New item from Berry's

[General Tso]

Check it out. I want one!http://www.berrysmfg.com/product-i14860-c115-g8-b0-p0-Bench_Topper.aspx

 

[blarby]

I do not understand what this is for.......

 

[2Bad4u]

I do not understand what this is for.......

It's a stand to mount your press on. You can permanently mount the stand to your bench with screws, or you can temporarily mount the stand to your bench with a couple of C-clamps. Clever idea.

 

[dragon813gt]

I wouldn't want my press any higher then my bench height. Looks good but I fail to see its usefulness.


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[blarby]

I'm kinda with dragon on this one personally.

If someone had a press height issue, I could see some benefit.

 

[cfullgraf]

I do not understand what this is for.......

The Berry unit is similar in concept to the Dillon Strong Mount except the Berry unit has some extra flexibility.

Looks like the Berry unit could be set on something that is standard table height. The press would be then be at a good height for operating when standing.

While the Berry unit could be bolted down, I suspect their main market will be the folks that want a portable set up.

If your bench height is already established for using with a press bolted directly to it, then the Berry mount will not work.

The Berry unit looks nice.

 

[GT1]

The four post set-up is nothing like a strong mount(The post in the middle back is barely structual at all). It is torsionally faulty.

Better to just build your own boxed in unit out of ply or hardwood, it will be much stronger and you can make it exactly like you might want.

There is a reason you don't see many set-ups like that, it isn't the best idea.

 

[oneounceload]

I would not think it would handle times when you are using a little strength to resize some tough cases without tweaking it real bad.

I mount my single stage press to a board and then clamp that to the bench - works just fine

 

[GT1]

You are right. I was just looking at the different views, I see the gusset in the middle now that will supposedly make it stronger for vertical forces. Sort of.

I would say get a real strong mount, inlinefabrication(A regular poster here with the name 1in9twist or something like that owns the business) makes them for just about any press these days for about a third of that price.

 

[HOWARD J]

Berrys makes great bullets.
This THING not so good

 

[snuffy]

The Berry unit is similar in concept to the Dillon Strong Mount except the Berry unit has some extra flexibility.

"Flexibility" is just the reason it would be a bad idea. It says it's built of ¼ inch aluminum? Way to long a span to be using that thin alum. It would flex badly when FL resizing a tough cartridge. Especially if you put a big-heavy press on it. Repeated flexing would break or crack it where it's attached to the risers.

I see the gusset/brace in the middle, but that won't help much if at all. It just built too light to be of any use for loading.

 

[cfullgraf]

"Flexibility" is just the reason it would be a bad idea. It says it's built of ¼ inch aluminum? Way to long a span to be using that thin alum. It would flex badly when FL resizing a tough cartridge. Especially if you put a big-heavy press on it. Repeated flexing would break or crack it where it's attached to the risers.

"Flexibility" and "flexible" are not the same. The unit provides a number of options for reloading, increasing the flexibility of use. The stand can be clamped to a table for use then stored away. It could be taken to the range for on the spot loading or taken on vacation, a TDY assignment, or a hunt.

Not everyone has a fully equipped shop to fabricate custom press stands as I do.

It gives folks another option.

I will agree, the unit will be a bit light for the biggest, toughest cartridges, but how many folks really reload those. But it is surprising how stiff 1/4"aluminum plate can be. The unit is well supported and the spans are not that great.

I do not understand why gun folks are so down on aluminum. Does everyone realize aluminum is the primary material in the construction of airplanes? How heavy is a fully loaded AN-224? If you saw how thin the aluminum is inside an airplane structure, you would probably swear off flying.

 

[1SOW]

A number of reloaders on the CZ Forum have these and really like them. They are pretty versatile and very strong, and their set-up pics looked very smooth with a several different type presses. The structure includes braces at key points where the press gets mounted.
It went through quite a bit of testing and critiquing before the final product went out.

cfullgraf is right on the money. I was in the aircraft maintenance field for a number of years. Aluminum is amazingly strong when structured properly.