Planning my man cave - reloading station help!

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Hey guys, so long story short my man cave project has been fast tracked. It will be a mix of entertainment area and clean workshop (I have a separate large "dirty" workshop for woodworking and auto work). Note that this is a separate building from the house so the firearms will not be stored here. As of yet I haven't gotten into reloading as I don't do enough shooting to make the initial investment worthwhile. Hopefully, as kids get older and I have more time for the club then I can get into it more. For now I have to be satisfied slowly stock piling the rifles. Anyways, as I'm in the design stage (over the winter) I'd like to include the potential for a reloading station later down the road. I'd like to pull from the experience of those on here and see how you'd design a reloading bench/station if you had it to do all over again. Note, although it's an entire man cave it is a shared purpose space so for now the plan is just a reloading bench. Already included in the room is a large area workbench and a separate computer station. The workbench will be heavy duty and any gun maintenance/work can be done there so this reloading bench would be designate for just reloading.

Anyways, that's it for now, tips and suggestions are welcome! In the meantime I'll continue to browse the reloading bench thread. Thanks!
 
www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/848736-Show-your-reloading-benches

Seen this thread? I'm sure you can drum up some ideas but here's my short list for me.
Shelf at eye level for scale
Minimal shelves because they always collect clutter
A lip around the table top to stop #### from falling off
And most importantly the table needs to be solid as you can possibly make it. Don't get married to 1 idea because after a couple months you'll learn what works for you and what dosnt.
 
skoal said:
www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/848736-Show-your-reloading-benches

Seen this thread? I'm sure you can drum up some ideas but here's my short list for me.
Shelf at eye level for scale
Minimal shelves because they always collect clutter
A lip around the table top to stop #### from falling off
And most importantly the table needs to be solid as you can possibly make it. Don't get married to 1 idea because after a couple months you'll learn what works for you and what dosnt.
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Yup, that's the thread I was talking about in my first post. It's given me lots of examples but I was curious if people had first hand tips from their experiences, just like what you listed. Thanks!
 
Everyones bench is unique, but one thing I did change in my setup after the fact, after getting the precision loading shooting bug, was to keep my electronic precision scales away from the presses - the movement of the presses, with the scale 2 ft beside it, was a bit of a pain as the slightest movement would affect the scale - so made a separate table that houses my scales/dispensers on wheels that slides under the bench when not in use.
The scale table also has a thin rubber top and a lip all around to both aid in spillage cleanup and keeps things from rolling off.
 
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