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I have an RCBS Primer Pocket Swager that I bought during Midway's last RCBS sale. Its been sitting on a shelf ever since it arrived. I have a smaller reloading bench and really don't want to drill and bolt it to the bench if I don't have to as I don't want to give up space for it because I really won't use it that often. So, I remember using one at my buddy's place and it requires a lot of force to do its job. Any good way to mount it temporarily to my bench that I'm currently blind to?
Bolt it to a separate piece of lumber and C-clamp it to your bench when needed.
JTD
That's what I was leaning towards JTD, but wasn't sure if that would withstand the force. I guess only one way to find out. I c-clamp both a bench vise and a Uniflow powder measure stand to the bench and that seems to work well for the more static reloading tools, but just wasn't sure if it would move lots with the swager.
Ive full length sized brass like that before. As long as the clamps and you bench are strong enough to handle it, you should be good to go.
JTD
I pulled the swager out of the box and immediately feel stupid. It’s been a couple years at least since I used one and remembered it operating differently. If I have the right hardware this should be put together and adjusted tonight. Thanks JTD!
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Awesome! Post up some pics when you get it mounted up.
JTD
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Got it done and it’s sturdier than I figured it would be! Only took one trip to the hardware store too[emoji2357]
I have the rag in between just to protect my benchtop. I’ll do something a bit more permanent to the wood block later
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Looks perfect. You got off easy with only one trip to the store.
JTD
Yeah, even little projects never seem to work out with less than one for me. I don’t have a bunch of spare hardware around either so when I do have to go, I buy doubles for the misc hardware bucket. When I’m not in an apartment garage anymore, I’ll have a small stock of common sizes always on hand.
Anyways, I cranked out a whole coffee can of brass today full length sizing them and then swaging them. It allowed me to handle brass one less time so figured I might as well. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...23f9f6be15.jpg
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You knocked out a bunch. I’m working on primer pockets and prepping a mess of 223.
JTD
If you ever want to get fancy check out the Inline Fabrication quick mount. The base mounts to your bench and then your tools mount to a plate that fits into the base. I have 2 presses, a swager, a vise, a drill press that all fit into the same base. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...28ebf6988f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...e448f3e5bd.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...c46b3a7442.jpg
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I could see those plate mounting systems being very good. I’m in an apartment right now but probably not for long. If everything works out like I’m hoping the next place will have a place for a bigger bench/reloading room. I still may look into any of these plate systems if I end up keeping this bench but I’m really not sure yet. I already would have a long list of things I’d mount on the plates!
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