Show me your small to medium sized reloading bench.

[MacAR]

Small enough?

This is my current set up. The shelves were built into the hall by the former owner of the house. The bench itself is two 2x6's 32" long, bolted to 2x2 lath screwed to the wall. So far it's been excellent. But my wife now desires to use the back bedroom (which it blocks) as a craft room. So I'll be building a larger bench in there. Or more likely buying one. The heavy wooden bench sold by harbor freight looks pretty good, and its only $159. More than likely would suit the op's purposes as well.

Mac

 

[BLACKFIN]

 

[kidneyboy]

2'x4'. A little disorganized as I am trying out the Lee breech lock pro that's mounted directly to the bench top.
I started with an 8' bench, half of which was used for gun cleaning, but it was a pain to keep level.

 

[JFrank]

Our little corner in the barn

 

[Buzznrose]

When COVID became a thing and wife and I became teleworkers, we realized we needed something to work on instead of the kitchen table and a small writing desk. We had no “home office” and really didn’t want one.

After looking at furniture, we bought one of these tables from Home Depot, thinking if nothing else it would work in the garage:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-5...with-2-Drawers-in-White-HOLT5202BJ2/311742117

We bought the 52” model. They also come in 62” and 72”. It is an outstanding table! Height is easily adjustable. Sturdy as a rock. We immediately bought a second and both have one to use.

They will easily outlive us. Very solid tables that will hold 500+ lbs.

I also bought a Husky work table without drawers for a reloading table. It’s not yet set up for reloading, but again, solid and height adjustable:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-62-in-Adjustable-Height-Work-Bench-Table-HOLT62XDB12/301810799

 

[bluejay75]

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Where did you get the bench/ Table?

 

[picker]

 

[Olon]

Built this when I was living in an apartment. Got me through!

Clamps on it for the glue up but after that I clamped it to that coffee table. When you can't have you choose, you choose what you have.

 

[Riomouse911]

Mine is on one of my garage walls. I need more room, but I have nowhere to expand.



Soooo, at Christmas last year I bought a a husky wooden-topped portable cabinet/bench. All I added were two additional casters so it can be moved easier.



I use it for larger projects like priming stacks of cases, gun cleaning and repairs, etc. Best thing I’ve added to the garage in years .



Stay safe.

 

[Olon]

Mine is on one of my garage walls. I need more room, but I have nowhere to expand.

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Soooo, at Christmas last year I bought a a husky wooden-topped portable cabinet/bench. All I added were two additional casters so it can be moved easier.

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I use it for larger projects like priming stacks of cases, gun cleaning and repairs, etc. Best thing I’ve added to the garage in years .

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Stay safe.

I think the main reason I drink folgers is to use the cans for brass

 

[Riomouse911]

I think the main reason I drink folgers is to use the cans for brass

I don’t even drink coffee… these are product of the habits of the 350 people in my office building .

Best. Brass. Storage. Containers. Ever.

Stay safe.

 

[Otto]

A friend had the same dilemma. Besides not having enough space, his wife wasn't cool with loading around the kids.
I suggested he get a climate controlled storage unit. Everyone's happy now.

 

[mdi]

My small reloading bench. I used it for a couple years before I got a dedicated reloading area (shed).

 

[KS Plinker]

Modest mid size bench in my over sized utility room in the basement…but…it IS climate controlled.

 

[TEKoken813]

I've got no room anywhere due to a wife & 2 small kids running the show so I ordered the Cameron"bench" (C4m3ron is what they called it) a while back. It works great for my needs & tucks away in the closet when I'm done.

 

[chickasaw_hunter]

 

[chickasaw_hunter]

Presses don't always have to be mounted on a bench. I made they when living in a temporary rent house well over 30 years ago. I didn't have room for a press. So I found a landscaping timber and made a pedestal mount. It worked great and I'm still using it. It is fancied up a bit now and painted to match the ole RCBS.
Over the years I had a single friend who lived in a small town house and he had no space for a loading bench. We made him a stand like mine and he stored it in the crawl space. He used his kitchen table for everything and just pulled the press/pedestal up from the crawl space when needed to press stuff. In later year when he had a larger house and a dedicated room to reload he kept his pedestal set up too, even though he'd build a pretty substantial loading bench.
Both of our set ups were sturdy enough to reform cases, like '06 into 35 Whelen, .243 into .260. '06 into .25/06, so pretty much anything we could do on a sturdy bench. My press/pedestal lives pushed into a corner of my shop until I need to do press stuff and then I just slide it into place next to my loading bench.

 

[n2omike]

Where did you get the bench/ Table?

I'm 53 years old. My dad bought that bench when I was around 14. Lol
It's just a metal frame with a 2" thick hardwood laminated table top. I also used 2" angle metal to fasten it to the block wall behind it using Tapcons. Fastening it to the wall made it extremely solid. It has a shelf underneath and knockouts to install electrical outlets if desired.

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

I need to clean mine up some. My bench is mostly made from construction scraps.

 

[WestKentucky]

I have had as small as 1ft sq on salvaged 2x6 boards and I have had as large as an old teachers desk. My most recent was 18 inches deep and 6 ft wide. My presses are not mounted yet since my last move, but they will soon find their way to a Pollard workbench. Anything will do if your willing to think through it and think about what your doing.

 

[irishlad]

2'x4'. A little disorganized as I am trying out the Lee breech lock pro that's mounted directly to the bench top.
I started with an 8' bench, half of which was used for gun cleaning, but it was a pain to keep level.

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I like your bench legs. I used them on my bench also.

 

[crstrode]

Well, I refuse to tidy up just for a photo shoot.

Here is the unvarnished truth.


The table is a chrome dinette from the 1950's. Mom served every meal to us on this very table since 1954. I rescued it from the scrap heap 45 years ago when I bought my first house

 

[johnjohn]

Here's mine:IMG_4329, IMG_4327, IMG_4309

 

[roque5]

Here is mine sans the new Lee APP I just bought