My new reloading bench video
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pickeringchris
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- Pickering Ontario
the bench is over 6' long and 34" deep.... Lots of square footage left in my shop too should I need more space.
pickeringchris
Regular
- Location
- Pickering Ontario
You need to spend a few bucks on dowels. 3/8" or 1/2" will do. You use contact cement. The strong stuff. Not the low order.
Apply the contact cement to both surfaces. I like to just pour out of the can and spread evenly with a wide plastic puddy knife. You need to wait 15 minutes or so until the contact cement is dry to the touch. Lay the dowels across the surface of the table with a foot spacing. Then lay the Formica over top of the dowels. The dowels keep the 2 pieces apart because once they touch they are stuck. Start at one end and remove the first dowel. Use some type of roller (rolling pin, steel pipe etc) to work the Formica down towards the next dowel. Remove the next dowel and continue. When you are all done you need a router and flush cutting bit to trim off excess Formica. I then run a bevel bit or hand plane to bevel the edge.
Apply the contact cement to both surfaces. I like to just pour out of the can and spread evenly with a wide plastic puddy knife. You need to wait 15 minutes or so until the contact cement is dry to the touch. Lay the dowels across the surface of the table with a foot spacing. Then lay the Formica over top of the dowels. The dowels keep the 2 pieces apart because once they touch they are stuck. Start at one end and remove the first dowel. Use some type of roller (rolling pin, steel pipe etc) to work the Formica down towards the next dowel. Remove the next dowel and continue. When you are all done you need a router and flush cutting bit to trim off excess Formica. I then run a bevel bit or hand plane to bevel the edge.
pickeringchris
Regular
- Location
- Pickering Ontario
Btw, I tried this once without using dowels. "Once".
lol,
good to know! i like the bench, but i'm not sure i like the aluminum edging. i agree with why you have it (brass/bullet stopper, etc) but i suspect it would annoy me. then again if you have your presses mounted it shouldn't be an issue. hmm, alchol induced ramblings!
- Location
- Abbotsford BC
i love how you dealt with the cricket.... "as a warning to others"........ rofl
pickeringchris
Regular
- Location
- Pickering Ontario
You can finish the edge in many ways. A simple 45 deg bevel in the plywood, a radius, wood trim perhaps.... I like the aluminum and if you need to mount a press you just cut a section of the aluminum out.
