Just Finished my Reloading Bench

[gau17]

Holy Crap!!! i dont suppose you would be willing to email me a copy of those plans? do you need to be an epic woodworker, or could a novice build something like that?

My little brother just bought a house and were going to build him a bench next weekend, i would love to create something fancy like that

me too please.

[twoforme2]

I just finished my Reloading Bench, from the plans in the ABC's of Reloading Book and I am pretty happy with the results. See the attached picture.
As phase two of my bench I am thinking of installing T-Track on the bench allowing me to slide my press to the end when not in use.
I was planning on installing two paralell runs of track so I sould have four points of contact to secure the press to the bench.
Has anyone used T-Track on their bench? How does it handle the torque of the press?

Nice work I just built one very similar, I just opted to omit the shelves/compartments on the back, and scaled to fit my reloading area.
Of course it will look nicer when the new Redding T7 shows up next week.

[twoforme2]

For all those looking for plans for this bench, try here

http://www.shotgunsportsmagazine.com/downloads/bench_plans.pdf

[gsparesa]

Beautiful..

[Prospector]

Nice bench...

[Javi]

Wow, man..I skipped on the "ABC's" manual for the Lyman #49. I'm happy with my purchase but they didn't give me plans for a really nice work bench like that :O

The #1 I'm looking forward to when I have my own place is my own, spacious garage for fun things like that. Post the plans What's the total cost??

[gau17]

Thank you for the email

[tlarson]

Javi
Twoforme2 posted the link to the plans above, they are the same plans with a little more detail than what was in the ABC's of Reloading.
Total cost was probably around $250-$300 using Baltic Birch Plywood.

Gau17- Your welcome, check out the link that twoforme2 posted for the plans, it is a better version.

[kmullins]

Tlarson,

That's a nice looking bench. I built mine from the same plans and it works out great!

[secret.asian.man]

I saw this at Costco this weekend. All metal (including even the upper cabinets and peg board). It's heavy duty and on locking wheels. I would love to make one out of wood like the OP's, but for those short on time or talent, this is a great alternative.

damn if they didn't cost $300 a pop i'd love to put 3-4 of those together!

[drkphibr]

damn if they didn't cost $300 a pop i'd love to put 3-4 of those together!

When I was thinking about a bench, I was debating the buy vs. build. I enjoy building/creating and would have wanted to do what the OP did (excellent job, BTW), but given my time, level of effort (I'd want it perfect, a character flaw) I'd put into it and the spiraling costs (running number in my head about what I'd like to do) I was leaning more towards the buy.

I received a Costco flyer in the mail that had this bench listed. Called around and no one had it. A "future" item. Waited about a month and then picked it up. So new, the store didn't even have a demo on the floor, just boxed versions. Unbelievable heavy (2 people to lift). When I got it home and unboxed it, I was both surprise and impressed. This is heavy duty and gave me everything I needed with the cabinets, butcher block top (not press board) and EVERYTHING is steel. The icing on the cake was the huge, locking wheels for easy movement in the garage. I have this thing loaded up.

I still love the idea of building the perfect bench from wood, a hand crafted project to be extremely proud of (just like I'm sure the OP is), but I don't regret my decision either. Was and is worth every penny to me.

Without question though, the OP did an incredible job and that is something to be extremely prod of and every time he reloads I'm sure there is that extra satisfaction of knowing that he's crafting something on a bench he made himself.

[rsrocket1]

Great job on the benchwork!

The idea of a T-track is good, but I prefer to lock that press down as stiff as possible. When cranking away with cases in each station and pressing forward during primer seating, you want that press to be nice and stiff with no flex from the mount/table.

You can either put a waste basket to catch the primers, or tape a water bottle to the tube to catch the primers and take them to the recycler. You might also want to fix that tube to the brass part with a tie wrap so it doesn't fall off.

Here's another nice accessory to help check powder drops. It shines a nice bright light down into the case. Not as high tech as the LED strip, but cheap and swings out of the way when you change dies. I got the one with the lampstand instead of the clip for $10.

[Madpyro]

Nice bench OP.

[bruceflinch]

Nice Job!!

[jonzer77]

For all those looking for plans for this bench, try here
http://www.shotgunsportsmagazine.com...ench_plans.pdf

Awesome, you are the man!

Just saved it since I will be getting a shed to put all of my reloading stuff in.