So I moved into my new reloading area this week. . .
Here's the post of my "old reloading bench":
http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=8670016&postcount=2820
I've moved into my new reloading work station this week. I put the final coat of Helmsman Poly on the top Sunday evening, starting moving things in on Tuesday and mounted the press and the powder measure this evening.
I settled on a height of 42". I am 5' 9". I wanted to go 36" but changed my mind at the last minute and am glad I did. I stand for all my reloading work, the extra height makes a huge difference. I don't bend at all now to work the press and everything is at a much more reasonable height. My temp bench was at 32" so this is a huge change.
I have sliding cabinets all around. Partially as a cop out so I didn't have to build frames and doors, but also because doors make no sense on the reloading side with the gear in the way. I have to have doors/drawers as my basement is also my woodworking shop and the sheer amount of dust is just incredible.
I love the top cabinet here, I have adjustable shelves so I can put books and larger things on the left.
And smaller things on the right (though heavier).
I planned for the tumbler to go in to the bench corner, it is an often wasted space. I have it on a 16" concrete patio block which is on a piece of carpet remnant. My tumber timer switch simply rocks. I picked that idea up in this thread somewhere. Its a 12 hour timer I picked up at Lowe's. I can "set it and forget it".
The inlaid track was also a must. I messed up the groove a bit and still need to fill in the "oops" with some 2 part epoxy. It is a workbench, so I'm not all that worried. I intend to do the gun cleaning on this side (it is 8' on the left and 6' on the right).
My first track jig. I mounted my Lyman case trimmer to a piece of scrap 1/2" ply this evening. This thing is not going to move at all when locked down.
I made sure the lower two drawers were built deep enough to hold my Hornady dies in their cases. This is another tip I picked up on this thread. I expect this die collection to grow over the years (it will get 50% larger next month when my 7.65 Argentine Dies arrive).
It will be a work in progress for a little while, but I at least have everything in working order. I am so glad I got the gun cabinet down here as well, now everything is nearby.