NZClaybuster
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- Location
- Calgary, Alberta
if you have enough presses, caliber conversions are easier.......
Show your reloading benches
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ATRS Shaun
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- Location
- Calgary, AB
So back in 2023 I started a project...
Started with an idea... Got measurements, modeled up the room and went from there.
Laid out tape to check everything out, make sure the counter height and the cabinet overhang would still be useable.
Changed the tape over to wood, countertops are 2 layers of 3/4" birch plywood laminated on top of each other to layer the joints in the corner.
Some molding to make a nicer clean looking edge and woodfiller to seal up any gaps and spaces against the drywall.
Did an epoxy resin pour, it was intended to be light blue and white but turns out white doesn't really do anything. Opted for the epoxy since there are zero gaps anywhere for screws, detents, springs, pins etc to fall down or get lost.
Cabinets are all hung on cleats, so easy to pull down, easy to change things around.
I did add some T-track into the edge on both sides of the counter top.
Started with an idea... Got measurements, modeled up the room and went from there.
Laid out tape to check everything out, make sure the counter height and the cabinet overhang would still be useable.
Changed the tape over to wood, countertops are 2 layers of 3/4" birch plywood laminated on top of each other to layer the joints in the corner.
Some molding to make a nicer clean looking edge and woodfiller to seal up any gaps and spaces against the drywall.
Did an epoxy resin pour, it was intended to be light blue and white but turns out white doesn't really do anything. Opted for the epoxy since there are zero gaps anywhere for screws, detents, springs, pins etc to fall down or get lost.
Cabinets are all hung on cleats, so easy to pull down, easy to change things around.
I did add some T-track into the edge on both sides of the counter top.
I run a LOCK AND LOAD system on my single stage RC SUPREME. I also have my 2 Dillon 550C setup, one small primer one large primer.
Finally got around to doubling the size of my reloading bench.
PA had a workbench that I thought would work good for a reloading bench.
https://www.princessauto.com/en/660-lb-wood-top-workbench/product/PA0009236514
Made some shelves/hutch for it. Added some lights and a flush mount power bar
Got it kind of in place. Have to remove the old one
Still have to move over the press to the front right side and add my barrel vice to the front left side. Going to build some drawers for the lower left and right side of the workbench. Also had to pick up an over flow cabinet.
Also waiting for the wife's company that she works for to move into a new place, as they are throwing out a bunch of stuff. Picking up and U shaped office desk and a few metal 2 drawer cabinets. Would like to finish it off but dont know when they are going to move.
cheers
PA had a workbench that I thought would work good for a reloading bench.
https://www.princessauto.com/en/660-lb-wood-top-workbench/product/PA0009236514
Made some shelves/hutch for it. Added some lights and a flush mount power bar
Got it kind of in place. Have to remove the old one
Still have to move over the press to the front right side and add my barrel vice to the front left side. Going to build some drawers for the lower left and right side of the workbench. Also had to pick up an over flow cabinet.
Also waiting for the wife's company that she works for to move into a new place, as they are throwing out a bunch of stuff. Picking up and U shaped office desk and a few metal 2 drawer cabinets. Would like to finish it off but dont know when they are going to move.
cheers
Nice Berger poster! Where'd you get it?
Scored a $25 solid maple desk on the buy and sell this weekend. Little upgrade. Enough room to put a gun vise in the mix now. Just need some of the Lee mount in plates so I can swap out my presses without using up a bunch of real estate having them permanently fixed.
- Location
- Nova Scotia
Currently piled up in the garage.
Definitely going to be redoing my bench when I move back home. The 2, 4ft benches were annoying and going to reuse some lumber and make a 1 piece 8ft, slightly higher, then add some cabinets.
Definitely going to be redoing my bench when I move back home. The 2, 4ft benches were annoying and going to reuse some lumber and make a 1 piece 8ft, slightly higher, then add some cabinets.
There are a lot of really nice benches and templates here....I figured I'd show my "portabench". Still in use 40 years later. I do have a larger better equipped bench with my progressive press, dies etc. but thought I'd share this one showing what can be done when you have no space. This was the bench I started with when I had no room, and it still comes in handy when I don't want to disrupt my workstation. The base is an old collapsible Workmate Bench. The deck is 1/2 inch plywood mounted on three pieces of 2x6. It measures about the same size as the bench top so that I can anchor it with a couple of large C clamps. The photo is from a run of .45 Colts I made just last month. The single stage Lee Challenger works fine for these small batches. Once done I just unclamp and collapse it and put it away. Cheers.
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Some pretty nice setups you guys have. I need a few more presses. I gave my Lee O-Frame press away to someone starting out loading. But the back of my two benches look kind of like the wall of bullets stacked up behind Jerry Micheluk, in his old videos.
