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Homemade reloading benchtop material?
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<blockquote data-quote="birdiemc" data-source="post: 1791126" data-attributes="member: 29632"><p>I don't have progressive presses, but I have my press screwed to the top of a crappy old desk that my dad gave me. I screwed it down with deck screws. It works just fine. You dont have to go crazy, like many have said a sheet of plywood with some lumber below for a frame is sufficient. But you can certainly make it nicer if you want to.</p><p>With the tools you have on hand, you could easily get some 5/4 hardwood, buy S4S so its planed and straight sawn for you already, no need for a table saw. You can glue the boards together edge to edge to make your top. Then make the frame of the same. Legs can be 3 pieces glued together to create a big beefy leg, or could be 2 pieces glued in an L shape, pocket screws are your friend. Get a $12 keg pocket screw jig and screw and glue it all together where your screws will be hidden, but they'll also be stronger joint because you're not screwing into end grain. Once the whole thing is built, sand to your liking and stain or seal...have fun with it.</p><p>I built my dining table, coffee table, and breakfast table this way, except I bought rough sawn cuz i have a planer and table saw. Everything else as I described. Where I live I could buy the material to build a very nice looking bench for under $100 for oak, walnut, or cherry...depending on the size of course.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="birdiemc, post: 1791126, member: 29632"] I don't have progressive presses, but I have my press screwed to the top of a crappy old desk that my dad gave me. I screwed it down with deck screws. It works just fine. You dont have to go crazy, like many have said a sheet of plywood with some lumber below for a frame is sufficient. But you can certainly make it nicer if you want to. With the tools you have on hand, you could easily get some 5/4 hardwood, buy S4S so its planed and straight sawn for you already, no need for a table saw. You can glue the boards together edge to edge to make your top. Then make the frame of the same. Legs can be 3 pieces glued together to create a big beefy leg, or could be 2 pieces glued in an L shape, pocket screws are your friend. Get a $12 keg pocket screw jig and screw and glue it all together where your screws will be hidden, but they'll also be stronger joint because you're not screwing into end grain. Once the whole thing is built, sand to your liking and stain or seal...have fun with it. I built my dining table, coffee table, and breakfast table this way, except I bought rough sawn cuz i have a planer and table saw. Everything else as I described. Where I live I could buy the material to build a very nice looking bench for under $100 for oak, walnut, or cherry...depending on the size of course. [/QUOTE]
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