Awe in the grandeur and splendor of my reloading bench.

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If you want to save some money and be proud of what you have "made" for yourself try buying a desk at a thrift store then mount the press with a 2x6. I did something similar to my work bench to increase it's utility. Place the desk against the wall, measure up from the top of the desk the thickness of the 2x6 and place a mark on the wall over a stud. If this is in an unfinished basement you can mark the stud. I bought a piece of predrilled 90 degree mild steel, basically a bracket, that I screwed into the stud just at the line. I then measured the 2x6, I bought a slightly warped one from the scrap bin specifically to increase the torque, and cut it longer than the length of the desk. Now drill the holes in the end of the board that will hang off of the front of your desk and check the mounting of your press. If you measured right there will be room for the mechanism to clear the front of the desk without gouging the wood when you throw the handle up and down. My RCBS Jr. is then bolted securely to the board from beneath, I used 4 bolts, two with large washers towards the back to grip the backside of the presses base. If you bought a slightly warped 2x6 like me it is now shoved in under the bracket in the stud and sticking up at a slight angle like a diving board just off the front of the desk. I use a C-clamp to tighten down my press board to the top of the desk and it is solid as a rock and removable for when I need the work bench for something else. I stumbled onto this idea on you tube but can' remember where.:eek: It is working for me as I explore reloading, hope it works for you. Good Luck.
 
When I lived six months in a hotel as part of a relocation, I was able to reload on a side table in the hotel room.

I had a cheap Lee press, but any single stage could work the same way. Press was mounted on a 2x4, and the 2X4 was clamped to the table front and back with C-clamps.

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Made a lot of ammo that way.

So glad I am in my own home again with a good workbench and all my tools.
 
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