Is anyone aware of a portable mount that would work for an RCBS Lube-a-Matic 2 with a heater plate that I could just clamp to a bench and then remove when finished? Any input would be appreciated. Thanks.
Is anyone aware of a portable mount that would work for an RCBS Lube-a-Matic 2 with a heater plate that I could just clamp to a bench and then remove when finished? Any input would be appreciated. Thanks.
Mike B.
Most all of my transient tools are mounted on hardwood boards and clamped to the bench when in use, a tip I learned from my mentor when starting out. The only thing hard mounted to the bench is the press.
There are also some ideas out there using T tracks and I believe there are a couple of swappable mounts out there.
For me this was the easiest
I use scraps of 1/4 steel plate, tapped the mounting holes 1/4-20 and the screws are flush with the bottom of the plate. There are carriage bolts counter sunk in the bench that push up from the bottom that slide into slots in the steel plate and tighten with wing nuts on the underside of the bench. I used a spade bit to drill a 1/4" recess before drilling the 1/4" hole through the bench so the carriage bolt heads drop below the bench surface when not in use.
Mal
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I've always used a piece of 2x6, anywhere from 12 to 18" long to bolt to my moveable loading gear. I have not however used a heater with said 2x6. Clamps to the kitchen table or bolts (or screws) fix them to a work bench.
A small plate of just about any metal between the lubrisizer and the board should work fine.
Robert
I did a variation of what Mal Paso uses. Except the plate is 1/2" aluminum with a cartridge heater installed. Almost all equipment is mounted to plates and use a common bolt pattern to be mounted.
yep, 1/4" plate
I buy these 6x6x1/4" plates with a 1/2" hole in each corner at the steel yard for $4 each.
Cut-off a corner, use T-nuts up from the bottom to mount the press, and the corner holes to mount to the bench.
All presses have the same plate, so only one press mounted on the bench at a time.
Other presses on a shelf waiting a turn on the bench:
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Size/Prime a few cases when starting off with a progressive and put them aside. You can plug them back into the process when a bad/odd case screws up in the priming station and continue loading.
I just use a couple of C clamps and clamp to my table saw when time to size and lube. Saw is heavy with a cast iron top.
A sheet of gasket material between table and sizer. When time to size, I will do something like a thousand bullets or so at a time, all weighed and sorted to be with in one grain of each other or the same weight before sizing and lubing.
I make my own lube, so don't need a heater.
These are called RockDocks by Pat Marlin. There is a Rock Chucker with Piggyback II, a Lube-o-Matic, a "double base" for a pair of Powder Measures, a Lee Classic Cast, and an RCBS 4x4, each detachable, interchangeable, and portable. Many similar configurations work with wood, aluminum, or steel plates.
If it was easy, anybody could do it.
Thank you all very much for your thoughtful responses. You've given me some very good ideas.
Mike B.
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 |