Overview

A different angle of the setup. If you're wondering why there's a 38mm block of wood in there, it's because the Loadmaster has a cranky shape underneath, and to work around it I had to first mount it to the wood, and bolt the wood to the square plate. If I had not used the wood, the press bolt holes on the right in this picture would have perforated the edge of the square plate.

Yes, I know, I could have cut an arc out of the square plate facing the ram, but I never had any tools to do it properly, and the wood was easily done.

In the Mark II version I've got a more versatile plate-base system going that eliminates the 38mm pine.

This plastic base is not painted. It came in black, so I left it as it was. To paint it, use universal undercoat, and then either spray paint or enamel.

See the Press Base Mark II for a more portable version.