I Finished My Bench!
I started reloading about 3 months ago. I had a lot of brass, bullets and powder, but no presses or anything else. My neighbor who taught me reloading, let me reload on his bench till i got my press. Recently, i did some work for an old timer, reloading, retired sheriff. We got to talkin and he used to shoot competitvely for his department, and did all his own reloads. He was done with it all and hadnt used it since the early 90's, so i talked him into selling it to me. $120 dollars later, i had an RCBS Jr 2 press, several sets of dyes, 1000 more rounds, about 9 pounds of assorted powders, and some books. Needless to say, i was frickin stoked!
After talkin the little lady into lettin me build a bench, where i can sit for hours doing something that should be on the list of things that every man should know how to do...start a fire, fish, change a tire, etc. I built this....
Ahh, my own piece of paradise
I couldnt get into the wall from above, so i had to run electrical through the cabinet and then into the wall for the under-cabinet lighting and the plug for the tumbler.
Test fit. I had to remove faces at the top of the counter due to some misguided McGuyverisms that ended in less than acceptable quality.
I recently did a kitchen demolition, and found that some of the cabinet shelves were solid oak painted white. I brought em home and ran them through the planer, cut them to size, and screwed them down to the counter top
Sanded and ready for stain
Stain is Red Mahogany on white oak
Staining is finished. I also got some marble from the same job and put it up the side of the adjoining cabinet.
Little bit of touch-up paint on the wall and were done...Am i the only one who uses pie pans for my reloading needs? They easily hold 100 pieces of brass
I made the drawer into a small workspace...
With storage underneath...
Got a couple of retro reloading books from the guy i bought my press from...
The illustration on the cover of the Speer book looks like its from the era of- "if a nuke goes off, hide under your desk" lol
This Hodgdens book has a price tag of a dollar on it, and it was purchased from the RCBS factory, which is about 45 min. from my house.
Hope you enjoyed my post...Jake