jotto
Member
Greetings all,
I have recently purchased a bench to begin reloading on. I bought a Stack-On WB-432 that comes with a 1" thick MDF work surface. A link to the bench is provided below from Cabela's. It was not sealed with anything so I heavily coated it it polyurethane prior to mounting it on the bench.
My question is should I reinforce it with say a 1 x 4 on top then mount the press to that? The coated work surface seems pretty tough now with the coating but being new I really have no idea how much strain the press will put on it. My thoughts were to glue/screw on pieces of 1 x 4 to further strengthen it first. Would that work? Overkill? Not enough? I'm going to start off with a Hornady Lock 'n Load single stage press but plan on upgrading to a turret press a year or so down the road as I get better at reloading.
Second question is I believe that to mount the press I would drill through the surface and run bolts through the press and top to secure it. Correct?
Any tips, pointers, suggestions would be most appreciated, thank you.
Link to the work bench on cabelas: http://www.cabelas.com/product/Stac...oading+bench&WTz_l=Header;Search-All+Products
I have recently purchased a bench to begin reloading on. I bought a Stack-On WB-432 that comes with a 1" thick MDF work surface. A link to the bench is provided below from Cabela's. It was not sealed with anything so I heavily coated it it polyurethane prior to mounting it on the bench.
My question is should I reinforce it with say a 1 x 4 on top then mount the press to that? The coated work surface seems pretty tough now with the coating but being new I really have no idea how much strain the press will put on it. My thoughts were to glue/screw on pieces of 1 x 4 to further strengthen it first. Would that work? Overkill? Not enough? I'm going to start off with a Hornady Lock 'n Load single stage press but plan on upgrading to a turret press a year or so down the road as I get better at reloading.
Second question is I believe that to mount the press I would drill through the surface and run bolts through the press and top to secure it. Correct?
Any tips, pointers, suggestions would be most appreciated, thank you.
Link to the work bench on cabelas: http://www.cabelas.com/product/Stac...oading+bench&WTz_l=Header;Search-All+Products