Reloading / work bench?

[55fairlane]

I purchased this bench, steal frame, butcher block top, work light,ect.......all together in one package.
One must put some thought into storage. Where are you going to keep your die sets?tools? Powder? Ect.

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[Brandon]

I like idea A personally.

 

[gregkl]

Built the NRMA reloading bench many years ago when lumber was cheap:

“The design is a large, versatile bench with a full set of enclosed overhead cabinets. A National Reloading Manufacturers Association (NRMA) design, this bench requires many hours to build, but it will house all your reloading gear and provide a very stable platform for your presses. This bench was designed to be as versatile as possible to meet the needs of most reloaders. However, the bench design can easily be customized.”
I made mine a couple inches taller and modified how the center shelves opened, but otherwise mostly followed the plans.

I have the plans for that and was highly considering it but I already had built something similar to the top section so I decided to use what I had. It's a pretty timeless design in my opinion.

 

[44blam]

If you like the Husky - Harbor Freight Tools has a similar one for ½ the price

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I bought the harbor freight one with the cabinet style doors for my casting cart. So my molds, pot, etc are in it and I push it outside when I want to cast. I've got a covered area with a ceiling fan that is just about perfect...

 

[Brandon]

I have the hf one as well, yukon. Its actually a really nice box for the price vs husky or cobalt.

 

[gregkl]

Here's a picture of my reloading and gun cleaning bench. It's not set up for loading since I ran out of primers in early 2022. The press is on a board that bolts to the top when I am using it. Otherwise it's down below out of the way.

It's not super organized right now since I haven't been loading for about a year now, but I do clean my guns there and work on them.

 

[ranger391xt]

A few years back I purchased a couple of base cabinets from Purdue Salvage that came out of a science lab.They are taller and deeper than regular kitchen cabinets. I set them so they were 8 foot end to end, put a couple shelves between them and made a top from 3/4" plywood and 2 x 6's. Quite sturdy and lots of storage, but somehow still not enough.

 

[crewchief888]

i built both of my benches. reloading bench on the left was built 25 years ago, 2X4 & 4X4 construction. at the time it was cheaper to build it myself. bench on the right was built using leftover/scrap lumber. vertical gun rack was also built from scrap/leftover wood i had laying around.

 

[Jarvitron]

Cheapest workbench I ever built was two short filing cabinets gotten for free off the street and a solid core door bolted to them for the top. Worked great for seated reloading work.