Show your reloading benches
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You make me wish i had a large double garage right now.
I'd also have a urinal, beer fridge, la-z-boy in there.
My wife could have the rest of the house
I use it for PPC loads for my S&W Model 64. Just doing some 50m load development recently
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Just finishing my new one in a larger room. Just picked up a Dillon 650 and the old room was a little too cramped. This gives me room for cleaning and tinkering. Note I put in a built in hot knife foam cutter that I can put in or remove in about 2 minutes, and you gotta love the home depot orange buckets to keep brass sorted. 
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- Fort Nelson, BC
I'm just starting with reloading and my fold out hobby table wasn't cutting it, so I made this.
^That is a sweet bench for sure. Love the pocket hole construction and beefy legs. Looks bulletproof.
I have three different types, different price points.
The biggest one uses an Ikea Hammarp countertop, for which I think I paid about $300 a few years ago. The frame is 2x4s and Simpson StrongTie brackets, which are available at Home Depot and other big box stores. I think the lumber, fasteners, and brackets came to about $100.
If I were doing it again, I would likely just buy a ULine packing table with a Maple top, model H-2484. I think you can buy them for $595 and they go together really fast. The work surface is 1 3/4", that should be pretty rigid. If you factor in your time and running around, it is likely smarter just to buy the packing table.
This one is also a (smaller) Ikea Hammarp countertop, with a set of metal Busy Bee Tools legs marked "Shop Fox." The depth dimension of the legs is not totally suitable for the countertop, but it works well enough for my purposes. I think the countertop was around $200, and the leg system was around $150 on sale. Nice thing about this table is that the legs are screw-adjustable and I can totally level it out, which is required for the powder scale I use.
This table just has a 3/4" plywood work surface, and the frame is similar construction as the large workbench, above. I think it is around $120 in materials, but hopefully you have some scrap lumber around as I did.
I have three different types, different price points.
The biggest one uses an Ikea Hammarp countertop, for which I think I paid about $300 a few years ago. The frame is 2x4s and Simpson StrongTie brackets, which are available at Home Depot and other big box stores. I think the lumber, fasteners, and brackets came to about $100.
If I were doing it again, I would likely just buy a ULine packing table with a Maple top, model H-2484. I think you can buy them for $595 and they go together really fast. The work surface is 1 3/4", that should be pretty rigid. If you factor in your time and running around, it is likely smarter just to buy the packing table.
This one is also a (smaller) Ikea Hammarp countertop, with a set of metal Busy Bee Tools legs marked "Shop Fox." The depth dimension of the legs is not totally suitable for the countertop, but it works well enough for my purposes. I think the countertop was around $200, and the leg system was around $150 on sale. Nice thing about this table is that the legs are screw-adjustable and I can totally level it out, which is required for the powder scale I use.
This table just has a 3/4" plywood work surface, and the frame is similar construction as the large workbench, above. I think it is around $120 in materials, but hopefully you have some scrap lumber around as I did.
When Zeus buys a press...
I like the camera in your press, good idea !
Here is my new setup...
I have two of those husky work benches for my room/set up! They are literally bullet proof!
