Farcebook’s acting weird…let’s see if this works: scored an exit-row seat, and with the plane maybe 40-50 pax away from full, I have an empty seat next to me. w00t!

Got an email from my parents that Schatzie has joined her sister Mitzie in the great beyond. :-( The picture’s from about a year and a half ago, when I was visiting around Christmastime.

The only upside is that Tabitha now has another puppy to keep her company.

Extra versatility for when I add the turret press: the bench plate kit allows presses to be swapped out in about a minute by loosening some screws. Remove the clamps from the plate and it’s a mostly flat surface that’s left…or I can just undo the C-clamps to move all of it out of the way to use the workbench underneath.

The metal plates Lee sells for use with its presses don’t work with the older (non-breechlock) Challenger press. Two wooden blocks are included with the kit, intended for use with other brands of presses; I drilled one for my press. The metal plate I have will end up bolted to a Classic Turret Press; I won’t need to buy one with it.