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Old December 1, 2017, 10:20 AM   #51
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I saw something at work today that would make a really good reloading bench. It's a desk, but not really a regular sized one. It's about 20" wide by 6' long with doors on each end that swing out with one shelf inside and an open space in the middle. I saw that today and my mind immediately pictured where the press would go, the powder measure, scale, etc. I wonder how much something like that would cost.
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Old December 1, 2017, 05:56 PM   #52
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That set-up of yours is to fancy for us common folk.
I am pretty common. Took me years of planning, saving and working to get it where my guh room is, and I still have some left to do.
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Old December 2, 2017, 11:43 AM   #53
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press947 by James_40 Lofthouse, on Flickr

I built my own bench. It has 4x4 legs, 1x6 sides and a 5/8 inch plywood top. It is 8 feet long. That is the old Herter's C press from about 1957.

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Old December 2, 2017, 11:57 AM   #54
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I have been wondering what are the 4 small pegs on the left side of the table used for? Can they be removed?
If you are working on something and do not want to chase it across the table use the pegs as a block/stop. Some of the old stuff used tapered pins and wedges.

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Old December 2, 2017, 12:01 PM   #55
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Can anyone find my bench ?
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Old December 2, 2017, 12:01 PM   #56
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I built one using box tubing, formed a truss around the perimeter, cross braces where the presses mount and covered in sheet steel.

Built it to fit the available space I had in my reloading room.
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Old December 2, 2017, 12:20 PM   #57
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Old December 5, 2017, 08:52 AM   #58
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Old December 5, 2017, 09:52 AM   #59
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Anyone find my bench yet ?

I looked under mine and it's not there.
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Old December 5, 2017, 12:01 PM   #60
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Smoke and Recoil, I click your link and a picture comes up but I can't see your bench.
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