Fancy Reloading Table - How attach press?

[LiveLife]

What do you have your Dillon 750 mounted to?

650 has not been mounted since we moved to the retirement house as plan was for me to build a lean-to reloading room against the pole barn. 550 was purchased last year awaiting mounting (550 was press I learned to reload in the 90s ... Ah, memories).

When our daughter moved out earlier this year, wife suggested I could use her room as reloading room, with consideration for a permanent bench bolted to the wall studs with the condition that I build her two chicken houses (coinciding with her birthday) so she could move her chickens out of the pole barn.

So I built her this 4'x8' chick house for newly hatched chicks.

And currently building her this 8'x24' chicken house with three enclosures along with 200'x50' fenced yard. So my reloading/shooting projects are on hold at the moment (reloading bench, machine rest for pistol/carbine, 20+ brand 22LR ammo testing, etc.), but I would like to build a portable bench to mount 650/550 presses on.

And first coat of paint with automatic doors installed

Currently working on perches, poop trays, lay boxes, inside doors, wire fabric, sheet vinyl floor, solar lights and PVC pipe/nipple water system and likely 6' patio cover over the automatic doors.

 

[jmorris]

 

[RugerSAFan]

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this would be an inexpensive option....

 

[George P]

Sweet, I would cringe a little when I drilled holes for my press, but I would.

I would cringe with those rollers moving as I was trying to resize cases, especially if you are not using a press riser.

 

[jmorris]

this would be an inexpensive option....

That requires no holes, won’t damage the surface and allows quick mounting/dismounting.

 

[dh1633pm]

Wow, never considered a granite top for my reloading bench. Will have to consider that for an urgent update.



The wheels are a nice touch. Do you have a way to lock the wheels? Would hate to drill through such a nice table. I used 5/8th inch plywood under the laminate counter top to give the press some added strength. In the picture I just built the reloading bench. Got the cabinets for $200. They were 28 inches tall. Had to build up the bottom a bit. Guy built a kitchen for his less than 5 foot tall wife. He had to buy new cabinets in order to sell the house. His loss my gain. My wife found the add for me. Custom and soft close. I have more room, but you have more style.

 

[LiveLife]

Nice looking "reloading" bench and cabinets.

The wheels are a nice touch. Do you have a way to lock the wheels?

I have non-locking casters from Harbor Freight furniture moving dolly on my portable bench and while they allow smooth rolling on different floor surfaces, not locking has not posed a problem for me as presses are mounted at the ends of the bench.

Even with an empty bench on hard floor surface, I can resize military .308 brass without moving the bench and moving dolly casters are 360 degree swivel wheels.

 

[dh1633pm]

I like it.