Set up a new single stage today using a strong mount...

[XDRoX]

I've been meaning to set up a single stage on my new bench for some time and finally got around to doing it today. For those that have never loaded on a press mounted to a strong mount, it's pretty amazing. The mount is brilliantly engineered to redirect all pressure into the bench. It gives the reloader the feeling that the press is part of the bench. In addition it raises the press to a more comfortable level and allows for the use of drawers in front of the press.

I started by picking up a scrap piece of aluminum from my local metal supply shop.


Sanded the edges and drilled some holes to attach it to the strong mount.


I sprayed it with some black textured paint from HD.


The finished product.


Up close. The Rock Chucker is a beast of a press.


I purposely made it wider than it needed to be because I want the option to use it for other presses in the future. Plus I'm going to be mounting hardware besides the press to hold bins for bullets and cases.

[XDRoX]

A better picture.

[Na-vah-duh]

Looks good. The strong mount is the " perfect height " in my book. Makes a night and day difference in comfort.

[G38xOC]

thats clean . do you reload while standing ?

[ivanimal]

Looks great! I like the idea, may have to steel it......... I would use shorter mounting bolts or acorn nuts at the ends. I could show you scars as to why.............

[MarkInFolsom]

Very nice. Curious, what is you bench height? Mine is already a little higher than 32" but I'd be interested in adding drawers below by adding a mount like this.

[XDRoX]

Looks good. The strong mount is the " perfect height " in my book. Makes a night and day difference in comfort.

I couldn't agree more.

thats clean . do you reload while standing ?

Thanks. Yes I reload while standing. I usually reload drunk, so the standing helps me stay awake.

Looks great! I like the idea, may have to steel it......... I would use shorter mounting bolts or acorn nuts at the ends. I could show you scars as to why.............

Thanks. Shorter bolts are in the short future. I just used the ones Dillon threw in for today.

Very nice. Curious, what is you bench height? Mine is already a little higher than 32" but I'd be interested in adding drawers below by adding a mount like this.

My bench height is 38". The strong mount's height is 9" bringing the total to 47". It's a very comfortable height to reload at.

[damndave]

I did something similar and it definitely helps a lot. Even more if you have a shorter bench.

[XDRoX]

I did something similar and it definitely helps a lot. Even more if you have a shorter bench.

That's a very nice mount.

Here is a picture of the new finished product. I bought shorter screws. Black and Allen wrench type. But the biggest change is I cut the top plate down a lot. I took 2 1/2" off it. I decided that it was just too big for my bench and wanted to shrink it down some.

Now I just need to order a roller handle from 1in9twist and order some hardware from Dillon to mount some bins to and it'll be done.

[MisterPo]

Looks very nice! I like it!

Thanks. Yes I reload while standing. I usually reload drunk, so the standing helps me stay awake.

Is that safe? Lol!

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