whughett
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First home wood shop project after retirement in “97”. Solid red oak. Breaks down into six sections if moving is needed. Has served well these past 21 years.
Thank you. Inspired by a photo of an NRA photo and description of a home built reloading bench. I just gussied it up a bit.Very nice looking bench whughett. The last picture looks like most do after awhile of use, cluttered.....
That pressure treated wood is highly corrosive. You might want to change it out for regular plywood.
Something I just realized over the last few weeks.
Built my new reloading bench very basic with 2x4's and 3/4 pressure treated plywood. That pressure treat was pretty swollen and wet....
....so my assumption is that as the wood dried out there was some shrinkage, albiet just enough to introduce a small amount of play.
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That pressure treated wood is highly corrosive. You might want to change it out for regular plywood.
Looks like you need a hydraulic lift on that stool! Those are some tall shelves! Very nice!Don’t believe that I have shared a picture of my new bench since we moved.
Looks like you need a hydraulic lift on that stool! Those are some tall shelves! Very nice!
Nice set up, sir! Very functional.New to the group and saw this and thought I’d share my little island. Till I get a bigger shop so I can spread out a little it works for now....View attachment 869453View attachment 869456
Really dig the clean and uncluttered nature of your setup. Looks like a nice environment.I’ve made some progress in setting up a room and workbench. From room and floor prep, to building the bench, to putting 3 coats of polyurethane.
it’s really starting to come together. Tried out the Lyman turret while I was at it. Decapped about 800 9mm, 43 .300 BLK, 34 .223, and a handful of .380 ACP. Unboxed my new Hornady Balance Beam Scale, mounted my Hornady L-n-L classic onto its own mounting plate, adopted a spare bookcase to hold powder and primers. Lighting remains an issue until I can get an overhead light and ceiling fan installed. I’m thinking I need a pegboard backing, both to to cover the wall scuff, as well as to give me some tool storage, although the 3 accessible drawers will work as well.View attachment 870582
I'm relegated to the mechanical room as well, adjacent to the water heater, furnace and air exchanger. The hum of the air exchanger is great white noise to block out unwanted calls for my attention.I have very limited reloading space. For numerous years I've been loading on a Workmate tucked into a tight space.
A few weeks ago I started an effort to get a larger space, which involved doing some plumbing reconfiguration to get rid of a decommissioned water heater. This enabled me to get a larger bench (but still relatively small compared to the outfits posted on this thread! ).
The things I'm most happy with are 1) a little shelving space; 2) getting the scale to eye level while standing and 3) the shelf the scale is on is completely disconnected from the bench. Movement of the bench doesn't impact the scale. As long as the house foundation stays solid the scale is solid as well.
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