Contest over. Ranch Dog wins.
Yikes, I didn't know it was a contest! I see a lot of character and good times on each of the benches and in each of the rooms in this post. I would be a happy camper in any of them! I mean, I started with the Lee rock and stick loader and many a time had to be told to get that mess off the kitchen table so dinner could be served. Guess what, I still have those Loaders and still have to be told to "MOVE IT BUSTER"!
Michael
It wasn't a contest, but you win anyway. Really sweet setup.
The sewing machine kept you in it for a long time, but Ranch Dog edged you. The loading room with bunks and bath was nice. But then he posts he has wireless internet at his covered shooting benches right outside the door. You wanna run with the Ranch Dog, you gotta run fast!
Don't feel bad. I was all proud of my crapper down in the basement till I saw how the big boys did it.
I bet Dog doesn't have his own solar power control center in his room like mine..
Last edited by PatMarlin; 12-21-2007 at 03:44 PM.
With that little draw indefintely. I run my whole house and shop to 30amps. I only run a generator for welding at 35amps plus AC.
do you guys see any benefits from loading on a metal table? Id think it would be more ridgid.
I will not post a pic of my loading and repair area. I will say this, while looking for a misplaced beretta 22 I decided to clean up a bit. Didn't find the 22 but did find a 1000 shot gun primers and a 1000 large rifle primers I didn't know I had. I found the 22 later in the day in my outbuilding by the riding lawn mower. Jim
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."
- Albert Camus -
i guess that makes sense. Woods probably an easier build as well
I admit it's kind of gotten out of hand. The original bench (under the RCBS press) was made by welding scaled-up boiler pipes together and carriage-bolting heavy wood planks where needed. The nice thing is the operator (me) sits on the same bench he loads with, so the bench doesn't move regardless of the exertion.
At the bench along the wall (foreground), I sit on a Harbor Freight wheeled stool and refrain from doing any heavy-duty case forming or swaging. But short of that, for most loading or boolit sizing operations the tools can be attached to 2" x 6" planks and C-clamped to wood benches. When something else needs the space, they are removed until needed again.
Last edited by Bent Ramrod; 01-18-2012 at 11:12 PM.
The grabber has been replaced by the big sizer, and currently resides on a shelf in the basement.
Last edited by yammerschooner; 08-19-2007 at 12:06 AM.
I don't rent pigs.
Whoa-
That's some impressive machinery..
Is that one of those Harbor Freight clamping workstand dealees? I was thinking about buying to of those for saw horses and stuff for home improvement work in the road, and wondered if they were any good?
Well I finally got a Hand me down camera it works so i figure I would show you all my mess of a bench its from the NRMA plans but I changed it up a little to suit me better
Last edited by hotwheelz; 09-22-2008 at 05:47 PM.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |