Needing a smaller reloading bench.

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Wife and I are moving to a new house and getting fid of our two story monster. As a result my office/ man cave is smaller. I need to reduce the size of my reloading/gun cleaning area from a table 60 inches wide 30 inches deep two something much smaller. I have a Steelcase decked I will use for the cleaning gun work but cant mount the Lee Classic Turret on it. I looked at the Lee reloading stand and it is two small. I was looking at som thing in the 36WX24D or 24X24 range. I looked at the Edsal Model # WT243630 machine table thinking it might work.

https://www.grainger.com/search?searchB ... 3+WT243630

Might make my own using 2X4 lumber and butcher block .

So what have y'all seen or done that might meet the need?
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Re: Needing a smaller reloading bench.

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I just built a 24x36 bench that lives in a closet under the stairs (the Harry Potter reloading room :lol: ) using the National Reloading Manufacturers Ass'n plan. I haven't yet built the cabinet. Legs are 2x 2x4 instead of 4x4 and the top and shelf are 3/4 plywood.

So far it's working fine for a Lee single stage press when loading .223 and .308. Keeping heavy stuff on the bottom shelf is good enough(tm), but a couple of lag bolts into wall studs would be better.

https://www.shotgunsportsmagazine.com/d ... _plans.pdf

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AndyH wrote:I just built a 24x36 bench that lives in a closet under the stairs (the Harry Potter reloading room
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) using the National Reloading Manufacturers Ass'n plan. I haven't yet built the cabinet. Legs are 2x 2x4 instead of 4x4 and the top and shelf are 3/4 plywood.

So far it's working fine for a Lee single stage press when loading .223 and .308. Keeping heavy stuff on the bottom shelf is good enough(tm), but a couple of lag bolts into wall studs would be better.

https://www.shotgunsportsmagazine.com/d ... _plans.pdf

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We'll be moving in a month and are finally getting a garage again. I'm planning on building a reloading bench sort of similar to the one in the plans.

Depending on the exact space available it'll either be 4x2 or 5x2 feet and instead of cabinets I'll build a top shelf for powder and primers and a rack to fit the turrets from my Classic Turret into since I'm getting quite the assortment of calibers. Have both a turret and a progressive that I'll need space for.

Bottom shelf will be for brass and bullets which will also help weigh it down.
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After looking at many different tables, workbenches, etc. I have decided to go with a DIY table/workbench. Since I got rid of most my wood working stuff like my table saw after my back problems and surgery. I wanted to keep it simple.

http://diydoneright.com/projects/garage ... ork-table/
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.-Huxley
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." ~ Louis Brandeis,

Re: Needing a smaller reloading bench.

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TrueTexan wrote:After looking at many different tables, workbenches, etc. I have decided to go with a DIY table/workbench. Since I got rid of most my wood working stuff like my table saw after my back problems and surgery. I wanted to keep it simple.

http://diydoneright.com/projects/garage ... ork-table/
Double up on the 2x4s for the legs, you want this to be a flex free table. All presses whether they are single stage or progressive work best on a flex free surface. Figure out a way to attach it to the wall so it won't feel tippy.

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