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J Originally Posted By mneblett:
What do you do with a little less than 6' x 8'? You do as best you can! I built this bench for my Square Deal B when I moved into my house 20 years ago, but the bench was immediately buried under house "stuff" and disappeared, as did my and my wife's time for shooting. Fast forward 20 years, and our son is about to graduate college. A couple months ago we rediscovered how much we enjoy shooting, and I gutted the storage to reclaim the "reloading room." Organization of the reloading stuff is still a work in progress, but it is coming along: <a href="http://s51.photobucket.com/user/mneblett/media/AR/IMG_1375_zpszvkpvvip.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f360/mneblett/AR/IMG_1375_zpszvkpvvip.jpg</a> .45 ACP and .38/.357 on the SDB, and added an XL650 for 9MM, .223 and .300 Blkout. Still need to figure out shelving, storage, etc. (camping gear is also stored here), but it's a start. <a href="http://s51.photobucket.com/user/mneblett/media/AR/IMG_1372_zpspvu6jukm.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f360/mneblett/AR/IMG_1372_zpspvu6jukm.jpg</a> <a href="http://s51.photobucket.com/user/mneblett/media/AR/IMG_1380_zpsldnngyjv.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f360/mneblett/AR/IMG_1380_zpsldnngyjv.jpg</a> The bench itself is not anchored to anything, but it doesn't need to be -- all 4x4 and 3/4" ply, connected throughout the U and massive. I'm short (5'7") and I built the top high -- 40" -- so it falls right below my elbows, perfect for comfortable work and reloading press use. Just enough width between the bench sides to be able to walk in and turn around without hitting my hips. ETA: Yes, the SDB is mounted a little sideways -- I'm one of the "gifted few" (left-handed), and this is the best ergonomic position for me. A bench vise is positioned to support AR assembly, swaging, case trimming, etc. <a href="http://s51.photobucket.com/user/mneblett/media/AR/IMG_1379_zpsgfwnnbrj.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f360/mneblett/AR/IMG_1379_zpsgfwnnbrj.jpg</a> <a href="http://s51.photobucket.com/user/mneblett/media/AR/IMG_1378_zpshz3oztgs.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f360/mneblett/AR/IMG_1378_zpshz3oztgs.jpg</a> <a href="http://s51.photobucket.com/user/mneblett/media/AR/IMG_1376_zpsvpjlvphx.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f360/mneblett/AR/IMG_1376_zpsvpjlvphx.jpg</a> Finally, I took the obligatory toe shot, then realized it shows where I keep my tumbler at the bottom of an old rolling tool cabinet <a href="http://s51.photobucket.com/user/mneblett/media/AR/IMG_1381_zps5vgoboe5.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f360/mneblett/AR/IMG_1381_zps5vgoboe5.jpg</a> I'm looking forward to a lot more time finishing the set up, reloading and shooting! Nice job, it looks great......the flooring reminds me of my elementary school floors, that was a way long time ago. |
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After 2 years in my current residence and a significant upgrade of my safe, I'm finally ready to set up my bench. Any difference between these two work tables? Gladiator Table OR Sam's Club Seville Table Thanks for your input! |
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Originally Posted By mwc951: Long time lurker to this awesome thread! After 2 years in my current residence and a significant upgrade of my safe, I'm finally ready to set up my bench. Any difference between these two work tables? Gladiator Table OR Sam's Club Seville Table Thanks for your input! Looks like the same thing but better price at Sams. $100 would buy a lot of wood to build a better bench with drawers and shelf's. Extras you will need. |
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Originally Posted By dryflash3:
Looks like the same thing but better price at Sams. $100 would buy a lot of wood to build a better bench with drawers and shelf's. Extras you will need. Originally Posted By dryflash3:
Originally Posted By mwc951:
Long time lurker to this awesome thread! After 2 years in my current residence and a significant upgrade of my safe, I'm finally ready to set up my bench. Any difference between these two work tables? Gladiator Table OR Sam's Club Seville Table Thanks for your input! Looks like the same thing but better price at Sams. $100 would buy a lot of wood to build a better bench with drawers and shelf's. Extras you will need. I have the one from Sam's and it is very solid and sturdy. You get a good table for the price of just the top. |
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I have the one from Sam's and it is very solid and sturdy. You get a good table for the price of just the top. Originally Posted By Gage:
Originally Posted By dryflash3:
Originally Posted By mwc951:
