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Home Made Bench

Posted: 24 May 2016 10:01
by Bravo1
Here's my home made bench I had to make due to the bottom of my garage not being flush with the wall.

The Lee Progressive Press with the Inlinefabrication mount which raises the press by 9 inches.
Great investment since it is made of sturdy steel that doesn't flex the table at all.
Along with this, I also got their rolling handle which replaced the wooden ball.

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Found the plans online and only cost me $100 for all the parts and a few hours over the weekend.

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Picture of the garage floor. Because of this 4 inch concrete base, nothing will sit flush against the wall if it's placed on the floor. I had to move the legs in on my reloading bench so that it was flush and nothing rolled off the back of the bench.

Re: Home Made Bench

Posted: 24 May 2016 11:52
by Ohio3Wheels
Nice bench and yep it's annoying when stuff rolls off the back side. :x

Make smoke,

Re: Home Made Bench

Posted: 24 May 2016 17:00
by GasGuzzler
Kudos. That's a well built bench. I'm glad you're honest and didn't say it cost $18.72 and took 43 minutes to build.

I'm thinking about getting a large sheet of stainless to put on one of my benches.

Re: Home Made Bench

Posted: 24 May 2016 20:16
by 62chevy
Nice looking bench and setup !!!! But you can tell you haven't done much reloading, it's way to neat. lol.

Re: Home Made Bench

Posted: 24 May 2016 22:57
by Bravo1
Haha! Very true! I just loaded 200 rounds 9mm tonight so I'm getting there. :D

Needless to say, it got a little messy when the primer feed got jammed and powder stared to trickle all over!

Re: Home Made Bench

Posted: 25 May 2016 14:12
by Ranch Dog
Looks great!

Re: Home Made Bench

Posted: 26 May 2016 14:44
by MoMan
Nice looking bench ya' got there. Now make it dirty will ya'??

Re: Home Made Bench

Posted: 27 May 2016 13:23
by Old Scribe
A neat looking reloading bench is the sign of a sick mind. Welcome to the rest of us "sick minds"! :lol:

Re: Home Made Bench

Posted: 28 May 2016 09:26
by Bravo1
I think it's my OCD that makes me want to keep a clean bench. I reloaded another 100 rounds of .45ACP last night and had to wipe down the press, workbench and then shop-vac to make sure I got every fleck of powder!

Re: Home Made Bench

Posted: 29 May 2016 04:03
by GasGuzzler
Careful with the vacuum and gun powder. There's an old wives tale about electric spark from the brushes and windings setting off powder. Doubt it's possible unless you're trying to clean up a pound.