a smaller scale. Both are still in service today without a problem.

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p206/no_one_photos/Stong%20Mounts/HMStongMount3-1.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p206/no_one_photos/Stong%20Mounts/HMStongMount4.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p206/no_one_photos/Stong%20Mounts/HMStongMount2-1.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p206/no_one_photos/Stong%20Mounts/HMStrongMount.jpg

[NVcurmudgeon]

no_1, good job on the strong mount. When Dillon introduced theirs, I thought it was too expensive, also. My then employer was a manufacturer of electrical distribution panels. There was an overrun of battery boxes, made of 1/8" steel. I "liberated" one about 6" X 8" and 3" high. With a few holes drilled, and turned on its side it became what I call a "brute mount." Now I can run my Square Deal in a more efficient standing position.

[Swagerman]

Very nice work.

I believe one of our members put his Star lube-sizer on a Dillon mount, it had a blue Dillon cartridge catch box underneath to catch the lubed bullets that fall out of the bottom of the die...gravity does the rest.

My Star luber hangs a bit over a desk-top edge and a drawer, it has the aluminum plate with a Midway heater. Inside the drawer are containers to catch bullets. :)

Jim

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/44and45/P61700142.jpg

[Forester]

Very nice work.

I believe one of our members put his Star lube-sizer on a Dillon mount, it had a blue Dillon cartridge catch box underneath to catch the lubed bullets that fall out of the bottom of the die...gravity does the rest.

My Star luber hangs a bit over a desk-top edge and a drawer, it has the aluminum plate with a Midway heater. Inside the drawer are containers to catch bullets. :)

Jim

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/44and45/100_0119contrastcropped650X.jpg


Not sure if it is me Swagerman is talking about but I have posted pictures of my setup before with a Dillon cartridge "chute" and akro bin hung underneath it. The setup works very well and the akro bin holds about 400 200gr .452s before I have to dump it. After I dump the akro bin 4 times I can add another stick of lube.

Here are those pictures.

[No_1]

First I would like to apologize to OMBG for hijacking his thread.

These are the perfect cases of ingenuity. Using the desk drawer for the catch bin is a great idea. The Dillon chute as an addition to the star sizer is very nice too. I would like to see other "fixes" from our members.

Forester, how many bullets are in that bin and how long will they last you?

R.

[Swagerman]

Forester, that is not the same setup I was talking about, the other had a Dillon mount with the Star lube-sizer on top and a Dillon blue box underneath it.

But your is really cool, nice work. :)

Sorry to help in high jacking this thread, but I wouldn't be surprised if the other brand reloading presses indeed fit on top a Dillon mount, or a make it yourself type.

Jim

[Char-Gar]

I have two Dillon Strong Mounts on my bench. One with a Redding Turrent and the other with an RCBS A2. I have also had a Rockchucker on it. I don't both with drilling holes, I just use a couple of C clamps on the back. Works just fine.

Come June of 2008, I will have them up for sale, as I will be moving and for the first time I will have a decent shop and will build benches the correct height so I won't need such gizmos.

[omgb]

Well Charger, let me know when you wanna deal

[ANeat]

I believe this might be be the setup Swagerman mentioned, mine. I think one key point in a lot of these "adaptations" are that everyone gets a setup that works in their situation.
For me I was originally wanting to have my Star mounted so I could hang one of the blue bins under the table but the way the bench was constructed that wasnt going to happen.

So I had to raise it up, its also mounted on a piece of alum that allows me to sit a clothes iron/heater on the back.

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h165/aneat/Lead/Image022.jpg

[ktw]

These are the perfect cases of ingenuity. Using the desk drawer for the catch bin is a great idea. The Dillon chute as an addition to the star sizer is very nice too. I would like to see other "fixes" from our members.


I am still working on "how to mount a star sizer and catch the sized bullets". I currently have it bolted to the top of my bench (which is high enough not to need a strong mount). The bullets fall into an old 1lb powder jug with the top sliced off at an angle that hangs on a screw below the star on the front edge of the bench.

I would like to mounted the star less permanently than it is now and could use a more convenient bullet catcher. I like the drawer and ramp ideas mentioned here. I am going to have to give this some more thought.

-ktw

[crabo]

I have my presses mounted on an old Black and Decker workmate. I also have my Star mouted on one end. I just put a shallow cake pan with a towel, on a bar stool, underneath the star and let that catch my boolits. After I size and lube about 50, I spread them out in the cake pan, and inspect, and then use the towel to pick them up and put them in another container.

I like to reload in the house. I have room in the garage, but I like to sit where I can talk to the wife, or watch television while I am sizing and lubing.

One of my bigger projects is the organization of things that I want to store. I have started using the see through storage tubs for holding tools for different jobs. One tub holds plumbing supplies, one for drywall tools, one for electrical, and so on and so on. It really helps when I need something to do a job with. I just grab that tub ad everything is there.

[rvricaforte]

With a drill in hand and a decent layout, any press OR sizer will fit a stong mount. I wanted a stong mount many moons ago but did not want to pony of the $$$ that dillon wanted so I found a piece of 3/16" aluminum and used a scribe to draw out the shape I thought it should be. I then took the angle grinder and followed that line. Some 2X4's in the vise and some careful bending made what I wanted. Not to out do myself I decided I needed one for my sizer so I found a piece of 1/8" stainless and did the same thing on a smaller scale. Both are still in service today without a problem.

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p206/no_one_photos/Stong%20Mounts/HMStongMount3-1.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p206/no_one_photos/Stong%20Mounts/HMStongMount4.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p206/no_one_photos/Stong%20Mounts/HMStongMount2-1.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p206/no_one_photos/Stong%20Mounts/HMStrongMount.jpg

I happen to have an RL550B myself. Do you have the dimension for the fabricated strong mounts?

[Walter Laich]

I took a section of 4x4 and bored holes to match my SDB. Long bolts hold everything to the tabletop.

Raises it just enough to be confortable when standing--at least for me

[hrt4me]

good ideas, thanks!

[Kicker96fs]

Really cool guys, love the ideas here!

[W.R.Buchanan]

I had a bunch of aluminum plates laying around not doing anything so I made this. I have mounted all of my ocasional use machines mounted to these plates,(I had 11 of these plates left over from a job 20 years ago)

They are mounted to a bench top with C Clamps when in use, and stored upstairs in the loft under a trash bag when not in use.

The trash bags are the cheapest way to keep your machines covered. Keeping your machines covered keeps them looking new and running good as you don't get dirt and dust build up which is death to machines.

No reason to leave any reloading tools out in the garage uncovered. It's too easy to put a trash bag over them. Smaller items like Scales, Powder Measures, Trimmers etc can be put in drawers.

I loved the Iron on the aluminum plate that ANeat does. That is what thinking outside the box is all about. Bet his wife didn't even miss it!

Randy

[kd185]

heres my T7 on a dillion strong mount


https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Gzop27JINYw/TnHf-8VpTXI/AAAAAAAAAeU/dYaCeMLrwxI/s512/2011-09-15%252007.12.13.jpg

[W.R.Buchanan]

KD185: your set up just goes to show that no one outfit has all the bases covered and thinking you're going to get by with just one brand of equipment probably won't happen.

You have all the primary colors covered, Does anyone make Yellow stuff?

Randy

[jlaudio29]

here is my version of the strong mount, took about 30 minutes at work to make, which most of that time was the lay out and setting up the angle on the break. Free material from drops and 30 minutes is better then the prices dillon charges.

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q261/jlaudio29/IMAG0900.jpg

[daniel lawecki]

nice mounts i,ll keep these in mind when i set up my casting area