I have been working on making my small reloading space more user friendly and efficient.
Plans
http://www.shootershaven.net/MarkPic/CGN/SinclairPressMountFinal.pdf
As you can see from the pictures, my reloading room is small, and multipurpose.
The bench is hinged and drops to the wall in less than one minute, but the presses were always a problem. It takes time to mount them, bolt them in place and then when done remove them so the table can be dropped. As a result it was a pain run a few cases thru a press.
I purchased the original Sincair Press Mount about 8 months ago from Sinclair International , I really fell in love with it, the press could be easily dropped on
the bench, or any flat surface to run a few cases thru it. It is also easily portable for when I go to the range. The problem is that it costs $65 US, and buy the time you get it into Canada you are looking at +$100.
I wanted to be able to use all my presses this way, so I grabbed a pencil, paper and ruler. The result is below; I have included my plans for anyone who wants
to make their own for ~$30 CDN.
The original Sinclair Press Mount, is angled backwards as shown. I really do not understand why they did this. The only thing I can figure is that this cuts
down on the overall height of the press. The angle also changes the force so that it goes both down and forward. For a press that uses a shell holder I do
not think that this angle will make much of a difference.
I also own a Forster Co-ax press with self-centering jaws, I think this will be a bit harder to use if the press leans backward, so I made the mount for this
press with an upper table that is parallel to the base. This press requires less clearance for the arm, and will work with the upper platform parallel to the
base. With a rockchucker you need to lean the press back, as shown or raise the height of the upper table by ~ 1.75 in.
The bench is hinged and drops to the wall in less than one minute, but the presses were always a problem. It takes time to mount them, bolt them in place and then when done remove them so the table can be dropped. As a result it was a pain run a few cases thru a press.
I purchased the original Sincair Press Mount about 8 months ago from Sinclair International , I really fell in love with it, the press could be easily dropped on
the bench, or any flat surface to run a few cases thru it. It is also easily portable for when I go to the range. The problem is that it costs $65 US, and buy the time you get it into Canada you are looking at +$100.
I wanted to be able to use all my presses this way, so I grabbed a pencil, paper and ruler. The result is below; I have included my plans for anyone who wants
to make their own for ~$30 CDN.
The original Sinclair Press Mount, is angled backwards as shown. I really do not understand why they did this. The only thing I can figure is that this cuts
down on the overall height of the press. The angle also changes the force so that it goes both down and forward. For a press that uses a shell holder I do
not think that this angle will make much of a difference.
I also own a Forster Co-ax press with self-centering jaws, I think this will be a bit harder to use if the press leans backward, so I made the mount for this
press with an upper table that is parallel to the base. This press requires less clearance for the arm, and will work with the upper platform parallel to the
base. With a rockchucker you need to lean the press back, as shown or raise the height of the upper table by ~ 1.75 in.
Plans
http://www.shootershaven.net/MarkPic/CGN/SinclairPressMountFinal.pdf
