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Portable Reloading Bench project
used a recycled work mate portable work bench stand and an old ammo box to build my new reloading bench. Top measures 27" wide. Folds flat and fits in the trunk of my car. Work mate was $10 at a yard sale with a trashed top. Found the ammo box at ???. Used Kreg jig for joinery.
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Very nicely done. I love the B&D Workmate - it's one handy piece of kit. I've reloaded off of mine with my press just bolted to a piece of 2x4 and clamped between the jaws. Not nearly as elegant as yours, but it gets the job done. I really need to buy an extra one so I can dedicate a Workmate to serving as a portable reloading bench as you have done.
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10-06-2016, 08:36 PM
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Awesome. I use a Workmate as well. It works great. I made a T out of 2x6s. One end of the short side of the T has my press on it. The other side has my case trimmer.
The Workmate works really well.
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Cool!
I made this one decades ago. I use it to reload inside when it's too hot/cold in the garage to use the press out there.
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A portable reloading bench for a 100#, 50 year old turret press? Now you will need wheels for transport between vehicle and shooting bench.
Nicely done, sir!
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I have two 35 year old Work-mates series #85. These were the bottom of the line, got them at Odd-Lots for $10. I have a shot gun loader on one in the family room right now. Did 45-70 with a Rock Chucker on one this past summer. The current bottom line is about $28.00 at Home Depot on line, not stocked in stores!
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old turret press
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A portable reloading bench for a 100#, 50 year old turret press? Now you will wheels for transport between vehicle and shooting bench.
Nicely done, sir!
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I have a smaller RCBS press that doesn't weigh 50#. It will probably win the fight while the Texan press stays home. Can't think of a good reason not to use it. It's almost as old as I am.
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Cool!
I made this one decades ago. I use it to reload inside when it's too hot/cold in the garage to use the press out there.
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Looks like a nice setup, just can't get past my initial impression that it was designed by a gynecologist. 
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Thanks for the tip. I just trimmed some brass with my Forster trimmer. It is mounted on a block of wood. I never thought of mounting it in my Workmate. I'll have to do that next time.
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I used this for about a year before I had a dedicated "reloading shop". I rested my feet on the bottom rungs and the stand was steady enough to F/L size 7.62x54r.....
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Thanks for the tip. I just trimmed some brass with my Forster trimmer. It is mounted on a block of wood. I never thought of mounting it in my Workmate. I'll have to do that next time.
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I did the same thing with my press and other stuff for a long time. I needed more room and didn't like the benches I could find for sale. Too much particle board and flimsy bases. Workmates show up at thrift stores and yard sale frequently.
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Quick tip for portable reloaders; When case length trimming or neck turning in any room with carpeted floors, Get a dollar store cake pan about 10"x14"x2" and mount you trimmer in the pan. (It can be off center ,but have space around all the sides.) This will work like the bed on a lathe, and keep brass filings out of the rugs!
I used a piece of 1x4 about 8" long to give a little extra height because of the pans higher sides. (this also lined up for the power adapter to rest on) Then just ran a couple of 1 5/8" drywall screws right into the workmate's table to hold everything steady. This was a success at keeping "Momma" happy about a possible mess, because everybody knows; If momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy!
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Looks like a nice setup, just can't get past my initial impression that it was designed by a gynecologist. |
I don't see it.
LOL, guess you spent more time in a gynecologist office than I did. 
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My wife bought me a workmate at an auction for 2 dollars...even had the little blocks in the top. I had a few of the old CH H presses and a Dunbar I would mount on the workmate. Worked just fine. I have a Dillon AT 500 on a strongmount with a 3/4 particle board base. I load my 25-06 on that press...and some 44 mag. All on the Workmate
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I don't see it.
LOL, guess you spent more time in a gynecologist office than I did.
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Picture a patient, female type, sitting on the bench with feet on the extensions (without press mounted), with doctor seated in the chair. Or am I just a dirty old man?
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used a recycled work mate portable work bench stand and an old ammo box to build my new reloading bench. Top measures 27" wide. Folds flat and fits in the trunk of my car. Work mate was $10 at a yard sale with a trashed top. Found the ammo box at ???. Used Kreg jig for joinery.
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Its what i e been using for several years in my reloading classes for extra setups. Works great, but not so much for most progressives.
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Picture a patient, female type, sitting on the bench with feet on the extensions (without press mounted), with doctor seated in the chair. Or am I just a dirty old man?
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Join the club. A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste.
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Dr. B. K. Reutz....
....Reloading and Gynecology. Walk ins Welcome.
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Finished today :-)
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Very nice. Similar to what I did, but yours looks better. There's a lip around the inside of the open space underneath that makes a great spot for shelf to add a little more storage if you need it. I leave mine set up in the corner and store bullets and such there. The weight makes it stable. Also mounted some small rails on the edge of the top to hang those little plastic storage bins from. 3 of those, 1 each for brass, bullets and finished cartridge while I'm loading.
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Yep. That'll do!
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