OCD when it comes to mounting a press

[Stopsign32v]

I cannot stand when people mount their press and it has movement when they are reloading. You could hang from this and it wouldn't move a centimeter. All my presses are mounted with bracing under the table.

[lightman]

I agree, I like mine rock solid!

[LDB]

I don't know nuthin' 'bout nuthin' but I would think that would cause it to make more accurate loads than if it could move during use. Seems like the best way to me. Even if I am Sgt. Schultz.

[dverna]

Well, a centimeter is a lot of slop...LOL. Mine are also mounted to rigid benches.

It may not matter much. Lots of people use those little hand presses to reload. But I tend to agree with mounting presses solidly.

[walnut1704]

I bought commercial workbenches (Seville Classics). Mostly on my wife's insistence. I have a room in the house and she wanted it to look nicer than 2x4's and plywood and I'm not much on crafting fine furniture. My bench top is a 1.75" thick on a steel frame. I bolted a 2x4 to the studs on the wall behind it and bolted the steel frame of the bench to the 2x4. It's solid when the Dillon is rocking. I don't need any extra support They are very nice benches and while more expensive than building one yourself, it's not as much as you think if you check current lumber prices.

[deltaenterprizes]

I have seen a press mounted with 1/4-20 screws to 1/2” plywood and the gentleman had no problems with movement. He only loaded pistol ammunition.
He stumbled across a Corbin S press and I mounted it on the 1/2” plywood bench.I was showing him how to use it and it cracked the plywood, there was no reinforcement underneath.
I made a nice piece of 1/2” steel plate to mount over one of the legs but never got to mount it.
He was old and sick with a heart condition and had lost interest.

[greybuff]

All of my presses are mounted to a rock solid steel bench that I built several years ago. The top was from a salvaged commercial scale.
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[Misery-Whip]

Movement helps settle those compressed charges.

Some nice benches here, but I keep finding old teachers desks along the road for free. Fill the drawers with molds and dies, and it won't move. Just use thick fender washers to back up the nut when you bolt the press down. Pretty sturdy, giving it was earthquake AND a bomb shelter I wasn't worried.

[Rockindaddy]

Stopper: you have the right idea. I usually get a 3/16" or a 1/4" shear drop at a local steel fabricator and mount the steel plate to the bench. Then spot the press mount holes. Then drill the press holes on the drill press. Ahhhhh! Make Strong like bull !!

[Slugster]

I mounted my presses to an old Institutional (aka government surplus) steel desk that has six drawers and weighs over 300 lbs. Attached to the top of the desk is a 34"x36"x1/2" steel plate that the presses are bolted to. Also has holes drilled and tapped for various accessories that I don't always leave bolted.
I also have a lighted magnifier on an articulating arm for fine inspection of cases.

[challenger_i]

Ummnnn... "Lighted magnifier"... Brilliant! I am shamelessly going to steal that idea!

[Greeves]

I built my bench from 4x4's and a 1.25in. thick MDF top. I can mount a press anywhere on the bench and it won't move, not even 1mm.

[John Wayne]

https://www.sevilleclassics.com/coll...bench-variants

[country gent]

All of my work benches are built with mortise and tenon doweled joints, butcher block style tops doweled with lock dowels on them. No screws or nails to losses up. all joints are glued after fitting. The big issue is finding grade 8 bolts in the 5-6" lengths to go thru the top. I also make oversized washers for them It is a job making the tops and getting them all laid up and finished but when done they are solid and long lasting. The last bench I finished with a layer of bar top clear epoxy its 1/8" thick and allows me to use crayons, china markers to make notes on the top when no longer needed they wipe off easily

[imashooter2]

The 2x6 bench in my shed was built back when they actually measured 2x6. It was made freestanding but then cleated into the shed walls. It’s solid!

The 2x6 bench in my basement is freestanding and made from modern dimensional lumber. It’s OK as a surface, but moves too much for my liking. Attaching it to the field stone foundation doesn’t appeal to me either so it is what it is. Satisfactory for most projects.

My reload bench is an old 1 inch thick plywood and Formica kitchen counter with a 3/4 plywood backer attached with a tube of construction adhesive and a pound of screws. That is attached to the top of the cheapest undercounter cabinets in the home store with wood cleats and more adhesive and screws. A few hundred pounds of lead and steel in the cabinets and it is pretty solid.

[imashooter2]

-snip- The last bench I finished with a layer of bar top clear epoxy its 1/8" thick and allows me to use crayons, china markers to make notes on the top when no longer needed they wipe off easily

I do the same with the Formica top. Surprising just how often that comes in handy.

[45workhorse]

My bench is made on 4x4 legs, 2X6 frame, 2x6 top with a piece of bowling lane material on top nice and smooth.
The whole thing is lag bolted to the wall!
NO movement on my bench.

[Charlie Horse]

You could hang from this and it wouldn't move a centimeter.

Well I hope not! Do you know how much a centimeter is?

[challenger_i]

Tad over 3/8ths of an inch, and about .40 caliber... Tight tolerances, that!

[JD45]

All of my presses are mounted to a rock solid steel bench that I built several years ago. The top was from a salvaged commercial scale.
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You ain't playing around when it comes to presses. Nice collection. Are any of those made by Hollywood?