reloading bench
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worriedman
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My rendition. This was when I first built it, it is a little more full now.
BroncoGlenn
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OK, OK... so sometimes you drop a tuna fish or peanut butter sandwich... but the ten second rule applies, right?? And a little nitrocellulose and primer residue never hurt anyone anyway, right??
Well, primer residue does contain lead. I guess that goes a long way to explaining things, 'eh? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
OK, OK... so sometimes you drop a tuna fish or peanut butter sandwich... but the ten second rule applies, right?? And a little nitrocellulose and primer residue never hurt anyone anyway, right??
Well, primer residue does contain lead. I guess that goes a long way to explaining things, 'eh? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
SodakJim
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Here's my loading bench.
I just purcased some lumber today to start building mine. Hopefully, in a couple of weeks I'll have it looking a bit better than the chop saw table I'm using now.
Hey Fal fire,
I'm not real sure how that all goes together. You can take it from another eastern Washington guy from Spokane, it looks like it will be plenty solid. I had to build one here in South Dakota when I moved here 4 years ago. I saved a lot of work and finishing by buying an 8ft. formica countertop with back splash. I liked the light, off-white colors, and they are often on sale at the building supply. My framework is all 2x4s and is anchored to the wall in my entryway between the garage and back door. The shelves are all pre-finished the same color white. The back of the bench has extended framework 6 feet tall to support a full length top shelf and 3 more 4 ft. shelves. The whole thing including paint and primer was $85.00 . When you build it yourself you can only blame yourself if it isn't what you wanted.
Here's my loading bench.
I just purcased some lumber today to start building mine. Hopefully, in a couple of weeks I'll have it looking a bit better than the chop saw table I'm using now.
Hey Fal fire,
I'm not real sure how that all goes together. You can take it from another eastern Washington guy from Spokane, it looks like it will be plenty solid. I had to build one here in South Dakota when I moved here 4 years ago. I saved a lot of work and finishing by buying an 8ft. formica countertop with back splash. I liked the light, off-white colors, and they are often on sale at the building supply. My framework is all 2x4s and is anchored to the wall in my entryway between the garage and back door. The shelves are all pre-finished the same color white. The back of the bench has extended framework 6 feet tall to support a full length top shelf and 3 more 4 ft. shelves. The whole thing including paint and primer was $85.00 . When you build it yourself you can only blame yourself if it isn't what you wanted.
Well, today I spent most of my time cutting, gluing and screwing my bench together. It is coming out okay so far. I'm building it sturdy enough to mount a small Jet lathe and table top mill/drill onto for the tinkering side of me.
I'm heading over tomorrow to pickup the plywood and formica to cover the counter top. Then a little paint and I'll be ready to mount my presses /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif
I'm heading over tomorrow to pickup the plywood and formica to cover the counter top. Then a little paint and I'll be ready to mount my presses /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif
huntsman22
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Here is a bench that I built a buddy. He wanred one from the NRMA plans, but I fudged a little and used oak ply to give it a furniture grade look. He done the staining and laquering after he picked it up.
In the 'raw'......
In the 'raw'......
huntsman22
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D B G, Sorry, I don't. But you can google nrma (nat. reloaders manu. assn.?) bench plans. That is how my friend found them. Don
Stealth1959
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1+ on H22's craftsmanship!
Here are some pictures of a reloading bench that me and my dad built. We followed an article out of the Jan/Feb 2007 Rifle Shooter magazine, that had plans for a reloading bench. We had to modify it to fit in the room at my house. The bench has "dove-tails" that you mount presses/equipment to. With the "dove-tails" you can switch out stuff pretty easily. I have since added a set of selfs to the wall on the right for storage and stocked it with supplies. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
huntsman22
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zh, It was built out of leftover lumber and plywood. I only bought the oak trim and hardware. Maybe $80 in it. To buy new wood, probably close to $250-$300 in materials. It was fun to put it together for a real good feller, but it was hard to let him take it, as it is way nicer than my portable truck stop table deallie.... Oh, well. Someday. Don
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Here's my loading bench.
I just purcased some lumber today to start building mine. Hopefully, in a couple of weeks I'll have it looking a bit better than the chop saw table I'm using now.
Hey Fal fire,
I'm not real sure how that all goes together. You can take it from another eastern Washington guy from Spokane, it looks like it will be plenty solid. I had to build one here in South Dakota when I moved here 4 years ago. I saved a lot of work and finishing by buying an 8ft. formica countertop with back splash. I liked the light, off-white colors, and they are often on sale at the building supply. My framework is all 2x4s and is anchored to the wall in my entryway between the garage and back door. The shelves are all pre-finished the same color white. The back of the bench has extended framework 6 feet tall to support a full length top shelf and 3 more 4 ft. shelves. The whole thing including paint and primer was $85.00 . When you build it yourself you can only blame yourself if it isn't what you wanted.
Here is what it is supposed to look like, I been busting my tail trying to get this thing together this week and it's beginning to look more like it should. What do ya'll think so far? The L-shaped bench is 22'X 12' I had to sheetrock the walls to brighten things up some. Hopefully next week I'll get some texture on the walls and be ready for paint and counter top.
I should be able to fit all three Dillon 550's and my Square Deal B pistol press on this baby. Might even have room for the Rock Chucker too.
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Here's my loading bench.
I just purcased some lumber today to start building mine. Hopefully, in a couple of weeks I'll have it looking a bit better than the chop saw table I'm using now.
Hey Fal fire,
I'm not real sure how that all goes together. You can take it from another eastern Washington guy from Spokane, it looks like it will be plenty solid. I had to build one here in South Dakota when I moved here 4 years ago. I saved a lot of work and finishing by buying an 8ft. formica countertop with back splash. I liked the light, off-white colors, and they are often on sale at the building supply. My framework is all 2x4s and is anchored to the wall in my entryway between the garage and back door. The shelves are all pre-finished the same color white. The back of the bench has extended framework 6 feet tall to support a full length top shelf and 3 more 4 ft. shelves. The whole thing including paint and primer was $85.00 . When you build it yourself you can only blame yourself if it isn't what you wanted.
Here is what it is supposed to look like, I been busting my tail trying to get this thing together this week and it's beginning to look more like it should. What do ya'll think so far? The L-shaped bench is 22'X 12' I had to sheetrock the walls to brighten things up some. Hopefully next week I'll get some texture on the walls and be ready for paint and counter top.
I should be able to fit all three Dillon 550's and my Square Deal B pistol press on this baby. Might even have room for the Rock Chucker too.