reloading bench

[DAB]

shooting buddy asked for some help, got me some basic dimensions (has to fit in a certain spot in a smaller apt), and so i went shopping and cutting today.

 

top done, then attach some legs.  still need to make a lower shelf as well as a set of upper, shallow shelves.  that's for another day.

 

it's already pretty heavy, so i'll take the legs back off for delivery, and also detach the lower shelf from the legs.  screw gun is all you need to put it back together.

[lew]

Looks real sturdy.

[DAB]

6 minutes ago, lew said:

Looks real sturdy.

it is.  based on my shop work tables, which i have a lot of experience with, but the front piece is a 4x4, with notches for the legs to fit into.  the user wants to mount a single stage reloading press, so need a 4x4 to mount that to.  have experience with that as well on my own reloading bench.  top is double thickness 3/4 ply, with 1/8" hardboard to finish it off (just loose for now).

 

[lew]

Hardboard "veneer" makes cleanup easy.

[Grandpadave52]

Should serve the purpose quite well and be robust enough for a reloading press. Easier to build than move. Hope there's a service elevator unless it's a 1st floor unit. Even then, I wouldn't be much help moving it far. I struggle moving 1/2 sheet of 3/4" ply.

[Gerald]

@DAB do you have a plan for a shooting bench. We built a berm at my sons place and now need a bench.

Thanks

[DAB]

No plan. The best are made of concrete sitting on a concrete pad. Can use CMUs for legs. Never rot. 

[DAB]

top removed temporarily, bottom shelf figured out.  will remove legs for transport.

 

 

[DAB]

Delivered and in use. 

[Grandpadave52]

WOW that didn't take long.

Fits like a glove too.

[Gerald]

Great look and nice to have a window where you work

[DAB]

did a little math this morning, at 55 pounds/cubic foot for dry pine, this bench should weigh about 215 pounds before you start putting things on it.  it's not going anywhere.