jad0110
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As the title of the thread suggests, space for my reloading bench is at a premium. There is no room in my house, so I'll be putting it in the garage. Problem is my garage is a standard size (not full), so there isn't a whole lot of space in there either.
I have sufficient wall space, but not a whole lot of floor space for legs as there are cars in the way. Yeah, I could park them outside. I live in a safe neighborhood, except for the odd half dozen or so car break-ins/vandalism that seems to occur every 18 months or so (quite the rest of the time). Plus I really like not having to scrape ice off the windshield in the winter or burn my butt on the seats in the hot summer .
I would like my bench top to be roughly 2' to 2.5' deep and about 6' wide. Basically, I was thinking of bolting a 2 X 6 header to the wall studs. On that, I would bolt my bench top, probably framed out of 2 X 4s at a minimum (perhaps 2 X 6s). I could have legs supporting the bench along the back wall, but not in the front where the car will actually park partially under the front of the bench. So I could suspend the bench with chains at both front corners of the bench. Additionally, a second 2 x 6 header could be bolted to the wall under the bench top and 2 x 4s could be attached along it to support the top from underneath.
I dunno. I looked around on the Internet for wall mounted-bench plans but had no luck. Maybe I didn't look hard enough. Has anyone else out there built a bench like that and if so, can you tell me how you did it or share some pictures or plans? I would really appreciate it!
EDIT: I will probably be using a Lee Classic Turret Press to load pistol ammo only, if that helps at all.
To make things a little easier to visualize, here's a picture of where my bench will go (where the yard tools are hanging now).
I have sufficient wall space, but not a whole lot of floor space for legs as there are cars in the way. Yeah, I could park them outside. I live in a safe neighborhood, except for the odd half dozen or so car break-ins/vandalism that seems to occur every 18 months or so (quite the rest of the time). Plus I really like not having to scrape ice off the windshield in the winter or burn my butt on the seats in the hot summer .
I would like my bench top to be roughly 2' to 2.5' deep and about 6' wide. Basically, I was thinking of bolting a 2 X 6 header to the wall studs. On that, I would bolt my bench top, probably framed out of 2 X 4s at a minimum (perhaps 2 X 6s). I could have legs supporting the bench along the back wall, but not in the front where the car will actually park partially under the front of the bench. So I could suspend the bench with chains at both front corners of the bench. Additionally, a second 2 x 6 header could be bolted to the wall under the bench top and 2 x 4s could be attached along it to support the top from underneath.
I dunno. I looked around on the Internet for wall mounted-bench plans but had no luck. Maybe I didn't look hard enough. Has anyone else out there built a bench like that and if so, can you tell me how you did it or share some pictures or plans? I would really appreciate it!
EDIT: I will probably be using a Lee Classic Turret Press to load pistol ammo only, if that helps at all.
To make things a little easier to visualize, here's a picture of where my bench will go (where the yard tools are hanging now).
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