A beginning

[ricknadine1111]

That's what I had in mind, I didn't want to bend over every time on the handle downstroke, You know this will be like sitting at the Vegas slots but all I'm doing is spending not winning. The 2x4's worked out great I know they were ruff looking but that was due to the shims to get this table even and flat and it's perfect, nothing will roll off and that's on 2 1/2" wheels. This is the newest picture and the next will be when the table is sealed up.

[Tweak338]

Over kill..
and my god that thing is tall, why not make it shorter?

[Cypriss32]

Good stuff Rick, Let me know when you want to load some up. Ill go threw my process with you.

[sniperzeb308]

That's what I had in mind, I didn't want to bend over every time on the handle downstroke, You know this will be like sitting at the Vegas slots but all I'm doing is spending not winning.

Well I'm to young to get in on the vegas slots. I do know what its like to spend a lot on reloading. It gosh darn addicting.

Anyway keep us updated with whatever you add i.e. presses etc

Have fun

[Gunsrruss]

Mine is Tall also....

When I built my bench, I think it's about 50" high. I don't have to bend over to clean my weapons. I have a stool the wife gave me for Xmas with arm rest and padded. That way I can do my decaping and sizing while sitting on this stool. I didn't want to have to bend over to clean guns or parts. Works for me. I'm sure it will work for the OP

[ar15barrels]

The general rule in setting up Dillon presses is that your hand should be about even to your shoulders when you are at the top of the handle stroke with your hand resting on the press handle.

My bench is at 51" and I am 6'3" tall.

[ricknadine1111]

Well here is the new loading table with the wood sealer added and drying minus the drawers of which I have to think about adding later. I was thinking about the walmart clear plastic type, any ideas?

[ricknadine1111]

After two coats of walnut sealer 3'2" wide x 6' long. One great and long lasting loading bench.

[jandmtv]

Looks very nice, but i dont think thats a color i would have chosen. I would have painted the whole thing white so it would be easier to locate items on the table, and would also make it easier to see and clean up spilled powder. Just MHO.

[ricknadine1111]

I was going to do that and even bought the white paint but a couple of neighbors thought that the paint would be too soft so I went with the sealer. The color I picked because it reminds me of the wood of the old style gun cases.

[tankerman]

I'm 6'4" and made my bench 44" tall, if it was strictly for reloading I would have gone taller. I use mine for most all my gun related projects.

44" tall not taking into account the back peg board and shelves which make it 8', 36" wide, 7'4" long. It has 2 shelves below the bench top, plywood sides and back with locking doors (so the lower portion is basically a cabinet). This is nice if you have guests and don't want to advertise your hobby

I used 4x4's and 3/4" plywood, needed 6 legs to handle all the weight stored in the cabinet. I used strong-tie connectors and screws, alot of screws. Mounted 1.5" long extended nuts in the bench top so I could easily bolt and unbolt my presses if I need additional work area.

I have three presses, Dillon 650, RCBS Rockchucker Supreme and a Lee for shotgun shells.

With shelves and cabinet it's large enough to contain all my reloading supplies. Ammo is stored elswhere

The movers had fun.

[TonyM]

I think it's a bit tall too, based on you standing next to it.... depending on what press you're going to use.

With my Dillon 650 with Strong Mount, the casefeeder would be pretty high up there. As it is, mine is very high and I keep thinking I need to look into shortening the casefeeder's mount...

It would've been nice to plane down the 2x4s, but if I was building it and the sheet sat flat, I'd have skipped that too, it's a bench after all.

[Roccobro]

Good job. Overkill is *just* about right in my book.

I'm sure if you find any fault in it, you can make it better pretty quick if you can whip this bench out like you did in FOUR DAYS.

Justin

[Someoneelseok]

wow, that's pretty heavy duty. Table I built can probably only support 300lbs, yours can probably do twice that easily. Since your table is very tall you may want to add diagonal crosses between the legs to resist horizontal shaking or twisting.

Recently finished my bench and used $50 worth of wood from HD. It measures 42" tall, 3x6ft. used 23/32" plywood and 2x4 center supporting crossbar for the tabletop. Sanded with 220git, 3 layers of poly, and finished with steel wool.

on top of that, i bought two clamp-on lights ($8 ea.), two 32" bar stools from iKEA ($15 ea.), Lee Press, and a Vice ($20)...have fun adding attachments.

Fine craftsmanship.

[Saigon1965]

That thing will withstand the next big one.