AusVarmint

In between waiting for the oil to soak into my stock, I got around to making a powder measure stand for the second hand RCBS powder thrower I picked up during the week. I've been using one of these throwers for years and find them really good and quite easy to use, maybe not good enough for competition but perfect for me.

Started off with some aluminium flat 35 mm wide, because that is what I had in the scrap bucket. Gave it a quick clean on the belt sander.
Next, marked the centre 25mm from the end,
Set it up in the drill press ready for the 3/4 inch holesaw, and got into it.



Next I put it in the bench vice 45mm from the end, to bend it 90 degrees, and squared it up so the bend would be even

Next instalment later.

hey camel i did this a few years ago but i did a flimsy job it needed a brace to stop it bounce'n

i never got around to it as i found one real cheap

deye, I probably could have bought one, but seeing I have the time and don't mind the DYI approach figured what the hell. Yours looks pretty good.



Doing the bend on one end, a few belts with the 4lb hammer and it turned out pretty good.
Next cab off the rank was cutting the excess from the opposite end, love those little skinny cutting blades for the angle grinder. After cutting to length, I bend a 90 angle on the other end for the mount base onto the bench.

Drilling a 1/4 inch hole for the mount hole

And here it is, the one on the left. My other powder measure is in a mount that I made around 25 years ago, it is made of steel. I will now have one set up for small weights of powder and one set for larger. All my presses and the powder measures are mounted with bolts through the bench top and fastened with wing nuts, makes it very easy if I want to move something at any time.
It was a little wobbly, so I knocked up a brace for the back out of some inch by 1/8th flat aluminium. Now its nice and stiff, very similar to the steel one.

One thing I forgot to mention, was after cutting the big hole, it was just a bit under sized for the measure to go into, so I got stuck into it with a round file and now the measure slips in nice and snugly.

My next little project is putting a 6 inch bench mounted under the bottom of the bench as it is a little high when I am working. I stuffed up when I first built the reloading bench a few years ago, I should have sat down in my chair and got the bench top height, but I just took a wild guess. No real drama, but after a while my shoulders get a bit cramped from holding my arms up.

Nice works there Camel As for adding extra bench get a taller seat or a drafts chair

Nice flash one like this for your tiring arms

Mark
be real careful cutting alloy with those or any other cut off wheel
or grinding wheel as they clog create hot spots and blow up.
If you must get rid of some metal use a belt sander or flapper disc.
Use a hacksaw you lazy old bugger.
Ol 55

Circular saw works awesome to, just lube it first and use the blade with the most teeth, do not use the one with big gaps between teeth. I think the difference between a blade for alloy and 1 for timber is only about 2 degree difference from memory.

Thanks for the concern Gary, I only work slowly I have had one let go on me once before, but I was rushing and trying to push the disc through too quickly. Hacksaw would have been used, but since I have been using a grinder, it has become pretty much obsolete.

Yes Dave, I have used a circular saw before for the job, I discovered they will even cut through 2.8mm RHS like butter.