Show us a picture of your reloading bench

[3% outdoorsman]

Gun cleaning bench and last chance archery bow press on one side reloading on other side! Old pic

 

[Bazoo]

Gun cleaning bench and last chance archery bow press on one side reloading on other side! Old pic
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I like the red walls.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

I haven't seen my reloading bench in a while. I have picture gear for BulletMatch set up and hate to move it as it's just right. That is a
RCBS 44-250-K that I use when I set up or check everything.

I'm actually thinking about going the stool route. I do have an outside table I could use... hmm, guess I could set up on the porth.

The stool approach is interesting. As @CQB45ACP pointed out, the press is mounted between two legs which remain nearly vertical, not much angle in any direction. This allows me to put nearly all of my upper body weight directly on top of the press at the leverage point of the hinges. Very little arm strength goes into the movement; let gravity do the work. As for the stool, those two front legs are dividing the full force while the back two legs are pretty much free floating. On the reverse stroke I shift my body weight to the back legs and draw the lever to me. Again, it’s a matter of shifting the forces, not muscling the lever.

 

[CQB45ACP]

The stool approach is interesting. As @CQB45ACP pointed out, the press is mounted between two legs which remain nearly vertical, not much angle in any direction. This allows me to put nearly all of my upper body weight directly on top of the press at the leverage point of the hinges. Very little arm strength goes into the movement; let gravity do the work. As for the stool, those two front legs are dividing the full force while the back two legs are pretty much free floating. On the reverse stroke I shift my body weight to the back legs and draw the lever to me. Again, it’s a matter of shifting the forces, not muscling the lever.

Too sciency for me I guess.

I would love to see my neighbors freak out if I reloaded on my front porch They already wonder about the clacking clack of the wet tumbling and wonder what in the world I'm whacking with that hammer.

How times change. In the 60s I learned to weld when I was in high school from a neighbor down the street--several of us wondered about the bright light. He called our folks and asked if he could teach us. Same basic way I learned to swing a golf club and speak French (Of course the latter was by a French diplomat with a gorgeous daughter.)

Today, people stick to their tribes and kids walk down the street with their nose in their phone. Little do they know instead I could teach em to reload!

 

[Durango_Dave]

I converted my guest bedroom into a reloading room. I built that reloading workbench in the room. There is no way to remove it without cutting it into pieces.

 

[irishlad]

I converted my guest bedroom into a reloading room. I built that reloading workbench in the room. There is no way to remove it without cutting it into pieces.
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Very nice!

 

[lightman]

My bench goes from clean to dirty. I clean it up, do projects, it slowly gets dirty, I clean it up......it's a viscous cycle.

I clean mine so I can get some workspace to get dirty again.

Ain't that the truth! Never ending cycle.

 

[lightman]

Nice benches everyone!
I need to learn how to post pictures again! Or get one of you to post them for me. We moved 2 years ago and I went from a 9X7ft room to a bedroom thats 10X18ft and redid my bench, added an island table in the center, put wire shelves on each side of my safe for brass storage and gained a walk-in closet for component storage. I used to know how to post pictures before PhotoBucket made their changes. I would like to show it off!

 

[Bazoo]

I use postimages.org copy and paste the code second from the bottom in their list of available codes, and it says (codes for message boards). it is free. there are ads, though I have an ad blocker on my computer that keeps them from sapping my energy.

I also know how to use image tags and can post a picture from anywhere like BulletMatch or facebook, but I still use postimage because it's convenient most of the time.

 

[GW Staar]

I use postimages.org copy and paste the code second from the bottom in their list of available codes, and it says (codes for message boards). it is free. there are ads, though I have an ad blocker on my computer that keeps them from sapping my energy.

I also know how to use image tags and can post a picture from anywhere like BulletMatch or facebook, but I still use postimage because it's convenient most of the time.

That's interesting, I also prefer postimages.org, but I always copy the second line down, where it says "direct link" then paste directly using THR's "by url" menu choice. Never tried the second from the bottom choice!

Since THR remodeled with their new software you can also add pictures from your own computer by just clicking on "insert image" then clicking on "Drop Image" and choose one from a folder on your computer and you get something like below: (but notice which file types are accepted)

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It autoattaches to THR with a separate image below the big one where you can choose thumbnail or full. Choose thumbnail if you prefer and erase the first larger image or ignore the menu and save. In this case I chose thumbnail, but kept both to illustrate.

