Show us a picture of your reloading bench

[RugerBob]

and my casting area

 

[presspuller]

Finally took a picture of my set up.

 

[pzember]

tremendous!

 

[- J -]

I lack space (and a tumbler):

 

[THe Dove]

More clear pic I hope

My humble cave! Not much but I enjoy!

The Dove

 

[G33InMyPocket]

You guys benches make me cry....
Pics of my humble bench.....




A big plus though, it's in my living room.

 

[kmtirish]

granite

has anybody got a pic of a granite top reloading bench?

 

[ZeSpectre]

has anybody got a pic of a granite top reloading bench?

I would think the stress and flexing of the press would crack a granite countertop. I certainly could be wrong though.

 

[lazyeye]

This is my "bench". In front of my PC, watching movies and reloading 9mm.

 

[Okiecruffler]

Hey, that looks alot like my old reloading bench.

 

[lazyeye]

We all start somewhere. A true "bench" wouldn't fit very well in my apartment.

 

[Peter M. Eick]

As a geologist, I can tell you that a granite table top for reloading would not be a good idea. Rocks do not like to be shear or torqued. Compressed they are happy but twist them and they start to develop fractures along the grain boundaries. Real granite (not so called granite like at most stores which is actually a dimension stone) will tend to break quickly under a shear stress with repeated loading like a reloading press would give it.

While it could be done if the table were thick enough, and the bolts were washered out over a big area, I would not recommend it. Wrong material for the job.

 

[lordgroom]

I love that last response. really, it made me laugh in a good way. Great information and completely unexpected. Just goes to show you how diverse the membership is.

 

[TimT]

wish my 2 benches were as effecient as lazyeyes-that is commendable! keep it simple. If I could have been just content with one firearm-oh well.

 

[ADKWOODSMAN]

I noticed those DELL boxes. Have to wait to save up for a "real" reloader?

 

[lazyeye]

Those Dell boxes are my computer desk, coffee table, nightstand, and whatever other furniture I don't feel like buying.
Yeah, I live Spartan so that I can pay down college debt and get some real reloading kit someday.

 

[Roper1952]

I'll see if I can figure out how to post a photo or two of my reloading/tying bench. I have finished the raised panel door for the left hand cabinet, guess I better take another photo...

I load shotshells, 9mm and 38/357, and tie flies on this setup. Each loader has a baseplate that I simply clamp to the bench top. Makes for a nice clean work surface.

 

[BullsEye10x]

Hey Roper - I have one of those "Sun Lights" on my nightstand. They are pretty darn bright!

 

[pzember]

Hey Roper! Place baseplate upside down, retains spilled shot and powder, I am sorry for my sapient...

 

[Roper1952]

But I never spill shot or powder...

 

[skywalkrNCSU]

here is mine...just got it all setup

 

[mkl]

Here’s a picture of the “Green Monster” that I built around 1965 and still use today. The name was given to this “portable” reloading stand by the guys at the moving company when they tried to move it into their truck.

The base is an 18-inch diameter quarter-inch steel plate.

The pedestal is a 30-inch long piece of 4-inch oil field “drill stem” or drilling pipe. The walls on this pipe are 3/8-inch thick. I wanted the extra weight for stability.

The top is a 12x12-inch piece of quarter inch steel plate.

The piece of 3/4-inch plywood bolted to the top of the steel plate measures 22x17 inches. You can see the plywood-to-plate bolts in the picture.

This sucker weighs about 65 pounds and is as stable as a rock.

Note that both presses are bolted through the plywood into the quarter-inch steel plate welded to the top of the pedestal. There is zero “flex” in either press even with very heavy pressure on the press handle.

Stores easily in a corner, closet, etc. but you do have to have a strong back to move it around.

After 40+ years of use, it’s not very pretty in the picture, but it still works just like new. Maybe I’ll give it a paint job on its 50th anniversary!

 

[Lookinforlunkers]

Hey fellas I have been using your thread for quite some time now to design my bench so I though that I would share now that phase 1 is complete. You will prob notice it is a mix of a few of your ideas. It has been a lot of fun, as I have only just started to reload as well as building my bench. I am cramped for space (hence phase 1) so this bench will serve as a reloading bench, gun cleaning and repair bench and archery bench. The bottom is solid pine and top is three layers of 3/4" plywood with the top layer being Oak. When I move in a year and start phase 2 this bench will be dedicated to bottle neck loading. I plan on adding about 16 more feet of matching bench for a Dillon progressive for pistol, dedicated cleaning repair section and a case prep area with tumbler and case lathe. This room will also include built in gun cabinet with glass doors. Can't wait to get phase 2 underway, but here's phase 1 for now. Thanx again fellas for all your ideas and a great forum

 

[308sc]

one heck of a nice reloading/gun room setup!

 

[pzember]

Elegancy and practicality together, You have my admiration!

I use RockChucker2 with Piggyback2 for handguns, second RockChucker for rifle, Lyman turret for small amount of ammo, CH4 for operational repair, MEC Versamec 700 and MEC 76 Series Grabber for 12 Ga but Your order miss...