Mike Irwin
Staff
Anyone currently using the lee bench plate do mount a press? Good, bad indifferent?
The extra bolt buissiness is not a "Fix": It's all spelled out in the instructions. The wood blocks with a press mounted to it WON'T stay in the bench plate for even one pull of the press without it in place because the brackets aren't parallel to each other. If they were parallel to each other, it would defeat the purpose somewhat, of the quick change feature. I seriously doubt that Lee put this thing on the market, causing pressess to pop out onto your lap with one pull, and then turned around and said "BTW, drill a hole through it and drop something in it as a fix". Is this another one of those Lee conspiracy urban legends?
That's essentially what I do. I have four presses set up. Each press is mounted on a 24" length of 2x10. Whichever press I need is laid on top of the bench and clamped down with a couple of large C-clamps.Lost Sheep said:Alternatively, a 24"x2"x8" board with my press mounted on it could slip into a bracket on the underside of my workbench and probably be easier to build with hand tools most of us have.