Newbie Here - Silly Questions

[SilverState]

I have had my reloading equipment for a while now, but am just now getting around to finally using it; I have just been saving up brass. I have my Lyman tumbler full of walnut media and .50ae brass getting polished.

I was trying to mount the Dillon 550B to my workbench and noticed two things. One, I don't see the mounting bolts/nuts. Two, the back two holes (thicker part of the base) will go through the metal frame of my workbench. The wood part of the bench is a little over half an inch and the metal (hollow) frame below it is about 1 and a half inches.

So I am wondering if I should have received some bolts/nuts to mount the Dillon. If not, I guess I need to get some real long ones for the back and regular sized for the front, right? Or does anyone have a better suggestion?

 

[fineredmist]

Dillon supplies the press and you supply the mounting hardware. Every installation is different so they could not possibly know what hardware to send.

 

[Travis Two]

You want to be sure the press is rigidly mounted and that the bench does not move or flex when you actually use the press under actual loading conditions or it will affect the operation of the machine and your reloads. The sturdier the better. A brace under the press to the floor is also a good way to help make the unit more stable.

 

[SilverState]

I cross posted these questions and received a few really good ideas. One idea was to get Dillon's "strong mount". Another was to cut access holes into the bench's frame (to get a socket in there). And now mounting to another thicker board and then mounting that to the bench. I think I will do a combination of all three. I am gonn order the strong mount, mount the strong mount to a thicker board, then mount that board to the bench. And if I still need to cut access holes, I will, but chances are, with the other board, I can position the bolts in such a way as to avoid having to cut access holes in the frame.

Thanks guys.

 

[SilverState]

I mounted the back bolts of a piece of 2X2X3/4 inch plywood hanging off the bench a couple of inches. I mounted the front bolts through the plywood and the bench. I then mounted the plywood to the bench with three additional bolts. All the bolts are grade 8 and I used fender washers with grade 8 nuts. The frame is L-shaped but has angled pieces at each corner. I am using 1/4X4 lag bolts with fender washers to mount the bench to the beams in the wall. Hopefully that will be secure enough.