Lets see your reloading benches

[doc540]

Sold the whole kit and kaboodle.

Used a Craftsman Workmate.

 

[Chaosrob]

RCBS is not up in this pic but you get the idea

 

[Black_Sheep]

The garage work bench doubles as a reloading bench...

 

[Herb3]

My Bench

RCBS Lube-A-Matic II RCBS RockChucker And Forster Co-Ax

RockDock Mount

 

[johnjohn]

All of these look clean and neat I never have been able to do that.

 

[Maximumbob54]

I'm trying a cheap idea before I go ahead and shell out for a Rockdock.

This bench is a layer of 2x8's under a half inch sheet of plywood. I then bolted the press to another length of 2x8 and then bolded that to the bench with four grade 8 bolts. So all I have to do is pull the four grade 8 bolts and the press on the 2x8 comes off to be swapped out. So far it's very solid but I'm curious if the wood will dry out in the A/C and start to split everywhere.

 

[novalty]

RCBS is not up in this pic but you get the idea

Chaosrob, was your reloading room used in the making of the movie "Tremors"?

 

[tenntucker]

Still a work in progress. Still have 2 more Dillon's to mount.

 

[blujax01]

I'm trying a cheap idea before I go ahead and shell out for a Rockdock.

This bench is a layer of 2x8's under a half inch sheet of plywood. I then bolted the press to another length of 2x8 and then bolded that to the bench with four grade 8 bolts. So all I have to do is pull the four grade 8 bolts and the press on the 2x8 comes off to be swapped out. So far it's very solid but I'm curious if the wood will dry out in the A/C and start to split everywhere.

Structural lumber is already dried out so warpage shouldn't be an issue. That knot may be another story...
Have you considered wing nuts so you don't have to wrench it every time it gets swapped out?

 

[Maximumbob54]

Structural lumber is already dried out so warpage shouldn't be an issue. That knot may be another story...
Have you considered wing nuts so you don't have to wrench it every time it gets swapped out?

I thought about wing nuts but I keep a corded screw gun with a deep socket head on it and it's super fast and it sets them nice and tight.

I'm leaving the 1/4 inch bolts sticking up on the press only until I'm sure the various gear is right where I want it. Once I'm sure everything is in the right place then I will cut the excess off with the Dremel cutting wheel and grind them smooth. That way I don't get a bloody knuckle at some point. Originally I was going to counter sing the bolt heads on the bottom of the wood plate but I've found it to be a null issue when bolting down the plate. But it would be more of a finished fit. Now that I said that I wish I had take the extra few minutes...

 

[ray45]

These are awesome!! ...I wont even bother to post mine

 

[iouri]

Don't have "bench" per se My blue press is mounted on a piece of MDF board which I clamp to my computer desk when in use and move to storage afterwards

 

[blujax01]

These are awesome!! ...I wont even bother to post mine

You should. Then you can look at the picture in another year and see the differences.

 

[Maximumbob54]

You should. Then you can look at the picture in another year and see the differences.

Ha!!! Yes to what blujax said. I look back at pics of my progression into madness and how more gear got clamped and bolted down until I had a mess. Now that I'm transitioning to my new bench and trying not to repeat the problems it will be fun to see what it looks like in another year again!!!

 

[Cook74]

I thought about wing nuts but I keep a corded screw gun with a deep socket head on it and it's super fast and it sets them nice and tight.

I'm leaving the 1/4 inch bolts sticking up on the press only until I'm sure the various gear is right where I want it. Once I'm sure everything is in the right place then I will cut the excess off with the Dremel cutting wheel and grind them smooth. That way I don't get a bloody knuckle at some point. Originally I was going to counter sing the bolt heads on the bottom of the wood plate but I've found it to be a null issue when bolting down the plate. But it would be more of a finished fit. Now that I said that I wish I had take the extra few minutes...

Why not flip the bolts over when you have the set up correct and use carriage bolts so the head are rounded on top? You could even counter sink them so the work surface is mostly flat... just a thought...

 

[herbl]

My Reload Bench

I am new here and fairly new to Reloading.

I now have everything I need (including time) and then some to get underway.

 

[Maximumbob54]

Why not flip the bolts over when you have the set up correct and use carriage bolts so the head are rounded on top? You could even counter sink them so the work surface is mostly flat... just a thought...

Each time I swap out I've been counter sinking the bolts so the board sets flush.

And it's all working like a charm so far:

It's not the speediest of swapping them out but it's dirt cheap to setup and like I said before, it works. For now...

 

[VictorSmalls]

So many cool pics in this thread, lots of great ideas.

Just bought this house two years ago and talked my wife into letting me build a "gun room" into one of the spare bedrooms. Not complete by any stretch of the imagination, but workable at this point.

Just a lowly Lee 4hole turret, but it honestly has worked out well for me. Biggest problem is I shoot everything I make and have trouble stock piling.

This is also my gunsmithing and holster making area. Business has been good with holsters so I might need to build more bench space in the future.

 

[blujax01]

Amazing what a little time will do. These two photos were taken 18 months apart.
(Note the formulae on the board. From one .45 load to 10 loads in 4 calibers).

And another year later - a whole new look!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0aoiNm_aPM&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W4DvZQ21wQ

 

[Maximumbob54]

The "whole new look" looks sorta squashed...!