Show off your bench day

[echo3mike]

My Weekend Project

Since I had the weekend off...

The almost finished product. Still waiting on a thicker bench top.

A working set-up.



Material and parts from Home Depot: $106
Money invested in labor: $0 (Mine)
Knowledge that a rock solid bench can be built despite having NO WOODWORKING SKILLS WHATSOEVER: Priceless.

Now to convince wifey about the need for a RL550

S.

 

[AZRickD]

Is there anyone else here besides me who is feeling inadequate?

Rick

 

[HogRider]

Inadequate - yes. I am too embarrassed to even take a pic of my setup after seeing all those goodies.

 

[Okiecruffler]

Does a Lee hand press sitting on a TV Tray count.

Did I mention that it's a wooden TV tray?

 

[AZRickD]

Say "g'nite," Okie.

 

[WESHOOT2]

ACTUAL (vs 'lie') STORY

I make ammo.
All (well, at least some of it) very special.
Secret dangerous stuff going on.

French; you mean we still haven't nuked Paris?

Rats.........I checked, we haven't.


Oh, now I got about 80 kindsa bullets; I gotta get more bins.........

 

[jsalcedo]

Lee single stage on left

Dillon RL 450 on right

Powder, bullets and dies on bottom shelf

Brass and loaded ammo on floor.

 

[Black Snowman]

It's messy but most of that really is reloading supplies. They're just spread out unnessisarily. I need to clean it up and get my tumbler up on the bench as well as just getting the place organized again.

http://home.kc.rr.com/bsmith1952/img/Guns/LoadingBenchFull.jpg
http://home.kc.rr.com/bsmith1952/img/Guns/ReloadingPresses.jpg

 

[boing]

Tidy. Still need a new chair, though.

 

[44and45]

Got two desk similar to the above picture, loaded with old and modern goodies...I like a little of both that works good for me.

I would show you some pictures, but my puter doesn't know how to make the pix smaller so this site will accept them.

44and45

 

[QuickDraw]

Hey Boing,
Whats that black and white thing on the end of the desk?
Guard cat,statue?

QuickDraw (missing my cat )

 

[boing]

Oh crap, I forgot to move my bong out of the way.

The cats were nice enough to let me set up my reloading stuff in their room. Guess who cleans the cat box now?

I bought the fancy Dillon machine cover as a nicety, but with all the cat hair floating around, it's prooved to be a must-have item.

(sorry about your cat )

 

[Valkman]

I finally have a pic! I ordered this 550B last Monday, set up the bench Wednesday and got the press Friday. Spent hours setting it up and wound up loading 100 rounds that I shot Saturday. I need more weight on the bench or I'll bolt it to the wall once I have it where I want it.

 

[cpileri]

having a little trouble finding a good picture...

of my bench. usually its just me and one other guy, so he has to spot me and can't hold the camera at the same time- or else the bar would crash onto my face at the end of a set.

I can't do a smuch as I could in college, but my bench is still pretty respectable i think.

besides, you guys don't need to see me in a tank top shirt.
C-

What? You mean this isn't the bodybuilding forum? Sorry, my bad...

 

[Edward429451]

Rearranged and upgraded a bit since this was taken but this is it. More shelves & such off frame to right. Old steel office desk, very sturdy. Clockwise around desk is;

Dillon 550B
Rockchucker
Corbin HCT (hand cannelure tool)
Powder measure
Lyman 450 old style
Lyman 450 new style
Corbin CSP-1 (Swaging Press)

I keep thinkin I need one more rockchucker, and one more CSP-1.My lil setup is complete (Not) with shower, kitchen and bed/storage room.

 

[P95Carry]

Posted my bench way back .... but am just moving into my new office, which I have yet to finish organizing, tho am operating from there already. One side is my work station set-up ... see small pic ..... but on opposite side from that is where I have moved my bench - right next to A/C and wall heater!!

Same basic set-up as before but more organized storeage ... some shelves just put up and yet to be filled ..... lot of gear yet to put away. The safe holds most that is real valuable - what don't fit goes elsewhere.

 

[Edward429451]

Thats a sweet setup you got there Chris. Nice & bright. I need more lights. And more organized storage, that's the continuing upgrade. More shelves, better bench, better lighting. Always something to keep up on. The ever encroaching chaos comes quick if you dont keep after it!

Every time it morphs it gets better though. Should've seen my first setup. An apartment size kit table with one RC'er that i had to break down between sessions and store in the closet...Now I got a whole 'wing' of the downstairs!

 

[P95Carry]

hey ''RKY'' ....

Should've seen my first setup

Bet that applies to most of us!! My earliest was pretty much kitchen table and break it down after a session.

Indeed .. good lighting always helps ...... and I do like to be organized .. there is tho in me a chronic case of ''flat-surface-itis'' ...... and tho I start with best of intentions, self discipline often fails! You should have seen old location before i moved the bench out ... that too was also office and right now .... looks like a bomb hit it!

I costed out what I could spend renovating old office and shop --- structure, insulation etc and the math didn't jive. So .... now using half of a pre-made 32 x 14 shed .. got it insulated before delivery but in office half have added a ceiling so .. got near R26 above . tho walls only R13.

Must say - your set-up looks well organized .... I could live with that!!

 

[44and45]

Hey Chris!

Looking good there buddy, like your setup, you got AC and heat two important things to have.

I've only got heat and believe me we will be needing it very soon up here in cheeseland.

Like your big safe too, mine is a Wally tin can that I paid a $100 bucks for, anyone could open it up with a can openner.

Your new digs look cool.

I'll send you some pictures that are too big to post on a forum, don't have the gear yet to shrink them down. What do you recomend that don't cost an arm and a leg.

Jim aka 44and45

 

[Edward429451]

Must say - your set-up looks well organized .... I could live with that!!

Ah, therein lies the optical delusion, I had just cleaned it up!

Pull three things out and it collapses into chaos!

I've bout outgrown that bench and them hokey mismatched garage shelves gotta go. I should prolly span one wall with a huge bench with shelves. It works good enough to piss off the liberals though!

 

[P95Carry]

Ahh .. the pre photo-shoot tidy-up!! haha . done that too. I am fortunate here with this one cos only just got it set up again .. not enough time to generate the usual mess and chaos!!!

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JIM!!! hey buddy ......... got your email before i realized you'd posted here ..... good to see ya. Thx for the mail and pics .. I like!!

If you want to tweak pics simply ... mainly resize .... go to http://www.irfanview.com/

Not sure what current version is but it is a freebie and damned useful . I use it for simple viewing. You can also get a load of plug-ins too which make it useful for many other things. It was not much over 1 Mb IIRC..... and installation does not write to your registry and load you with unwanted system files either.

If you have probs finding it ........ mail me and i'll send a copy. It'll do what you need and probably more. You should drop by more often!

 

[44and45]

Chris thanks for showing me the ropes on shrinking the pix.

Here's my loading setup in 3 pictures I hope.

44and45

 

[44and45]

more desk area for reloading...

44and45

 

[44and45]

Left side desk reloading stuff...

44and45

 

[P95Carry]

Jim ........ one more trick for ya ..... now you have attached the images ..... go back to each post and in turn open the image yourself .... it'll come up in another browser window. Then, copy the URL in that window and come back to the Post window. Use the edit option button.

Go to the relevant post of yours with the attachment link...... and using the ''img'' facility, copy in that URL from picture browser .... and then 'OK' the ''img'' box. That should allow the pic to actually display for you. Do that with each of your three posts.

Glad the resizing is goin OK now.