Mike W1
Active Member
When I bought the SDB way back they offered a cartridge counter which operated off station #4 but never had very good luck with it there. Had a piece of aluminum 1x2 tubing (guess you'd call it that) so I mounted that on the left side of the press, modified the counter arm and run it when it throws the powder charge. So far that has worked without issues.
Then after reading about lighting things up a bit bought a couple battery powered LED's that clip on to the "wings" I added to the 1x2. Flexible so you can easily see the powder is there and that the case didn't get cocked on the initial insert. I've done that having limited feeling in my right hand and this helps on that too.
The little protrusions that hold the spent primer holder tend to break. Trimmed out the lid of one of my pill bottles with a dremel bit and bolted the lid to the bottom and now I have zero spent primers on the floor.
Another thing I do is put wood handles on my allan wrenches for molds, etc. so have some shorter ones made up for the most used on the SDB.
Way back I made a pattern of how I wanted my parts bin boxes arranged so as to have bullets and cases close at hand. Used a piece of 1/4" plywood that sits under the press and has holes routed for the bin boxes to sit it. Kind of a poor mans strong mount. I didn't want the extra height anyhow as I load sitting on a stool and this has worked well for me over the years.
Then after reading about lighting things up a bit bought a couple battery powered LED's that clip on to the "wings" I added to the 1x2. Flexible so you can easily see the powder is there and that the case didn't get cocked on the initial insert. I've done that having limited feeling in my right hand and this helps on that too.
The little protrusions that hold the spent primer holder tend to break. Trimmed out the lid of one of my pill bottles with a dremel bit and bolted the lid to the bottom and now I have zero spent primers on the floor.
Another thing I do is put wood handles on my allan wrenches for molds, etc. so have some shorter ones made up for the most used on the SDB.
Way back I made a pattern of how I wanted my parts bin boxes arranged so as to have bullets and cases close at hand. Used a piece of 1/4" plywood that sits under the press and has holes routed for the bin boxes to sit it. Kind of a poor mans strong mount. I didn't want the extra height anyhow as I load sitting on a stool and this has worked well for me over the years.
