Ever have one of those days?
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jerkface11
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Go to walmart and buy some mink oil. Rub that on the case necks it's the same thing as imperial sizing lube and will work way better for this job than RCBS lube does.
nettlle
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Cut back on the caffeine.
Hardtarget
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I sort of thought I had some of those days...but, YOU WIN !
I've never seen that.
Pull everything off the bench and rebuild it like you've been thinking about. You've probably had some good changes in mind...now is the time!
Mark
I've never seen that.
Pull everything off the bench and rebuild it like you've been thinking about. You've probably had some good changes in mind...now is the time!
Mark
blarby
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Chipboard is a poor dam for torque :/
When you reinstall, tap deep into that dimensional lumber.
When you reinstall, tap deep into that dimensional lumber.
bainter1212
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Make sure you put some nice big washers under the nuts on the underside of the bench when you bolt the press down. It will spread out the force applied to the wood.
WestKentucky
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I used to do that monthly when I was using roadside finds with crap tops. I do have 2 steel plates 9x9x1/4" to sandwich around my tabletop if my current bench ever decides to break loose.
Yep. Bolt it down better.
Artofgolf
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Lost Sheep
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Half measure?
However, seeing that you put up with a less-than optimal height before, I feel compelled to encourage you to go further.
Re-design your loading space for optimal safety, efficiency, ease.
Your loading bench/room is tantamount to a factory floor. There is a whole profession devoted to industrial engineering, the art and science of production design. Your loading system (layout, process steps, quality control, safety measures, etc) deserves no less attention than that.
For example, consider the word "workflow". Place your components' supplies convenient to the hand that will place them into the operation and the receptacle(s) for interim or finished products, too. You can make a significant increase in safety and in speed, too, with well thought out design of your production layout, "A" to "Z", from the lighting to the dropcloth to the fire suppression scheme.
One factor often neglected is where the scale is located. Place your scale where it is protected from drafts and vibration and is easy to read and operate, eye level, in good light, etc.
Your accident (Is it a sign?) has presented you with a ripe opportunity. Seize it and be even happier.
Not wanting to bust your chops, just to encourage you. No one should make themselves suffer less than optimal working (hobby) conditions if they don't have to. Be happy.
Lost Sheep
Congrats. If you are happy, you have achieved your objective.
However, seeing that you put up with a less-than optimal height before, I feel compelled to encourage you to go further.
Re-design your loading space for optimal safety, efficiency, ease.
Your loading bench/room is tantamount to a factory floor. There is a whole profession devoted to industrial engineering, the art and science of production design. Your loading system (layout, process steps, quality control, safety measures, etc) deserves no less attention than that.
For example, consider the word "workflow". Place your components' supplies convenient to the hand that will place them into the operation and the receptacle(s) for interim or finished products, too. You can make a significant increase in safety and in speed, too, with well thought out design of your production layout, "A" to "Z", from the lighting to the dropcloth to the fire suppression scheme.
One factor often neglected is where the scale is located. Place your scale where it is protected from drafts and vibration and is easy to read and operate, eye level, in good light, etc.
Your accident (Is it a sign?) has presented you with a ripe opportunity. Seize it and be even happier.
Not wanting to bust your chops, just to encourage you. No one should make themselves suffer less than optimal working (hobby) conditions if they don't have to. Be happy.
Lost Sheep
JimKirk
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OSB/chipboard is not a good top as you have found... When I built my bench back in the early '70s... I glued two sheets of 1/2" plywood together with a strong wood glue on a heavy duty 2"x4" frame(screwed and glued) ... it has severed me well ... I do need to sand and refinish the top surface ... and it has sized many .30/06 brass into .25/06 brass ... good luck with your bench build...
gamestalker
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Yep, sure have. A long time ago, actually when I had first started reloading, I had no idea how much force was needed to resize bottle necks. I broke a big chunk out of the table top, press came down on my right knee, left a nasty bruise and taught me a valuable lesson about reloading on day one, that being, don't mount the press on fiber board, or anything that is of questionable strength.
My press is now mounted on a 1-1/2" hardwood table, ain't gonna break this one. this table I use now weighs about 100 lbs., pretty big chunk of hardwood. I also used an old safe once, a really, really big heavy steel safe, like the kind the grocery stores used back in the day. In light of having to have it moved when we got a different place, I gave it away, it weighed about 500 lbs or more, probably twice that.
GS
My press is now mounted on a 1-1/2" hardwood table, ain't gonna break this one. this table I use now weighs about 100 lbs., pretty big chunk of hardwood. I also used an old safe once, a really, really big heavy steel safe, like the kind the grocery stores used back in the day. In light of having to have it moved when we got a different place, I gave it away, it weighed about 500 lbs or more, probably twice that.
GS
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