Reloading bench

[EMC45]

+1 on the lights. I have 2 4 ft lights. One over my loading bench and one over my wrenching/cleaning bench. Also have a double fixture with 2 100w bulbs. Buckshot, what's up with the toilet paper holder on your cabinet?

[Old Ironsights]

+1 on Height. Mine is Adjustable - and portable.



1940s/50s Hospital Bed Table. 3/4" ply top on heavy steel tube frame.

[Buckshot]

+1 on the lights. I have 2 4 ft lights. One over my loading bench and one over my wrenching/cleaning bench. Also have a double fixture with 2 100w bulbs. Buckshot, what's up with the toilet paper holder on your cabinet?

............That's rolled paper towels. I was too cheap to spring for the dispenser

............Buckshot

[stocker]

Bench width might depend on how you want it to sit. If you are mounting a long edge tight to the wall there is no need to make it very deep. Probably 24" would be O.K. , to reduce clutter. But if you put a short end of the bench to the wall in a manner that gives you walk around 3 sides capability or place it free standing in a room then wider is the way to go as you can mount equipment on either long side. If it were 48" deep for instance you can mount a row of low cabinet shelves with compartments on both sides right down the middle for storage on the bench. One side dedicated to brass cartridge reloading, opposite to shotgun or bullet lubing etc.. I built one ( 48" x 72") for a friend and he reloads on one side and ties flies on the opposite side. Top center dual storage cabinet with different depths of shelves for the difference in common storage containers for the two disciplines. Wish I had a picture of it as the top is supported by shelved floor cabinets for additional storage down to floor level. Kind of like an old style "partners" office desk except the storage under the top is on the narrow ends and provide 18" deep shelves. This was a heavy duty unit with 2" thick laminated top and arborite surface. Made to dissemble into 4 major components (2 end cabinets, table top, top central cabinet) He has it sitting in the middle of his hobby room and can walk around all four sides. Finished weight was more than 200 pounds and it doesn't budge on the floor.