Loading bench pics

[mold maker]

Too good looking to use. Shows lot's of forethought and planning.

[Dthunter]

Thank you guys! I didn't expect it to look this good when I started! LOL!

[dragon813gt]

Looks great. You ran into the same problem I did w/ the perimeter trim. I left it off the second bench I built. It doesn't look as pretty but it's more functional. Of course it's all a moot point now because I switched to using Inline Fabrication mounts.

[smokeywolf]

Love this thread.

Hate this thread. Makes me covet my fellow reloader's bench.

[3jimbo3]

It's a little messy but here is where I moved to. The little wife made me move out of the spare bedroom. She needed a place for her tanning bed. Still have a lot of work to do to finish up.

[Weaponologist]

Attachment 180792

THAT SHOWS TALENT... I would hate to drill and Mount a press on something that pretty...

[Dthunter]

Thank you so much for the compliments guys! It means allot!

[StuBach]

It's a little messy but here is where I moved to. The little wife made me move out of the spare bedroom. She needed a place for her tanning bed. Still have a lot of work to do to finish up.

Now that's a setup, wish I had that much space to dedicate just to casting/reloading.

[Guardian]

Jimbo, are those upper cabinets from a cubicle? Never thought about using such until seeing your setup. Thanks for sharing.

[3jimbo3]

They sure are, I picked those up at a junk yard. They were going to crush them, I think I have $20 in all three of those.

Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

[3jimbo3]

Now that's a setup, wish I had that much space to dedicate just to casting/reloading.

Thank you, I just had to give up a bay in my garage but it's no big deal. I'm past working on hot rods anyway.

[kbstenberg]

Dthunter I like the way you inset the sizer and press into your table. I did the same thing but further into the table so the front edge of the sizer body is behind the plane of the front edge of the table. I did that in hopes of loosing less componants onto the floor.

[OS OK]

3jimbo3...I noticed your Pb stacked along the backside of the casting area...do you have cripples under the ledger in the rear of the bench that distribute that weight to the floor below?

Our Pb stashes tend to get larger and heavier with collection and time and I'd expect to see that Pb pile widening and gaining height...along with weight...I'd hate to see a thread you start about it letting go right in the middle of a casting session with a pot-O-Pb going everywhere!

Nice shop though...

[3jimbo3]

3jimbo3...I noticed your Pb stacked along the backside of the casting area...do you have cripples under the ledger in the rear of the bench that distribute that weight to the floor below?

Our Pb stashes tend to get larger and heavier with collection and time and I'd expect to see that Pb pile widening and gaining height...along with weight...I'd hate to see a thread you start about it letting go right in the middle of a casting session with a pot-O-Pb going everywhere!

Nice shop though...

Yes I braced it with with 2 x 4's and the ledger is lag bolted to the wall. I am working on a metal rack for the heavy stuff, but unfortunately I'm not a lottery winner so I have to keep coming to work and that takes away from play time. When it's all said and done, there will be a wall running at the end of the casting bench with the metal rack bolted to that wall and the floor. Everything will be insulated very well and climate controlled. Total size will be 10' x 24' with a total square footage of 240'. I know the rule is when you think it's big enough....double it! I have more room to expand in the future if I need to.

I will update the progress as it comes along...

[3jimbo3]

Attachment 180792

THAT SHOWS TALENT... I would hate to drill and Mount a press on something that pretty...

Now I feel inadequate! That is a nice piece of furniture

[justingrosche]

[Vander Donckt]

My Reloading space/bench and room Homemade bench

[metricmonkeywrench]

Though not a great as the recent submissions here is my modest in process loading bench project. Having been lambasted on my construction methods I completed the light duty side of the hobby room work as described in my previous post. More or less the final version is on page 3 of this string. The cabinet on the floor was mounted to the wall centered on the workbench and a shelf added to the left side for books, Mama couldn’t be any happier.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...ness-for-press
Once done there I was able to turn my attention to “my” side of the room. Although I had a series of starts and stops, things have been progressing nicely over the last few weeks, the overall construction method remains the same previously described in depth in my other post. Clearly visible are the rooms heating source, my major constraint, the baseboard registers that cannot be blocked. The glued and screwed triangle braces and wall cleats are still the prime method for securing the work surface to the wall into the studs behind the latt and plaster walls. The two far end braces were modified, the left shortened in height to clear the outlet and on the right a steel plate countersunk into the back from the top screw in the brace to add a 4^th screw for reinforcement since I didn’t know where the press would end up at that point. After cutting out the pieces the first layer was temporarily screwed down to determine the best location for the press along the right side. The work surface is 5 ½ ft long 2 ft wide and the short L is 23 in long and 18 in deep to be the same depth as the wife’s bench. The short leg front and corner locations turned out to be unusable to get a good handle swing for my reloading process flow (I’m definitely low volume) and the side location was selected to maintain maximum work space for the remainder of the bench. Once the press location was selected a piece of the steel plate was sunk into the first layer for reinforcement to eliminate any flex. I also added a pair of L brackets to the press side brace to further strengthen this area. The first layer of ¾ plywood and reinforcing plate was glued and screwed to the braces and cleats, then the top layer was glued and screwed from underneath to give me a 1 ½ total benchtop thickness. After adding the cap to hide the end grain of the plywood, and several coats of varnish the last action from the weekend was to add the dedicated shelf for the scale and trickler to get them up off the bench and to eye level when seated.

[PbHurler]

Love, love , love the radiused corners. Beautiful work.

[kmw1954]

metric, very nice work and looks to fit the space well. Mine also is not as defined as some here though I'll take function over form for a workspace.