Swifty Morgan
New member
I've gotten some helpful info on reloading here, so I thought I'd see if I could repay the favor.
I decided to start reloading again, and I wanted to do it indoors. That meant I needed a stand or bench. I didn't want to drill holes in my nice indoor benches. I thought I'd weld something together. But I decided to try a temporary solution.
I had a Rockwell Jawhorse, which is a heavy, awkward device for holding things you're working on. I grabbed a 2 x 8 and hacked two pieces off with a sawzall. I cleaned them up on the band saw, put them together with 4 Tapcons, and drilled two holes for mounting bolts. I had two 1/2" mismatched bolts on hand, so I used them to attach the press.
I was surprised to see that it made an extremely stable platform. It doesn't mar the floor, either. I plan to keep using it, although I might redo it with nicer wood.
I'll post some photos.
The bottom piece is long because it makes the whole thing more resistant to rotation in the Jawhorse. The long top piece makes a good place to set things or bang with a bullet puller. I'm probably going to screw a tray to it.
This worked out fantastic. Takes about 20 minutes to make this, and it's 100% scrap. Maybe someone else here will be able to use it.
I don't know if I would recommend buying a Jawhorse or Harbor Freight knockoff if you don't already have one. They're very useful sometimes, but they are heavy and usually in the way.
I decided to start reloading again, and I wanted to do it indoors. That meant I needed a stand or bench. I didn't want to drill holes in my nice indoor benches. I thought I'd weld something together. But I decided to try a temporary solution.
I had a Rockwell Jawhorse, which is a heavy, awkward device for holding things you're working on. I grabbed a 2 x 8 and hacked two pieces off with a sawzall. I cleaned them up on the band saw, put them together with 4 Tapcons, and drilled two holes for mounting bolts. I had two 1/2" mismatched bolts on hand, so I used them to attach the press.
I was surprised to see that it made an extremely stable platform. It doesn't mar the floor, either. I plan to keep using it, although I might redo it with nicer wood.
I'll post some photos.
The bottom piece is long because it makes the whole thing more resistant to rotation in the Jawhorse. The long top piece makes a good place to set things or bang with a bullet puller. I'm probably going to screw a tray to it.
This worked out fantastic. Takes about 20 minutes to make this, and it's 100% scrap. Maybe someone else here will be able to use it.
I don't know if I would recommend buying a Jawhorse or Harbor Freight knockoff if you don't already have one. They're very useful sometimes, but they are heavy and usually in the way.