Long time lurker to this awesome thread! After 2 years in my current residence and a significant upgrade of my safe, I'm finally ready to set up my bench. Any difference between these two work tables? Gladiator Table OR Sam's Club Seville Table Thanks for your input! Looks like the same thing but better price at Sams. $100 would buy a lot of wood to build a better bench with drawers and shelf's. Extras you will need. I have the one from Sam's and it is very solid and sturdy. You get a good table for the price of just the top. I have 2 of the Sams Club tables. Mount presses to one of them and use the other one next to it for anything else. Im impressed with them. I did get some angle iron and cut them into 3" sections and bolt to the table/wall to really sturdy them up. You cant beat the price of them either. I bought this second one a few months back. When I got it home I noticed one of the leg braces looked like it got ran over during packaging and was beyond repair. I called the company out of CA and told them about it. I had a replacement piece with no questions asked 4 days later. |
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Originally Posted By jefflebowski:
I need drawers, how would you guys upgrade this on a budget with no care for aesthetics? 2' deep, 77" wide, bench is 39" high. <a href="http://s66.photobucket.com/user/baxshep/media/Guns/025456A5-F744-4253-9044-13533B2CAB78_zps5jlfvpi8.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h251/baxshep/Guns/025456A5-F744-4253-9044-13533B2CAB78_zps5jlfvpi8.jpg</a> I think the next one I build will have tool boxes built in to it under the top. I can't remember what boxes measured last time I thought about adding them to my current set up but I want to say craftsmen and harbor freight had some that were nearly perfect. Do you have any of those sears outputs near you? They always have tool storage on clearance, you may need to go back a couple times. |
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Originally Posted By jefflebowski: I need drawers, how would you guys upgrade this on a budget with no care for aesthetics? 2' deep, 77" wide, bench is 39" high. http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h251/baxshep/Guns/025456A5-F744-4253-9044-13533B2CAB78_zps5jlfvpi8.jpg Build a shelf with dividers between drawers. ![]() Or just build drawers and hang them om hardwood strips. |
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Originally Posted By dryflash3:
Build a shelf with dividers between drawers. <a href="http://s250.photobucket.com/user/dryflash3/media/Bench/P2170513_zps2de359cc.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg272/dryflash3/Bench/P2170513_zps2de359cc.jpg</a> Or just build drawers and hang them om hardwood strips. Originally Posted By dryflash3:
Originally Posted By jefflebowski:
I need drawers, how would you guys upgrade this on a budget with no care for aesthetics? 2' deep, 77" wide, bench is 39" high. http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h251/baxshep/Guns/025456A5-F744-4253-9044-13533B2CAB78_zps5jlfvpi8.jpg Build a shelf with dividers between drawers. <a href="http://s250.photobucket.com/user/dryflash3/media/Bench/P2170513_zps2de359cc.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg272/dryflash3/Bench/P2170513_zps2de359cc.jpg</a> Or just build drawers and hang them om hardwood strips. OP, I already had most of the space under the bench top filled with bulk storage (bullets and loaded ammunition), so I bought a Craftsman tool box (Item# 00937711000P, about 26" wide by 12" deep by 18" tall) for tools, devices, etc. It sits opposite my bench - yes, I have to turn around to grab a tool, but the room is small, and my arrangement makes pretty good use of space. |
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Originally Posted By GHPorter: I gotta ask; what's in the small container immediately to the right of the drawer in the first picture? It looks like it has index card tabs sticking up... OP, I already had most of the space under the bench top filled with bulk storage (bullets and loaded ammunition), so I bought a Craftsman tool box (Item# 00937711000P, about 26" wide by 12" deep by 18" tall) for tools, devices, etc. It sits opposite my bench - yes, I have to turn around to grab a tool, but the room is small, and my arrangement makes pretty good use of space. http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m5ssczIi1rVf2HUvllyIDtQ.jpg Originally Posted By GHPorter: Originally Posted By dryflash3: Originally Posted By jefflebowski: I need drawers, how would you guys upgrade this on a budget with no care for aesthetics? 2' deep, 77" wide, bench is 39" high. http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h251/baxshep/Guns/025456A5-F744-4253-9044-13533B2CAB78_zps5jlfvpi8.jpg Build a shelf with dividers between drawers. <a href="http://s250.photobucket.com/user/dryflash3/media/Bench/P2170513_zps2de359cc.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg272/dryflash3/Bench/P2170513_zps2de359cc.jpg</a> Or just build drawers and hang them om hardwood strips. OP, I already had most of the space under the bench top filled with bulk storage (bullets and loaded ammunition), so I bought a Craftsman tool box (Item# 00937711000P, about 26" wide by 12" deep by 18" tall) for tools, devices, etc. It sits opposite my bench - yes, I have to turn around to grab a tool, but the room is small, and my arrangement makes pretty good use of space. http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m5ssczIi1rVf2HUvllyIDtQ.jpg Blue in my world means small. Large is painted red. |
