My apartment-size bench

[Denich]

Recently i bought a rockchucker kit and had a hell of a time figuring out what to do about a reloading bench. I live in a small bachelor apartment and have no room for a full size or even a small size bench. i needed something like the lee reloading stand but i didnt want to spend that much money.

When i was looking for ideas on lee valley website i saw a cast iron table base and i got it

I went to a used restaurant equipment shop and picked up an old table base for $30. Got new leg sliders to level it out for $4 and used 3 layers of scrap 3/4 plywood screwed and glued to make the top

Fairly stable for the time being and small enough to stick beside the couch or in that spot of the kitchen where 1.5 years of empties were stacked up

 

[KDX]

Looks good. As you are only doing one step at a time I don't think you will be too hindered by the size.

 

[Denich]

Looks good. As you are only doing one step at a time I don't think you will be too hindered by the size.

thanks. I have a folding table which i use for gun cleaning. all i wanted is a place to mount the press and the powder measure. everything else can go on that other table.

 

[KotKotofeich]

Cool. I have similar living arrangements and simply drilled holes into my computer desk, then sandwiched it with relatively small pieces of plywood. Seems ok, but the desk is not _rock_ solid enough for my liking.

 

[ATOM]

Old EOD saying - if it looks stupid but works, then it ain't stupid. Looks like a good solution to a common problem - good thinking.

 

[Alpheus]

My press is clamped to my coffee table, and I do everything else on my kitchen table.

 

[IanDH]

My press is clamped to my coffee table, and I do everything else on my kitchen table.

If I clamped my press to the coffee table, my wife would clamp the family jewels right beside it.

 

[rshew]

Looks good Denich,
Your going to have fun now!

 

[fingers284]

Just a suggestion for "confined space" reloaders.
My wife and I raised a family in a mobile home, space was at a premium to say the least. I purchased a cheap coat closet from the Brick or Can Tire (one of those put together things with chipboard sides and shelves) ,cant remember which. It was only about 15 in. deep and about 30 in wide. with two doors. I built a bench into it with 2x6, screws thru the sides and a lag bolt into a stud in the back and added a couple of shelvess for powder,primers,dies and such. I added a hasp & lock to the doors to keep inquisitive unautorized persons out.
It worked very well and was neat and tidy in the house and I don't think it cost more than $50 (18 yrs ago) for the whole thing.
Compared to what I had then, I almost feel guilty with what I have now, a 20 x 10 ft loading room with two 8ft x 24in" loading benches and an adjoining 8x8 ft gun vault.

 

[tweetyj]

If I clamped my press to the coffee table, my wife would clamp the family jewels right beside it.

Good thing I hide before my wife gets home, The Island in the kitchen works Great !!! except when she walks on a few old primers that hit the floor !!!