Where do you position your powder measure stand?

[nomad 68]

Just picked up a bamboo cutting board to mount the stand to. I think it will do the trick nicely.

 

[BCRider]

I've heard of something done similarly... but a little different. The top of the bench had a layer with dovetail slots cut into it; and each piece of equipment was mounted on a dovetail piece. So they could slide into whichever place. Moreover, dovetail blanks were made to fill any unused slot to preserve the bench top.

Myself, I'm still clamping gear to the dining room table of our apartment. I can't wait to get my own space!!

There was a similar thread a while back on CGN where the fellow was using a continuous length of T-nut tracking screwed into a slot in the bench. This worked too. But it would end up as a dirt and primer trap due to the open slot.

The dovetail slot with fillers isn't a bad idea. The trick there is to have top material that won't bulge up or fail under the pressure. I would not trust most regular plywood to do that without damage.

I like to think I'm not blowing my own horn on this but really in the end the line of holes with T nuts just seems simpler, tidier and cheaper than a T track or dovetail. Plus I can use common cheap bolts instead of something fancy that costs more.

 

[mgimp]

Powder measure on square of 2 X 6.
Scale on shelf at eye level.
Press on 12 inch square of 3/4" ply which I C-clamp to desk.
Nothing permantly attached and easily stored.

 

[horseman2]

It is something one must really play around with to find the best fit.
With the powder measure on one side, the press in the middle, and the scale on the other side you will eventually spill some powder.
Even with a ten foot long bench you would find out too soon it was not long enough.
The first bench I built was 3' by 3' with three legs and the from bucked off so as to be five sided. Set up in the door way underneath the stairs and used for 45 years even after I was relegated to the crawl space and shortened it by a foot. Three legs are easier to level at least enough to eliminate the rocking of four legs.