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Originally Posted By Mason2245:
http://<a href=http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/mmegahan/Resized_20160620_122007_zps7pfozbrn.jpeg</a>" /> Finally got my workbench done....just need to finish getting my press set up and knock out some reloads ![]() What color stain is that? I love it |
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Drawer, RCBS shellholders for their trimmer, the small insert for my Hornady PM. Originally Posted By dryflash3:
Originally Posted By GHPorter:
I gotta ask; what's in the small container immediately to the right of the drawer in the first picture? It looks like it has index card tabs sticking up... Ahhh. The ends of the RCBS U-shaped shellholders are what look like index card tabs. Makes perfect sense. Thanks! |
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Originally Posted By Mason2245:
http://<a href=http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p398/mmegahan/Resized_20160620_122007_zps7pfozbrn.jpeg</a>" /> Finally got my workbench done....just need to finish getting my press set up and knock out some reloads ![]() What color stain is that? I love it It's Minwax Provincial #211, I did two coats of it and a few coats of poly over it...I thought it would be too dark for my liking, but turned out really nice! |
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Originally Posted By clweathers:
I have always been interested in reloading, mainly .300aac and 6.5 Grendel, so this weekend I completed this entire set up. Sometimes when you have a 1 bedroom apartment, you got to work with what you have. I think it turned out as well as it could've. http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a81/DMlynlow/3BD7B9D0-784D-4FA1-A505-1198CC3CDF67.jpg Right on, I dig it. |
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Originally Posted By jefflebowski:
What other reloading specific bin brands do you guys buy besides Dillon? Dillon's bins are just Akro-Mills AkroBins. Hornady's bins are red, RCBS's are green, Dillon's blue, etc. You can find this style of bin in a lot of places, and get whatever color and size you want. I bought a bunch of longer-than-standard, blue bins from USPlastics some time back. |
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This may not be the thread to use, and I can start my own if need be, but I just moved recently and my 650 is crying sitting in storage now that I'm in a freedom state.
Are there are any portable, or easily broken down benches that could support a 650 w/ case feeder? I wouldn't be able to bolt it into anything, and space is at a premium. Any recommendations? |
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Originally Posted By thefastestcolor: This may not be the thread to use, and I can start my own if need be, but I just moved recently and my 650 is crying sitting in storage now that I'm in a freedom state. Are there are any portable, or easily broken down benches that could support a 650 w/ case feeder? I wouldn't be able to bolt it into anything, and space is at a premium. Any recommendations? Please start a new thread instead of going off topic in this one. |
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Originally Posted By mdewitt71: Just ordered a Chargemaster for my bench. http://www.brownells.com/userdocs/products/p_749008386_1.jpg Will be a great addition to the bench. I bought myself one for Christmas. Along with a Dillon XL650 with a bunch if upgrades and accessories, and a Redding T7. All still in the boxes....waiting until I get out of this dank apartment and waiting for the mortgage lenders to unscrew themselves over my wife's new job ![]() I have ARs and a .300 WM to feed... |
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Originally Posted By dangerdan: I bought myself one for Christmas. Along with a Dillon XL650 with a bunch if upgrades and accessories, and a Redding T7. All still in the boxes....waiting until I get out of this dank apartment and waiting for the mortgage lenders to unscrew themselves over my wife's new job ![]() I have ARs and a .300 WM to feed... Originally Posted By dangerdan: Originally Posted By mdewitt71: Just ordered a Chargemaster for my bench. http://www.brownells.com/userdocs/products/p_749008386_1.jpg Will be a great addition to the bench. I bought myself one for Christmas. Along with a Dillon XL650 with a bunch if upgrades and accessories, and a Redding T7. All still in the boxes....waiting until I get out of this dank apartment and waiting for the mortgage lenders to unscrew themselves over my wife's new job ![]() I have ARs and a .300 WM to feed... Welcome to the forum, I've seen you around the site. |
