My Bench, a Year Old Now
I finished putting this all together right at a year ago, but just now getting to some photos. This started life as a sad, used, slightly rusty black-painted workbench I got off craigslist. I installed smooth bearing-style slides on the drawers, cut out and wired boxes & conduit for an outlet and overhead light switch, hung a twin-tube fixture with some shelf brackets, and finally put that HVLP spray gun to use and covered in some bright, shiny red enamel.
Note the powder scale is at eye level, and a couple of speakers on the sides for chillin' with some Shuffle from the iPod. I have a small shop vac and compressed air tank on the right side to keep it cleaned up (most of the time).
Some colored tape helps me keep the dies sorted, as well as the large and small primer parts. The little white tubs are old gum containers, and have a both "sprinkle" and "pour" doors, for filling and emptying primers.
The LNL press has a few mods as well. I got the ergonomic roller-handle off flea-bay (it works VERY nice), wired up a flexible LED worklight, and cut off the shell feeder mounting area to make room for my bullets and brass. There's also a small plastic box with a trap door that's hose-clamped to the primer discharge tube to catch the spent primers.
Next time, I'll show you the
Black Hole of Calcutta, the area in the garage where I [strike]torture[/strike] tumble brass on a rickety plywood table.