rinconjoe Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 does anyone have any plans ? info on made reloading table , was thinking of building one so wondering about height with ect any starting idea's .thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmclaine Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 These may be helpful. Good luck, build well. http://www.shotgunsportsmagazine.com/downloads/bench_plans.pdf http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=5485 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizzle Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Here's the quickest, and easiest way I would recommend. Go to Home Depot and buy a 36" x 6'8" solid core door slab. There shouldn't be any hinge or knob cut outs in it and it should be about 50 bucks. Make sure it's a solid core. Then go over to the pool fencing and buy two 36" pre fabbed fence posts. They usually come in white or black powder coat and will have a flange on one end and a cap on the other. All you will need after that are 3 16 guage L - brackets you can get in the simpson tie area in the lumber section. Grab some lag bolts from hardware and you're all set. Just turn the "fence posts" upside down and use them for legs out front. Lag the L - brackets to the wall and set the door slab on top of them and the legs. It's a piece of cake to set up and it's solid. I've got plenty of room for long gun maintenance in between each of my presses. PS Make sure you lag the L - brackets to studs in the wall. It's a pretty tall bench but so am I so it works well. If you need to you can pop the caps off of the posts and cut them down to whatever height you need and then just pop the caps back on. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe139 Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 How ever you build it make sure you fasten it to the wall so it don't shake around when you run your press. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chills1994 Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Here's the quickest, and easiest way I would recommend. Go to Home Depot and buy a 36" x 6'8" solid core door slab. There shouldn't be any hinge or knob cut outs in it and it should be about 50 bucks. Make sure it's a solid core. Then go over to the pool fencing and buy two 36" pre fabbed fence posts. They usually come in white or black powder coat and will have a flange on one end and a cap on the other. All you will need after that are 3 16 guage L - brackets you can get in the simpson tie area in the lumber section. Grab some lag bolts from hardware and you're all set. Just turn the "fence posts" upside down and use them for legs out front. Lag the L - brackets to the wall and set the door slab on top of them and the legs. It's a piece of cake to set up and it's solid. I've got plenty of room for long gun maintenance in between each of my presses. PS Make sure you lag the L - brackets to studs in the wall. It's a pretty tall bench but so am I so it works well. If you need to you can pop the caps off of the posts and cut them down to whatever height you need and then just pop the caps back on. Hope this helps. A solid core door may actually have a core made up out of particle board, so you might have to reinforce the underside with really big washers or a steel plate. What I would like to try one of these days is two gas pipe floor flanges screwed or bolted to the underside of whatever benchtop near the front edge. Then a 2X4 screwed to the wall. Then some 1 inch diamater or larger gas pipes screwed into the floor flanges. Those pipes could be 3 feet long and act as the front legs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoyGlock Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 As for the height of the bench, for me its the critical part. In my 550, my arm (w/ the handle/lever) must be fully stretched on the lever's lowest position. Otherwise it becomes strenous in long hrs of reloading. If bench is too low, shoulder will dip to reach that lowest stroke, if too high shoulder will lift. Both conditions not stress-free for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EkuJustice Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 I have a very small one I built with 2 2x4s hooked together for legs, and a shelf at the bottom. Had very little space and with the weight on the shelf from the bullets and brass it dosent move when loading. Bolting it to the wall wasnt an option as I have it in an apartment so that wouldnt go over well. I have enough room for the Dillon and a single stage I use for resizing and can remove as needed to have the other side free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matrix68 Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 A quick trip to Home Depot or Lowe's...found a "damaged" kitchen/bathroom cabinet for $35 (two door and drawer model). Then went to the counter top section...found a scratch and dent top for $25 that was 5 ft...which provided plenty of overhang to mount the press. Purchased a few screws/mounting hardware...and I was out the door with a reloading bench (some assembly required, batteries not included) for well under a $100. Works great...with plenty of storage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorris Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 (edited) Here is the one I am in the middle of. 3/4" box tube in a 5" truss built to fit along two walls in my reloading room. It will have 1/8" steel top and shelf along the bottom. The feet are 1.5" box tube with adjustable poly feet. Edited December 22, 2011 by jmorris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chills1994 Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Are you going to powder coat that too? Nice! My idea about using the gas pipe floor flanges and gas pipe for the legs is that there is some adjustability in the legs for height if you need to level it . The others thing you can do is drill and tap endcaps. Then screw in bolts to act like leveler feet. I still have my original free standing reloading bench that I built back in 1995. I built it at the military base's wood shop using mortise and tenon joinery. The top is just glued up 2 by 4's. I used a router and a round nose bit to plow a gutter s out a half inch in from the edge. It keeps stuff from rolling off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorris Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 I'll paint it with hammer tone when I am done. The legs are drilled and taped the polypro pads on the levelers are so I don't mess up the wood floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoobb Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 (edited) I went with the gas pipe flanges and pipe. Very easy and very strong. These pics were from when I was still applying polyurethane. The other pic is a gas pipe flange with 2 pieces of wood to add an extra little height. I have since added some shelves to the rear. The top is 2 sheets of 3/4" cabinet grade plywood laminated together. 66" x 27" It's also nice that you can unscrew the legs and there is no wobble. I also ended up painting the flanges black along with the legs, makes it look a lot better Edited December 22, 2011 by Scoobb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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