Mounting press

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Well I have a Hornady lock n load AP coming in the next week, I also have my lee single stage press I use. But the problem is my bench isn't big enough to mount both of them. I have seen the lee bench plate mounting system, is there anything better than that? Would the Hornady bolt up to the lee? Thanks!
 
Assuming you have the space for the c clamps I would just mount each press to a sheet of aluminum or 2x6 or larger. Then just c clamp them to the bench.
 
Had I not gotten into the Lee Bench Plate system I would have considered Pat Marlins ROCKDock, based on other forum members recommendations of it.
 
Hmmm, not sure if I posted my setup before, but perhaps you could do something like this:

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Don't have the luxury of space, so I converted an old B&D workbench and bolted a piece of 1 inch ply on it for more strength. The interesting bit though is the mount that I made.

The mount itself is made from three pieces of aluminium bar stock, screwed to an aluminium plate, and through that plate into the bench. There's a small depression milled out of all three sides of the bar stock, and a smaller al plate is then mounted to the press.

The press that is not in use sits on a narrow ledge shelf that I built as well.

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To switch is a simple matter of pulling out and sliding in.

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I put a little wingnut thingy at the top, but have found that its totally unnecessary...the presses stay there, rock solid and there's absolutely no movement at all.

I can switch from press to press in literally no time at all!

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As you can see, one can cram quite a bit of reloading action onto a tiny little B&D table. Imagine what one could do with a larger setup (yes, my dream!):D
 
Well I have been doing some thinking about this today, I think I will get a piece of 1/2" aluminum or steel and drill and tap it for the presses and mount that in the bench top. Only bad thing about it is I will have to bolt them up each time I mount the press. (hope that makes sense)
 
Well I have been doing some thinking about this today, I think I will get a piece of 1/2" aluminum or steel and drill and tap it for the presses and mount that in the bench top. Only bad thing about it is I will have to bolt them up each time I mount the press. (hope that makes sense)

I've been where you are. I got so fed up of using c-clamps (especially in my tight area) that I designed the system you see above. Trust me, unless you have the patience of a saint (and I used to think I did) all that bolting/unbolting with get old real fast. :D

The system I devised is simple, easy to make and if you don't want to do any milling, can be done quite simply too. Best of luck!
 
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