Keep in mind, the THR is not like most forums.....take CastBoolits for example......PostImages.org is the way to go. using brackets around img , the direct url, then brackets around /img. (example below.....had to take a screenshot to show it here because THR uses that code too.

THR must not like it, and sometimes erases it, but I just entered the exact same code ^ directly here and.......

 

[2002ford]

I built the long bench in the room. It's to big to remove. The other one my father built back in the 70s to reload on.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

Too sciency for me I guess.

Euclid is my personal hero.

 

[CQB45ACP]

Euclid is my personal hero.

Geometry guy. I remember.

 

[Bazoo]

That's interesting, I also prefer postimages.org, but I always copy the second line down, where it says "direct link" then paste directly using THR's "by url" menu choice. Never tried the second from the bottom choice!

Since THR remodeled with their new software you can also add pictures from your own computer by just clicking on "insert image" then clicking on "Drop Image" and choose one from a folder on your computer and you get something like below: (but notice which file types are accepted)

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It autoattaches to THR with a separate image below the big one where you can choose thumbnail or full. Choose thumbnail if you prefer and erase the first larger image or ignore the menu and save. In this case I chose thumbnail, but kept both to illustrate.

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THR must not like it, and sometimes erases it, but I just entered the exact same code ^ directly here and.......

I didn't know I could use the direct link here, I use that on the bass forum. I don't upload directly normally because I take most of the pictures with a phone that doesn't have service, then I use the internet to upload them to the host, then post them. The second from the bottom, it adds a URL wrap, which I remove most of the time. If it's a picture of a bullet or cartridge, then I wrap it with my own URL.

I use our cellphone's hotspot to get on the internet, but I don't upload pics or do anything that would use a lot of data like watching videos. Looking at forums and working on my website (not adding pictures, but other stuff), the hotspot works just fine. I go to a friends house up the road to upload pics.

This picture is hosted on postimages, but I wrap the URL for the bullet page around it. So when you click on it, even though the image is hosted elsewhere, It takes you to that page.

 

[Bazoo]

I built the long bench in the room. It's to big to remove. The other one my father built back in the 70s to reload on.View attachment 1207774View attachment 1207775

Nice setup. I use a stump as a work surface a lot, it's actually quite handy.

 

[2002ford]

Bazoo I use the stump when I use the kinetic pulled puller . Or pound on something.

 

[CQB45ACP]

I didn't know I could use the direct link here, I use that on the bass forum. I don't upload directly normally because I take most of the pictures with a phone that doesn't have service, then I use the internet to upload them to the host, then post them. The second from the bottom, it adds a URL wrap, which I remove most of the time. If it's a picture of a bullet or cartridge, then I wrap it with my own URL.

I use our cellphone's hotspot to get on the internet, but I don't upload pics or do anything that would use a lot of data like watching videos. Looking at forums and working on my website (not adding pictures, but other stuff), the hotspot works just fine. I go to a friends house up the road to upload pics.

This picture is hosted on postimages, but I wrap the URL for the bullet page around it. So when you click on it, even though the image is hosted elsewhere, It takes you to that page.

Nice photo.

 

[3sport]

I converted my guest bedroom into a reloading room. I built that reloading workbench in the room. There is no way to remove it without cutting it into pieces.
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Quite impressive. I like the design and the finish of your bench and shelving unit. I am not a wood worker. I built a bar once in my basement family room after remodeling my entire home. It is very nice, but I was fresh with expertise on that kind of carpentry having just completed all the home remodeling. And that was 30 years ago. Today, my skills have degraded. My wood working expertise today is probably equivalent to an elementary school education. Your skills look like a college graduate degree by comparison. At least a Masters and approaching a PhD. Nicely done indeed.

 

[CQB45ACP]

Bazoo I use the stump when I use the kinetic pulled puller . Or pound on something.

I too use a stump when outside. It's pretty beat up by now.

 

[lightman]

I have an old fashioned Anvil that I use in the garage but the stump looks like it might be something that I may try for inside use when the weather doesn't favor work in the garage!

 

[.45Coltguy]

I converted my guest bedroom into a reloading room. I built that reloading workbench in the room. There is no way to remove it without cutting it into pieces.
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Ohhhh, me likey!

 

[Bazoo]

I keep a stump next to the wood stove. It serves as work surface, an anvil, and a chopping block for kindling.