APachon said:
We will need to have a lengthy discussion about this. I am about to purchase a 650w/case feeder from B. Enos.
~A
That is the setup I have I also recommend that you consider buying the quick primer change over kit if you switch from large primers to small primers often. It costs about $70 and it allows you to do the primer change over without taking to assembly apart. It is not really a must have but for $70 it saves time and makes life easier. I also load a lot of different calibers and I have tool heads with a different powder measure all set up for each caliber. It is expensive to do it that way but it cuts change over time to almost nothing. It is somewhat time consuming to get the powder measure set to the correct amount. So if you can just leave it set and change a second measure that is set for that load it is a big time saver. Even if your measure hasn’t been touched since the last session always recheck to make sure.
I had a better setup in my basement but had to move my press into the garage. Make sure your press is mounted on a good solid platform. Make sure it is solid on the up stroke. If it lifts up on the up stroke you will wind up with high primers.
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I posted this on the 1911 forum a while back so instead of re-typeing the whole thing I just copied it from there and re-posted
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I reinstalled my reloading press and took some pictures
that may be helpful to anyone that wants to setup a press but has limited space.
Here are some pictures of my reloading press setup. I had a small room set up in my basement set aside as my reloading room but unfortunately I had a water pipe leak in the basement and although it didn't get the press wet it made things messy. I had to take everything apart in the reloading room, I didn't want to go through the trouble of making a new reloading room because I want to move someplace warm soon. Fortunately my house has the space of a three-car garage. It consists of an oversize two-car garage that was added to the house that I use it to park my cars in. I also have the space of the one car garage that was part of the design of the original heated one car garage that the house was built with. I now use it as a workroom and to keep my snow blower, and lawn mower and assorted tools. I cleared away a small spot in my garage and bought a small table from Sears for $39.99 (less 10% if you have a Sears tool club card)Sears item #00922201000. I like it because it is adjustable for height in 2-inch increments. Plus you can rest a foot on the bottom cross bar for added stability. I set it to 28 inches, which should allow me to sit on a stool and reload comfortably. I'll have to load some rounds and see if I have the height set right.
I think this may be the quickest easiest way to get set up again. If anyone is tight for space this setup can be put up and broken down for storage when it isn't being used. I think that when I finally move to a new house I will continue with this set up.
The first picture shows the press with a stool next to it to give you an idea of how comfortable to use sitting on a stool
The second photo shows a picture of a 2X4 that I used as a wedge to add downward pressure to the bench and give added stability.
The third picture shows the method I used to add downward pressure to the board, by turning the adjusting nuts I can add as much force as I need to make it a solid platform. The Vicegrips shown in the picture aren't necessary but I added them because I had them in my toolbox and I figured it wouldn't hurt to have them there to prevent the assembly from jackknifing.
The forth picture just shows an extra board that I added to make sure the boards would rest on the ceiling beams and not push through the sheet rock.
If someone else is thinking of putting in a press but is putting off because they have limited space these pictures may be helpful.