Over the years of my growing dive into reloading, casting/sizing and other aspects of the hobby I have built 3 benches. I would use a bench for several months or even years before scraping it out and build another bench with changes I wanted. I built my final beauty 10 years back. It is 8` long by 30" deep by 32" high. The lower shelf is 14" off the floor and is made of 3/4" plywood (not abs particle board) and reinforced with 2x4`s. I built 6 levels of shelves over the back of the bench for storing about everything. The legs of the bench are 4x4 posts for strength. I used 3/8`s carriage head bolts along with construction grade screws for about all points I wanted strength. The top is 1 piece of 1/2" plywood over top of 1 sheet of 3/4" plywood with light colored canvas drawn taut and gorilla glued down and brass tacked in place. This bench took about a month to make and will stay in the house if it is sold in my lifetime due to the fact I built it into a wall for being rigid. I have used about anything available for a loading bench over the years. This bench is made by me to fit my needs and no ones elses. I only wish that I was more computer savvy and could post photos of this lumber project.Robert