Show us a picture of your reloading bench

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.

Very nice looking bench whughett. The last picture looks like most do after awhile of use, cluttered.....

Blue68f100 said:

Very nice looking bench whughett. The last picture looks like most do after awhile of use, cluttered.....

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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.

oldfortyfiveauto said:

That pressure treated wood is highly corrosive. You might want to change it out for regular plywood.

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I've seen that due to the higher copper content of the wood. The reaction with galvanized materials is noted especially when used in damp environments. Stainless hardware and powder coated mount. Thanks for the tip but for now not buying another sheet bought me another 1500 primers

Erief0g said:

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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Several years ago I needed to re-deck a utility trailer. When new, the floor was non-treated, so it eventually rotted out.
I measured the deck boards, counted them. X number of 2x8, 16 feet long.
Went and purchased treated material, but couldn't fit the boards in the space available.
I left the treated boards out in the sun for a week, they dropped right in.

A good bit of shrinkage as it dried.

It's not the nicest but it's plenty nice enough for me.

Better stock up on brass gudaki,looks like you're running a bit low? Kidding,wish I was that well stocked.

BWS, It's nice to shoot with friends that don't reload, I get all of their brass.

oldfortyfiveauto said:

That pressure treated wood is highly corrosive. You might want to change it out for regular plywood.

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It is also toxic...the reason for pressure treatment is to force anti bug and anti microbe toxins into the wood. Mfgr's say to wear mask when milling.

Don’t believe that I have shared a picture of my new bench since we moved.

Jwbfx4 said:

Don’t believe that I have shared a picture of my new bench since we moved.

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Looks like you need a hydraulic lift on that stool! Those are some tall shelves! Very nice!

drband said:

Looks like you need a hydraulic lift on that stool! Those are some tall shelves! Very nice!

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Hah that’s right. Figured I would fill them shelves up eventually.

Lets see some more...I love this thread.

Here are some pics of my bench

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....

Steve Ashcraft said:

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

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Nice set up, sir! Very functional.

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.

markr6754 said:

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

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Really dig the clean and uncluttered nature of your setup. Looks like a nice environment.

Changed tooling from 9mm to 45acp which isn't a big deal. The clean, clean, more clean, and lube back up after say 5000 rounds took a bit though in the process.

Set all my measurements up and found my coal I'm going to use. Loaded three dummies to manually cycle the sig 1911. Referenced all my load books came up with my starting workup with an idea on where I expect to land. Then found a thread here that literally said a favorite load with the bullets I'm using is exactly my coal and only .1 grain from my best assumption. Lol, nothing like triple double check.

Would have loaded some today but my body doesn't seem to want to go the distance and no point in trying to concentrate while in pain. I'll catch up this week

Getting pretty close....I can actually move around in my home office now that much of the reloading equipment has been moved. Here you see the new and the old side by side. Wider is very much better for loading, but taller is also a great back reliever...and I can operate the press standing or sitting on my work stool.

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.

otisrush, I have seen people get along with much less. As long as you are warm, dry and comfortable, have enough light and can be undisturbed then all is good.

otisrush said:

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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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.

This won't inspire a lot of copies. It's my expedient set up to get stuff done with an existing bench and storage that came with the house when we bought it. Most of the junk stacked around is mine though...