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Posted: 3/22/2010 1:54:43 PM EDT
| I'm going to build a new reloading bench this week or this weekend. I will be building this bench to attach directly to the wall. I will be mounting a Super 1050 on it, as well as a PW 800+, along with a bunch of other stuff. How should I go about attaching the bench to the wall so that it will be capable of supporting a lot of weight? Are front legs going to be necessary? |
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Build the bench as if it were going to be freestanding, with front and back legs. Make back legs flush with the wall. Secure the back legs to the studs in the wall with lag screws. This means that you will either need to preplan the positioning of the back legs to meet up with the studs, or you can attach a ledger board to all of the back legs that runs horizontally, allowing you to locate the studs after the fact.
Below is my bench right after I finished it. 
It is secured to the wall sill using the back bottom shelf support board as the ledger board, and attached at the top using the back table top support as a ledgerboard. Four 5"x3/8" lag bolts secure it to the wall, and it is rock solid for the tools and two presses I have attached. The dillion and PW presses don't create a lot of torque, but your single stage presses, like a rock chucker or other single stage press, will stress the edge of your bench. |
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I'm going to build a new reloading bench this week or this weekend. I will be building this bench to attach directly to the wall. I will be mounting a Super 1050 on it, as well as a PW 800+, along with a bunch of other stuff. How should I go about attaching the bench to the wall so that it will be capable of supporting a lot of weight? Are front legs going to be necessary? Yes, no, maybe so. What kind of wall? Masonary? Concrete? Metal studs? wood? 2x6? 2x4" What is " a lot of weight? There are plenty of bench threads and you have been around long enough to find the archives. 
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