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I will soon be building a new reloading bench and was wondering if those who wish to, could post some pics of their set ups to get some ideas.

I'm having a hard time deciding on the height and length, but do have plenty of room to build a sizeable work station.

You might want to check the January/February issue of RifleShooter. Terry Weiland did a nice article on a bench build he recently completed. Lots of nice ideas.

My own bench is a shamful ugly bastard set up in the courner of the laundry room. Some day, when the kids move out, I get to take one of their rooms and make it mine.

Number 2 is due in July so I only have 20 years to wait.

My set up and other info is on this link

http://forums.kifaru.net/ubbthreads.php?...;gonew=1#UNREAD

The last pic is a bench I built my bud from the nmra plans.Don

Why don't you just get bunk beds in the master bedroom and use the extra space for a nice reloading bench? Geeze man, you gotta get your priorities straight! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

You might want to do a "search" here. Many pictures have been posted in the past.

Here's a link to one of the past threads with some pictures of my bench into which I incorporated some pretty innovative ideas. If you want more pics I can post them.

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads...true#Post686497

There's a reloading bench in there somewhere's:




But it's getting much harder to find............... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />.........DJ

I know you said you have plenty of room, but for any one that is looking for something that only takes up a bit of space and is also collapsible and transportable mine turned out pretty nice. I got the idea from 6mmbr.com but I made mine a little bit wider and deeper. It's oak mounted on top of a black and decker work mate. The model that I got is very sturdy and like I said it collapses very flat and easy to put under the arm and carry. Be sure to get this model (you remove the plastic inserts on top), I believe it cost around 60 dollars. I'm not reloading for a lot of cartridges...yet, and it fits well in my apartment.

It only took a half sheet of Oak plywood and one 8'x5.5"x3/4" thick board of oak. It's 33 inches wide by 22" deep. The backboard and shelf are cut at 33" as well, and then I cut the remaining board in half for the sideboards that left them at 14 3/4" long.

Here is mine


made it myself

Here's mine.

Bench without presses



Presses, powder measure mounted ready to work. Most normal setup. Trimmers are mounted on slip-ins for quick mounting and use in the two cutouts for them, powder measure on the vise.



Slip-in detail with blank slip-in



Shellholders, bushings and measuring tools.



Detail on slip-in mounted Rockchuker. Other presses mounted similarly.

Thinkin' I'll vinyl side my bench this Spring, and add a porch roof and deck......grins.

Hey, thanks fellas. There's some good ideas to utilize in each photo!

Stoked C- the Black and Decker is pretty clever, bobski- very nice! wildswalker- ultimate doghouse!

My wife lovingly refers to it as the Pout House, where she sends me to do my poutin'...

Can laugh at her as she's nary a clue.

With ALL my shootin'/smithin' gear housed within, not to mention heat, phone, chilled beer, Sat TV, DSL...and 200 yards of attached shootin' range, I can like bein' sent to the Pout House.

Spoiled Rotten.....

Roy, you've got it rough, man! lol

I love the fold-down shooting bench. Care to share a few details 'bout it's size and materials? Anything you'd do different was you to build another?

I, too, have a built in shooting range. 100 yds. out the basement window, next room beside the reloading room.

My gun guru buddy and I have been tossing idea's for a "window rest" ourselves.

IIRC, I've got about 140 dollars invested, the rest is scrap/leftover stuff left from other projects...

The siding, deck and porch roof might jump that investment a bit but what the heck, right?

It's 10x12, built outta ruffcut hemlock and pine 2x4 insulated walls, 2x6 roof rafters and floor joists, sheeted inside and out with 7/16 OSB. It's built with 6x6 pressure treated skids underneath to pull it anywhere it needs to go. It's already been moved 4 times and over a distance of 110 miles. Hopefully it will grow roots right where it's at now.

Has a 220 line, phone line and TV satalite cable running from the house underground...

Got lottsa room in the house, 3000 sq. ft., for this kinda stuff but, a) the wife don't think much of piles of walnut chips and sanding dust all over the floor, and, b) it sure is handy to have the shootin' bench 2 1/2 feet from the loading press...

If I had it to do over again I'da left it where it was when I built it, and built one 12x14 or bigger here...Size do matter.

Gonna build in a goodly sized "closet" to accomodate the growing pile of gear the boys seem to be sourcing here lately. That'll replace the POS little 3 drawer dresser I keep some stuff in. Would like to eventually put doors on the cabinets that house the powder, bullets, ect. too. The drawers under bench house tools, ect.

Thinkin' I'll Tyveck it before putting the vinyl on and the porch/deck will be a cool place for shootin' Pards to kick back in an Adirondack chair while they ponder how well my rigs shoot......

Havn't though much about roughin' it at a public range in quite a spell.....grins.

Roy
Your shack kicks azz.Love it.

that is nice Roy, the ultimate reloading room!
awesome!

Damn near perfect! Something to shoot for. Umm no pun intended <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

and with a rug-rat........

Here's mine (if this works). By the way, don't tell my wife that this is supposed to be a formal living room <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> .

I got my plans from the national reloading association. It is very sturdy and well built. I think I have $175 in lumber.