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Reloading
Guys, I’d like some help and suggestions
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<blockquote data-quote="BillR" data-source="post: 185372" data-attributes="member: 462"><p><strong>Just a thought</strong></p><p></p><p>I've been reloading for over 30 years and I always liked the idea of reloading sitting down in a regular chair but found that I always needed to stand up or at least get into a position that I could exzert more preassure on the reloading handle. So over the years I have finally ended up with a reloading bench that is at waist level which makes it really hard to reload from a standard chair. What is does do is make it very easy to reload from a bar stool height. So now I have a swivel bar stool with a back on it so I can lean back if need be but still sit a bit more normal and able to reach things. I also set the front of the bench top out away from the base cabinet enough that bolts for the press can be accesable without going inside the cabinet. This I did by making a 12"W X 14" deep X 2" thick press base. It can be set out about 4"s from the base top and screwed right to the top and easily removed if needed. The reloader is mounted on top of that. Its easy to clean up around and keeps things away from the reloader and can handle the preassures of resizing even the largest cases. The rest of the bench actually looks like standard kitchen cabinet base and upper cabinets except that their built from 3/4" plywood and varnished. The base cabinet top is made from 2 layers of 3/4" plywood and its also varnished. There is also a 6"HX6"D shelf at the back of the top of the cabinet base. Great place to keep things like shell head holder boards and other small things a person needs and don't want to have rolling around in the clutter. The actual length of mine was 24' with room on either end for garbage can's, cleaning rod rack, and the back wall on each end had peg board. The bench also had two vises. One with leather covered wood jaws for holding stocks and the other a standard 6" vise. This was all made to fit my needs and I'm sure yours will be a bit different. So make it your own when finished.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BillR, post: 185372, member: 462"] [b]Just a thought[/b] I've been reloading for over 30 years and I always liked the idea of reloading sitting down in a regular chair but found that I always needed to stand up or at least get into a position that I could exzert more preassure on the reloading handle. So over the years I have finally ended up with a reloading bench that is at waist level which makes it really hard to reload from a standard chair. What is does do is make it very easy to reload from a bar stool height. So now I have a swivel bar stool with a back on it so I can lean back if need be but still sit a bit more normal and able to reach things. I also set the front of the bench top out away from the base cabinet enough that bolts for the press can be accesable without going inside the cabinet. This I did by making a 12"W X 14" deep X 2" thick press base. It can be set out about 4"s from the base top and screwed right to the top and easily removed if needed. The reloader is mounted on top of that. Its easy to clean up around and keeps things away from the reloader and can handle the preassures of resizing even the largest cases. The rest of the bench actually looks like standard kitchen cabinet base and upper cabinets except that their built from 3/4" plywood and varnished. The base cabinet top is made from 2 layers of 3/4" plywood and its also varnished. There is also a 6"HX6"D shelf at the back of the top of the cabinet base. Great place to keep things like shell head holder boards and other small things a person needs and don't want to have rolling around in the clutter. The actual length of mine was 24' with room on either end for garbage can's, cleaning rod rack, and the back wall on each end had peg board. The bench also had two vises. One with leather covered wood jaws for holding stocks and the other a standard 6" vise. This was all made to fit my needs and I'm sure yours will be a bit different. So make it your own when finished. [/QUOTE]
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