Reloading bench building plans compilation

[brighamr]

I am looking into different types of reloading bench setups and I thought it might be cool to start a thread of "building plans" for those of us who would prefer to build rather than buy. I'm planning on building one over the next couple weeks and as always I like to search for inspiration

Here's a couple I've found so far:
http://www.bghi.us/index.php?x=bench which is based off of http://www.hammerzone.com/archives/workshop/bench/below20xl.html

I'm still searching. If anyone saved measurements or pictures of the building process of their bench, please add them here!

 

[harbinger_j]

I built my bench in a similar fashion but It was a more custom size to fit in the space I have in the basement.

Sometimes I think it is a few inches too low.
is there a consensus on the best height for a reloading bench?

 

[Idano]

I use to have one like second one that served me for years but a four years ago I built one into the room like a kitchen cabinet that is lagged to wall studs. It may be a little overkill since the up rights are 4"X4" and the cross members are 2"X6" built into an L-shape and with a 2"X4" butcher block top but there is absolutely no give. Here is a picture of it when I finished it in 2004:

Here it is with my Hornady L-n-L AP mounted on it, (Note that I mounted the presses on a 3/16" plate so I didn't have a bunch of holes in the counter top:

 

[MutinousDoug]

This site has plans for a reloading bench I built some years ago and am satisfied with from the National Reloader Manufactures Association. I made the legs long enough to operate my press while standing so that as necessary I could easily look up under the press to see what was going on. Oh, and I never did put doors on the cabinet: "www.dennymac.com/bench"

 

[feets]

Put some sort of laminate on top of the OSB/pressboard. It's cheap and makes things a whole world easier to clean. The tidy "finished" look adds a nice touch too.

 

[Skip_a_roo]

Mine is a modification from these plans:http://www.hammerzone.com/archives/workshop/bench/below20.html

They tout it as being possible to make the bench for less than $20. I got away much cheaper. The 2x6s I used came form a construction site for free! The only thing I had to buy were the 2 1/2" screws and the OSB for the top and shelf.

Still not all of the way done. I took this picture with my iced tea right in the middle of things!


I don't have much room behind me at the table. The room is only 6' deep. I made the table 24" deep. That helps give a little more room for the oversize operator!

 

[brighamr]

thanks for the plans guys, keep them coming!

 

[mswestfall]

About 25 years ago I asked a homebuilder friend of mine for plans on how to build a workbench. He said take a 2x4, cut it to the length you want and screw it to the wall at the working height of your bench. Then build from there.

Four houses later, I still have that bench. It was a great plan.

 

[Z-Michigan]

Skip a roo - not to be a killjoy, but if you deprime or tumble cases at your bench, your iced tea probably has an unhealthy dose of lead compounds from the primer residue.

 

[R.W.Dale]

I just use a govt surplus desk. Works great and comes with all kinds of handy storage compartments

 

[Sagetown]

Hey brig

Didn't have any plans, just looked at a bench in my reloading manual, and guessed at the size of the cabinet and went at it.
Mounted it on my old shop workbench.
Idano; I've got one of those Midway Tumblers myself. It's old, but like a Timex it just keeps on workin......

Sagetown

 

[hardcorehunter5]

hey do a search of past threads and they have for reloading benches, pic included. some are very awesome and give you great ideas.

 

[bfoster]

I prefer an "island" type bench. Storage is above the working area and on shelves fastened to the walls surrounding the bench.
The dimensions here are approximately 4 X 6', height of the work surface is 34".

Bob

 

[Encoreman]

Dang it Bfoster, it looks like a sporting goods store. Does your government know you have that many componets? LOL

 

[brighamr]

hardcorehunter - thanks for the advice. I saw the massive reloading bench thread which prompted for the idea of this thread:
what measurements are your bench? how did you plan/build it?
what do you like/dislike?

I for one like the 2x4 idea from mswestfall. OTOH, some of the online plans I've read give me a good idea for sturdiness, etc.

Bfoster - awesome setup!