Today, I finally "permanently" mounted my reloading press.
Before, it was kind of clamped with two giant "C" clamps. I got brave and bored three holes through my bench top and mounted it properly. My work bench is made of left-over lumber, which used to be purposed as a huge lift in two sections that, six steps high, could hold up to two hundred soldiers for a group picture.
I re-purposed the wood a few years ago and now I have a solid bench made of five, two by twelves "east-west" and ten two by twelves "north-south." So, in short, I have a four inch thick, eight feet by five feet, work surface with only a crazy cool weird Chinese design six inch vise mounted on one end and a two horse power, three thousand RPM buffer motor on the other.
Due to my braven attempts to make things permanent, I now have my massive (Dillon multi stage - does everything in one handle pump, once it is all set properly - very accurately. I am set up for hand loading 45 auto, 9 mm, 44 magnum, 357 magnum, 40 S&W, 30.06, 300 Rem Magnum, 7 mm Magnum, .308 Win, .223 Rem, 45 long colt and 380 auto, all the weapons I own, in other words. I just have to switch the top turret to change calibers) reloading press, permanently mounted about a foot away from the east end where the buffer/grinder motor lives.
Only other question is, where do I mount my old single stage press which I only use for my three most accurate bolt action, long range rifles? I use it only to make specific cartridges for specific rifles, one cartridge at a time.
