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Posted: 7/13/2014 10:41:49 AM EDT
Well, Finally got tired of my old desk, and went to the Merc for some lumber. Settled on a 4' x 6' x 42" L shaped bench. Here is the pic as of this morning, still have some finishing to do and finish up bracing up the bottom and adding some shelves. Will also be building a wall on the back of the 4' section for shelves/peg board/ lighting. What do you guys think?
The top is 3/4 Burch Veneer ply. |
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Very nice!
I might would make one change though... Unless you plan on mounting the press on a "strong mount", if you plan on mounting directly to the bench you will want a lip. Most presses go slightly past 90 degrees on the down stroke and will hit the bench if you don't (1) mount it far enough forward or (2) have a lip. I also recommend drilling various holes at defined increments along the length and mounting your press and other equipment to blocks of wood with the same length holes. This allows you to mount any piece of equipment anywhere on your bench by just choosing different holes. To do this, you will also need a lip so that you can run a bolt through the holes. Hope that makes sense.... Nice bench though, post up the final pics! Edit: not a great pic, but you can see the lip and the holes. You'll notice I have a shelf under my bench that I keep the pressed mounted on when not using them. The shelf also has holes lined up so I just move it, line up the holes, and bolt it down with wing nuts. 
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Figure out where you want to put anything that bolts down and add some cross-members under the top to line up with the bolt holes. Get longer bolts to go all the way through the bench top and the 2x4 below to add strength. good advice, hadn't thought of that. |
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Quoted: Guys need some ideas on storage. Just got a bunch more stuff from school, Honing stone, files, etc. Need storage! What are some ideas? Drawers? I'm planning on building some shelves, but I would like to be able to keep stuff somewhat protected  Drawers,  Shelf's and cupboards. I'm of the opinion the bench top should be 1 1/2 inches thick. Much less chance of flex. Construction should be glued and screwed. Lag bolted to wall studs. This bench was build in 1998, my 6th reloading bench. I moved a lot when I was in the Navy.  With all of that, I still added a 3/16 inch thick steel plate below my Rockchucker.
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Very nice! I plan on doing something very similar. Did you get the t track from rockeler? What are your thoughts on it? Sorry for the slight hijack. The T track was made by rockler but I picked it up from a local woodworking supply store. I like the T track a lot, it makes a smaller reloading space a lot more flexible being able to relocate things at will. |
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<a href="http://s250.photobucket.com/user/dryflash3/media/Bench/P8150517.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg272/dryflash3/Bench/P8150517.jpg</a> Drawers, <a href="http://s250.photobucket.com/user/dryflash3/media/Bench/IMG_0316.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg272/dryflash3/Bench/IMG_0316.jpg</a> Shelf's and cupboards. I'm of the opinion the bench top should be 1 1/2 inches thick. Much less chance of flex. Construction should be glued and screwed. Lag bolted to wall studs. This bench was build in 1998, my 6th reloading bench. I moved a lot when I was in the Navy. <a href="http://s250.photobucket.com/user/dryflash3/media/Bench/PC020631.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg272/dryflash3/Bench/PC020631.jpg</a> With all of that, I still added a 3/16 inch thick steel plate below my Rockchucker. Quoted:
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Guys need some ideas on storage. Just got a bunch more stuff from school, Honing stone, files, etc. Need storage! What are some ideas? Drawers? I'm planning on building some shelves, but I would like to be able to keep stuff somewhat protected Drawers, <a href="http://s250.photobucket.com/user/dryflash3/media/Bench/IMG_0316.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg272/dryflash3/Bench/IMG_0316.jpg</a> Shelf's and cupboards. I'm of the opinion the bench top should be 1 1/2 inches thick. Much less chance of flex. Construction should be glued and screwed. Lag bolted to wall studs. This bench was build in 1998, my 6th reloading bench. I moved a lot when I was in the Navy. <a href="http://s250.photobucket.com/user/dryflash3/media/Bench/PC020631.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg272/dryflash3/Bench/PC020631.jpg</a> With all of that, I still added a 3/16 inch thick steel plate below my Rockchucker. I like the plate on the underside... Don't think my bench needs anymore stiffness as it is already three layers of laminated 3/4" MDF, but it is still getting filed in my ideas folder. |
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I didn't know how until I started building them myself. A table saw makes the process much easier. Quoted:
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thanks guys. Now to decide on building my own drawers(never done it before) or to get some from a warn out chest. A table saw makes the process much easier. Yeah, ive been debating on picking one up. Now i have an excuse:) |
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