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Anyone monkey with one like this?

nah. Too little for alla the schtuff......

I had something like that I built while I was in school. It was a little bigger and had a place for my loading blocks & primer tray with storage underneath for the metallic components. I used a long bar clamp to keep it secured to the desk in my bedroom while I was using it and stashed it in my closet when it wasn't being used. I thought I had a picture but I can't seem to find it.

Slimming down, but not quite to factory ammo.............yet.

That's all I have is a portable. Never leaves the house though. It does get moved around. My buddy made mine. Works fine.

The Woodchuck Den sells one for about $70. Solid oak I believe, "Amish Made".

It would be interesting to see how that is set up and used.

Having a place to take it to is key to my "portable" set up.

The 3/16" base plate on my press is key..damn nice to just get it all done in one session,even trying multiple bullets and powder. worth the effort IMO.

Having torn a half moon chunk out of a benchtop a metallic mounting plate is a good idea. I would use aluminum rather than steel to save weight. LEE reloading presses used to come with a wooden storage box that could be opened up to form a mount for the press which could be clamped to the bench top. I always thought that was a neat idea. Most guys that load at the range that I've seen use B&D Workmate or a small roll around toolbox for their loading operations.

the weight of steel is not a bad thing here..

Build something like that with a steel elbow on it that fits into a truck reciever hitch.

from an article at accurateshooter.com http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2008/11/portable-reloading-bench-built-on-bd-workmate/





built on a Black & Decker Workmate

here's another I found back in '08! Wish I could remember who posted it so I could give em credit.

Looks like the one Steve Timms aka Dogzapper posted

Yep, that's mine. I'm a retired goldsmith/watchmaker and I even though I know little about woodworking, I attempted it as I would a gold project.

There is absolutely nothing I would change. Works absolutely perfectly.

Here are a couple more photos of it:











Have a Blessed Easter,

Steve

I've always liked the B&D Workmate conversion and considered building one with a top that was also a chest to contain the reloading gear in transport. Ultimately, I came to the conclusion there are simpler, lighter, and more modular solutions. I've been mounting my gear to aluminum angle 3.5" x 6" x 3/8". I can slip it into a undermount woodworking vise or a simple receiver.

An 18" piece of 2x6 and a C-Clamp will get you a long ways.....

I've clamped this'n to benches, truck beds, tailgates, bumpers, tables, etc..... it has saved me hundreds of dollars in fuel.