Prospective reloading bench opinions sought

[njl]

I just got my RL550B, but I haven't quite figured out where I'm setting it up. The plan is to setup in a spare room, so the bench has to pass "wife approval" (i.e. not look rough like a 2x4 basics kit or crappy like I threw it together out of 2x6's and ply wood). I want to keep it reasonably small, but not cramped, and it's obviously got to be sturdy and heavy enough to stay put while operating the press.

I stopped by WoodYou the other day, and saw one of these

http://www.woodyou.com/products.php?pid=49...amp;detail=true

The shelves look a little flimsy (I could maybe beef them up if necessary), but the legs are 4x4s and the table top is solid wood, around 1" thick. The height looks as if it might work with the strong mount and me sitting on a counter height stool. I'd probably end up hanging some sort of shelves on the wall behind it for additional storage space.

Do you think it would work?

[h2osport]

The following is a great place to start. 33 pages of other peoples benches and reloading setups. Quite a few installed in closets where you can close the closet doors and nothing is seen. No matter what you do for a bench, you are probably going to have to attach it to the wall to make it stronger.

http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?...loading+benches

Randy

[BBoyle]

You could always build a nice sturdy bench and get one of those tri or quad fold things to hide it in the corner.