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rwilson452 · May 9, 2006, 10:36 PM

carpeting is not that good an idea as it will tend to hold spilled powder. This is a fire hazard. If you have a kitchen table you have a start for a place to reload. you need the reloading equipment, a lenght of 2X10 and a couple of C-clamps. unless your kitchen table is glass, this works cut a 2X10 as long as the long way on your kitchen table. or you can use another large table. mount the press to the board using flat head machine screws countersink the screw heads in to the wood so they are below the surface of the wood. they must stick up far enough above the top of the board to put nuts on over the press. take piece of towel or blanket that will completely cover the area between the board and table top to protect the table from being scratched. on the far end of the table use the c-clamps to clamp the board to the table. Note the clamps only touch the underside of the table. depending on the press and storage room available you may or may not leave the press mounted to the board for storage. the board by itself will store almost anywhere, in a closet, under your bed where ever. If the table has an extended area on the underside of the table you can use other boards to build it up on the underside of the table so your clamp doesn't touch the table except on the underside. If need be you can cut the board longer and extend it over the edge of the table but you may need to put some weight on the other end of the board to offset the leverage generated by the press. I have used this method to use a progressive press to generate .45ACP ammo.

i know a guy that put the board across a console TV set.

May 9, 2006, 10:36 PM	#10
rwilson452 Senior Member Join Date: June 10, 2004 Location: Tioga co. PA Posts: 2,647	bad idea carpeting is not that good an idea as it will tend to hold spilled powder. This is a fire hazard. If you have a kitchen table you have a start for a place to reload. you need the reloading equipment, a lenght of 2X10 and a couple of C-clamps. unless your kitchen table is glass, this works cut a 2X10 as long as the long way on your kitchen table. or you can use another large table. mount the press to the board using flat head machine screws countersink the screw heads in to the wood so they are below the surface of the wood. they must stick up far enough above the top of the board to put nuts on over the press. take piece of towel or blanket that will completely cover the area between the board and table top to protect the table from being scratched. on the far end of the table use the c-clamps to clamp the board to the table. Note the clamps only touch the underside of the table. depending on the press and storage room available you may or may not leave the press mounted to the board for storage. the board by itself will store almost anywhere, in a closet, under your bed where ever. If the table has an extended area on the underside of the table you can use other boards to build it up on the underside of the table so your clamp doesn't touch the table except on the underside. If need be you can cut the board longer and extend it over the edge of the table but you may need to put some weight on the other end of the board to offset the leverage generated by the press. I have used this method to use a progressive press to generate .45ACP ammo. i know a guy that put the board across a console TV set.