January 25, 2011, 04:17 PM | #1 |
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Lee Bench Plate
This looks like a good way to be able to mount several presses and save space. I read a comment on Midway's site that said you could not mount a MEC 600 press to the Lee plate. Does anyone have any experience with this plate and any mounting problems. Thanks.
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January 25, 2011, 04:43 PM | #2 |
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Yes, I have one. It works well enough, but it has a nasty habit of coming loose if you don't tighten the screws on the Z-plates VERY TIGHTLY. If you do that, it works just fine. I have used it for 2 loading sessions now. Someone suggested drilling a hole in the plate that matches up w/ a hole you would place in the wood block, so you could insert a long screw, or dowel, as a safety measure. I will have to try this at some point soon.
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January 25, 2011, 04:52 PM | #3 |
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I lock my presses down with 6" C clamps of a very sturdy desk. I have tried to mount my RCBS AmmoMaster with poor results. Presses with a small footprint work great... Lemmon
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January 25, 2011, 05:03 PM | #4 |
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A great idea!!!!!! One that RCBS has had for some time. Quite a reversal of patents and the like if you have followed the leasing of Richard Lee's ideas over the years................ok after actually looking at it---I'm not buying it-------
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January 25, 2011, 06:04 PM | #5 |
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BombthePeasants, are you saying you have mounted a MEC 600 on the wood block and it works OK? Thanks
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January 25, 2011, 06:44 PM | #6 |
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negative. I have the Lee Classic Turret press. Oh crap, I missed the whole reference to your MEC 6000 in your post...SORRY.
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January 25, 2011, 06:48 PM | #7 |
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I've also read if you replace the phillips screws with allen head screws, it will be easier to keep them tight. The hole drilled through for a screw drive also seems to work very well.
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