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I bought myself one for Christmas. Along with a Dillon XL650 with a bunch if upgrades and accessories, and a Redding T7. All still in the boxes....waiting until I get out of this dank apartment and waiting for the mortgage lenders to unscrew themselves over my wife's new job
I have ARs and a .300 WM to feed... Originally Posted By dangerdan:
Originally Posted By mdewitt71:
Just ordered a Chargemaster for my bench. http://www.brownells.com/userdocs/products/p_749008386_1.jpg Will be a great addition to the bench. I bought myself one for Christmas. Along with a Dillon XL650 with a bunch if upgrades and accessories, and a Redding T7. All still in the boxes....waiting until I get out of this dank apartment and waiting for the mortgage lenders to unscrew themselves over my wife's new job
I have ARs and a .300 WM to feed... The chargemaster is indeed the bomb...... I really am liking it. I set it up ran some powder thru it the very first time and was very surprise at how precise it is. Hornady 100V powder was spot as I checked with 2 different scales....... highest tolerance was .08 with 50 throws and not one over charge. Made my 30-06 180gr Sierra loads look really good, I cant wait to shoot em and see how they do. Varget is a lil harder powder and out of 75 throws I did get 5 over charges and .05 variance with the 75 throws but, from what I have read and seen on your tube, the other brands of electronic scales would of thrown Varget even more over. Not too mention I got a $75 rebate from RCBS this month for buying $300 worth of branded items. |
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I recently added some wall cabinets so I thought I'd share some pics. Still want to get some doors made for the wall cabinets and drawers for the base but outdoor chores and the honey do list keeps getting priority. http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll43/Jackpine_Savage/IMG_5225_zpscvvwgmti.jpg http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll43/Jackpine_Savage/IMG_5226_zps5gbjvhwe.jpg http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll43/Jackpine_Savage/IMG_5227_zpsroxcfswi.jpg That looks great. Did you do a thread about your trailer hitch-based press mounting system, or am I imagining things? That's a cool system. I wound up going with Inline's Ultramounts in part because I couldn't figure out how to replicate your system. |
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Originally Posted By GHPorter:
That looks great. Did you do a thread about your trailer hitch-based press mounting system, or am I imagining things? That's a cool system. I wound up going with Inline's Ultramounts in part because I couldn't figure out how to replicate your system. I did put up a picture a few years ago but never went into detail. About a year after that I discovered some PM's asking for more detail |
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Originally Posted By GunsandCoffee71:
Just finished my reloading room - this started as an unfinished basement area with a single light bulb and two truckloads of junk (just bought the house in Aug). The room is 20' x 16' - I did all the framing, electrical, drywall, insulation, and flooring myself. I decided to install an electronic lock on the door (36" solid pine) so I wouldn't have to worry about my youngsters wandering in when I'm away from the bench. I also built the reloading bench, hutch, and shelving units. The bench is all 2x6" construction with anti-torsion design. The shelves are also 2x6" - perhaps a bit of overkill, but I can load them up heavy. I'm doing my first run of .40 tonight..........30.06 M2 this weekend. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b206/Bluesking89/IMG_4388_zpscgnngdg9.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b206/Bluesking89/IMG_4389_zpsgxvfehb3.jpg Very impressive. Very, very impressive. Neat and squared away. I like it! Need someone to run that 2nd turret press? |
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Even if you don't have room for a big fancy reloading bench there's always room to reload. Even in your mom's basement
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Originally Posted By Defender3:
You guys have inspired me to take up reloading so of course, I need a bench! I went through this thread and saw some great ideas - thanks to all who posted. Strong, sturdy and heavy - 4x4 and 2x4 build using #10 screws and Kreg pocket screws until I got tired of being so precision. 8' wide, 30' deep and 33" tall without top.
http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=93695 Finished up the first phase - 3/4" birch laminated plywood for the bottom shelf and 2x 3/4" birch laminated plywood for the top with a 1.5"x5" skirt. I was going to build a second shelf but decided to put a 4" deep drawer under the top instead (yet to be built). I have a Rockler T-Track system I'm going to install once I determine spacing and then I need to decide on some rear shelves. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=93696 |
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