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My bench area grew organically. I had no real plan. I started with a woodworking bench from Lowe's which wasn't really cut out for the job. I then built my second one with a kit from 2x4 basics. Because of my schedule (work and a toddler), I was getting out there at about 9pm on Saturday Night to reload what I was going to shoot on Sunday. I'd quit at about 1am, too damned tires to clean up. If you do that nearly every weekend for a few years, you get this:
I finally reached a point where I couldn't really get to the bench to reload without doing some cleaning. That clean spot would eventually be overtaken within a single reloading session. So I decided to plan something else out.
I decided to go with some of Inline Fabrication's products. I also went with Seville furniture. I decided for specific reasons not to build my own, giant, stationary, flat-spot-yearning-for-a-mess. I figured matching furniture might make me more interested in keeping it clean. I considered Gladiator, but it was a bit too much for not much more of a return.
The result (so far... it needs more cleaning) looks like this:
The presses mount on the wall. I can pull down whichever one I want (or the vise) and screw it down. It's easily as rigid then as my old bench was.
My next plan is to route the bench so that the mount is flush, then bolt the bench to the wall studs.
I now have far more storage and under-cabinet lighting on a sensor which flips on with a wave of my hand.
Like I said, I need to do a bit more cleaning, but it's looking promising.
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I finally reached a point where I couldn't really get to the bench to reload without doing some cleaning. That clean spot would eventually be overtaken within a single reloading session. So I decided to plan something else out.
I decided to go with some of Inline Fabrication's products. I also went with Seville furniture. I decided for specific reasons not to build my own, giant, stationary, flat-spot-yearning-for-a-mess. I figured matching furniture might make me more interested in keeping it clean. I considered Gladiator, but it was a bit too much for not much more of a return.
The result (so far... it needs more cleaning) looks like this:
The presses mount on the wall. I can pull down whichever one I want (or the vise) and screw it down. It's easily as rigid then as my old bench was.
My next plan is to route the bench so that the mount is flush, then bolt the bench to the wall studs.
I now have far more storage and under-cabinet lighting on a sensor which flips on with a wave of my hand.
Like I said, I need to do a bit more cleaning, but it's looking promising.
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