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NoSweat · July 6, 2002, 02:01 AM

Well I just finished my "Ultimate Reloading Bench" I built it from 3/4" Hardwood Plywood. It is 72" long, 29" deep, and 31" high, so I can sit down and load.

The top is one layer of 1/2 ply, and one layer of 3/4 ply. Inset into the front is an aluminum plate, 1/2 thick,9" wide and 72" long. The remainder of the top I laminated with formica. It has three drawers, one 19" deep to hold my Dillon heads and primers, and one 19" deep to hold my powder. It also has a 3" "desk" type drawer at the seating position. My Niel Jones powder measure is mounted to the top with threaded brass inserts, and can be easily removed if more room is needed. There are shelves above the two large drawers, and below the small drawer. Each drawer is 24" wide and 24" deep on full extension, 100# rated ball bearing drawer slides. The bench is bolted to the foundation for rigidity.

The bins are available from Lowes

I will tap the holes in the aluminum plate at the seating position for my Posness Warren progressive shotshell loader, rcbs primer seater, Dillon primer pocket swege, and forester case trimmer. These won't typically be mounted, as just the two dillons ( one for small primers and one for large primers), and the rockchucker are generally mounted.

I built the shelves above from the same materials, and all my loading manuals and accessories are at my fingertips. My plan is to build two more benches of the same size 72x 29x 37 high, so I will have 18 feet of work space. They will have tops of two layers of 3/4 inch ply, with the same Almond colored Formica laminated to the tops. They will have cabinets on the left and right, and drawers in the middle. One bench will have a vise.

here's some pics, I hope you like it. For those who couldn't see the pics ( like myself) I loaded them on a different server.

July 6, 2002, 02:01 AM	#10
NoSweat Member Join Date: July 23, 2001 Location: Missouri Posts: 16	Well I just finished my "Ultimate Reloading Bench" I built it from 3/4" Hardwood Plywood. It is 72" long, 29" deep, and 31" high, so I can sit down and load. The top is one layer of 1/2 ply, and one layer of 3/4 ply. Inset into the front is an aluminum plate, 1/2 thick,9" wide and 72" long. The remainder of the top I laminated with formica. It has three drawers, one 19" deep to hold my Dillon heads and primers, and one 19" deep to hold my powder. It also has a 3" "desk" type drawer at the seating position. My Niel Jones powder measure is mounted to the top with threaded brass inserts, and can be easily removed if more room is needed. There are shelves above the two large drawers, and below the small drawer. Each drawer is 24" wide and 24" deep on full extension, 100# rated ball bearing drawer slides. The bench is bolted to the foundation for rigidity. The bins are available from Lowes I will tap the holes in the aluminum plate at the seating position for my Posness Warren progressive shotshell loader, rcbs primer seater, Dillon primer pocket swege, and forester case trimmer. These won't typically be mounted, as just the two dillons ( one for small primers and one for large primers), and the rockchucker are generally mounted. I built the shelves above from the same materials, and all my loading manuals and accessories are at my fingertips. My plan is to build two more benches of the same size 72x 29x 37 high, so I will have 18 feet of work space. They will have tops of two layers of 3/4 inch ply, with the same Almond colored Formica laminated to the tops. They will have cabinets on the left and right, and drawers in the middle. One bench will have a vise. here's some pics, I hope you like it. For those who couldn't see the pics ( like myself) I loaded them on a different server. Last edited by NoSweat; July 6, 2002 at 03:50 PM.