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Reloading
reloading bench for the room
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<blockquote data-quote="Timber338" data-source="post: 962228" data-attributes="member: 33822"><p>Whole family asleep so had some time to take some pics of my reloading desk. I rented apartments for over 10 years until I bought my own house, so I understand the limitations that puts on a reloading setup. The house I finally bought had an unfinished basement, so I was able to finish it myself and build a reloading desk into the far wall. The entire desk and all cabinets are made out of pine (very affordable) the front endcap is a 4x6, which my press mounts to, with 2x8's behind it until it reaches the wall (all pinned/glued together). I think I put on 8 coats of floor urethane to harden the pine. It is still pine, so it dings, but I think just gives it character. the entire surface anchored over an L-shaped 2x6 which has a handful of concrete anchors into the concrete wall/foundation behind it. As you can imagine it is quite sturdy, zero vibration during any press operations. Definitely overkill, but that's my style and it's going to give a lifetime of vibration free reloading. My best calculations show that it will hold up to a sherman tank rolling over it. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> </p><p></p><p>A few of the goodies I built in: </p><p></p><p>Underneath the desk I had room to build a lockable powder/primer storage box which has worked out very well. </p><p>If you look close to the backsplash wood above the desktop, at the far left I have a compressed air quick release valve which runs to a compressor I have in the storage area of the basement. Just to the right of that I have a vacuum fitting which runs to a shopvac which also sits in the storage area. electric outlets across the backsplash as well. Cabinet lights are mounted above the desk under the upper cabinets along with switches which turn on/off the air compressor and the vacuum. And the most recent addition which I am the most proud of, is the fancy black and decker toddler workbench that belongs to my 2 year old son. When I load bullets he hammers anything he can find at his own workbench. He helps me reload too... he's already good at FL resizing, and sometimes he gets to press bullets in too.</p><p></p><p>One of these days I need to get something other than a folding chair to sit on... but right now happy after I got a call from my gunsmith today... he's running a couple of months ahead of schedule and my 338 RUM is going to be ready in about 6 weeks. That's going to give me plenty of time to dial in a Berger 250 load and get in some good practice before elk season! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Timber338, post: 962228, member: 33822"] Whole family asleep so had some time to take some pics of my reloading desk. I rented apartments for over 10 years until I bought my own house, so I understand the limitations that puts on a reloading setup. The house I finally bought had an unfinished basement, so I was able to finish it myself and build a reloading desk into the far wall. The entire desk and all cabinets are made out of pine (very affordable) the front endcap is a 4x6, which my press mounts to, with 2x8's behind it until it reaches the wall (all pinned/glued together). I think I put on 8 coats of floor urethane to harden the pine. It is still pine, so it dings, but I think just gives it character. the entire surface anchored over an L-shaped 2x6 which has a handful of concrete anchors into the concrete wall/foundation behind it. As you can imagine it is quite sturdy, zero vibration during any press operations. Definitely overkill, but that's my style and it's going to give a lifetime of vibration free reloading. My best calculations show that it will hold up to a sherman tank rolling over it. :rolleyes: A few of the goodies I built in: Underneath the desk I had room to build a lockable powder/primer storage box which has worked out very well. If you look close to the backsplash wood above the desktop, at the far left I have a compressed air quick release valve which runs to a compressor I have in the storage area of the basement. Just to the right of that I have a vacuum fitting which runs to a shopvac which also sits in the storage area. electric outlets across the backsplash as well. Cabinet lights are mounted above the desk under the upper cabinets along with switches which turn on/off the air compressor and the vacuum. And the most recent addition which I am the most proud of, is the fancy black and decker toddler workbench that belongs to my 2 year old son. When I load bullets he hammers anything he can find at his own workbench. He helps me reload too... he's already good at FL resizing, and sometimes he gets to press bullets in too. One of these days I need to get something other than a folding chair to sit on... but right now happy after I got a call from my gunsmith today... he's running a couple of months ahead of schedule and my 338 RUM is going to be ready in about 6 weeks. That's going to give me plenty of time to dial in a Berger 250 load and get in some good practice before elk season! :D [/QUOTE]
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