Lee Loader

Don't know if these will be strong enough or not, but here's a work in progress...

Plastic 3D print?

I doubt it will be strong enough, but I'd love be proven wrong.

Fyodor wrote:Plastic 3D print?

I doubt it will be strong enough, but I'd love be proven wrong.

Yes, I'm designing these for plastic 3D printing. PLA can be annealed to increase its strength. So, the solid block version might be strong enough, but that would take a lot of filament to produce.

Modified my design to replace the alignment holes with alignment tabs...

Here is my alternative to bench plates. I'm not dissing bench plates they just wouldn't work for my limited storage space.

Because I moved into a smaller home storage space has become a critical factor. Bulky tools, presses, and gadgets that didn't fit on the bench were given away. Those critical tools that remained got a permanent bench space mounting or live in the back reaches of the benches.

For those tools that do require temporary front and center premium bench space I use t-nuts under the bench top with t-knob bolt on top to secure a trimmer or a bench primer, etc. I also built 2 powder measure stands that accommodate 4 to 6 PMs each. One is permanently affixed over handing the bench, the other is a pedestal carousel stand which is easily sides outta the way.

The benefits of this inexpensive method are:
1) I don't have to go looking for the closet, drawer or under the bed to find it.
2) Less moving = less chance of damage or losing critical parts.
3) More room for components.

The Con was being forced to unload stuff I collected over the last 50+ years. I had become a sentimental hoarder.

I love the quick change plates. But I don't use the LEE plates, because my desk was too low, and I needed a riser, so I went with the Inline Fabrication "Ultra Mount" quick change system. I have a shelf where I screwed on some wooden bars to hold the presses that are not in use, and one permanently fixed Ultra Mount on my workbench. Switching presses is a matter of a minute. I also got a blank plate where I mounted my vice. My space is very limited, so I can't have two presses or a press and a vice on my workbench simultaneously.

If nothing else,should be strong enough to use for accessories like trimmers, bench prime, etc.!

I've published this design on Thingiverse. Click Open in Customizer to select the currently available hole patterns. Feel free to modify my source code to add additional hole patterns or send me the dimensions and I'll try to add them for you.

Enjoy!

I wish something like this could be designed to allow the LoadAll II to be used with the bench mount. The shotgun reloader is wider than the bench plate mount so picture an "anvil" shape to get it up and then out over the sides of the mount. I've got it cut out of wood, just need to laminate all the pieces together.

Found some pictures of a Load-All II adapter plate on ebay. Anybody have information on the hole pattern?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lee-load-all-i ... 2171111629

Update, found a drawing of the hole pattern here:

https://leeprecision.com/cgi-data/instruct/90070.pdf