I've read a few posts in the past, and I have a workbench for my guns. So I put together a list of wants for my reloading bench.
72x36 was my size limit. I had ordered one online, but the benchtop and the legs were never delivered and the company kicked its delivery date out to march 30th. I revised my plan.
I picked up some workbench legs off amazon, some adjustable feet (due here the 12th), and bought some wood from home depot. I ordered some hardware from grainger to mount the benchtop to the legs. What I will end up with is 72 long by 39 wide, by 3 inches thick top. With a metal surround, a shelf with power strips, and a light.
Some photos of what I picked up and the progress made.
Two 23/32 pieces of plywood to be cut down to 72x39, and one 1.5" thick 72x39 birch butcher block.
Testing to see how I want the amazon leg placement to go. Don't mind the paint colors, we are about to repaint the downstairs.
Squaring up the legs with a brace and a piece of steel to mount on the first piece of sized plywood. My Springer is at the door hoping I will go out and toss her frisbee.
So the legs will be attached to that piece of 3/4 by 1/2 by 13 flat head bolts.
Not shown here as my phone died. Is the top butcher block attached to the first piece of 3/4 ply. I squared it up, and clamped it down. I pre-drilled and countersunk my holes in the ply to attach the two together.
This is the bottom of the butcher block.
I removed the butcher block and its mated 3/4 and predrilled the bottom 3/4 to line up with the second sheet.
The plan for today is to take the sheets back apart. Mount the middle section of 3/4 ply to the top, and then mount it to the leg section. From there I can mock up the installation of the side rails, shelf, power rail, and light. Once that is done, I have to clean my office to get the dam thing to fit in here. Once the office is clean, I will disassemble it all, bring it in and reassemble it. There is no way it will make it through the door, so it has to come into the room in parts.
During reassembly, the bottom of the butcher block will be glued to its mated section of plywood. The screws in the ply will hold it together tightly. when it is dry, the leg section of ply, and bottom of the butcher will be glued together using their screws to pull everything tight.
When all the parts are dry, I can mount the sides, shelf, and light. From there it is a matter of figuring out how I want to design the lower shelf system.
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I mocked up the upper portion of the bench today. I have a lot of finish work to do, but it is ready for me to clean my office tomorrow and move in here Saturday or Sunday.
How the legs are mounted. The 2/3 inch bolts hold the bottom 3/4 ply to the legs. the torx screws hold the middle ply to the bottom. (mostly there to keep things as square as possible while I get everything screwed together.
Here it is with the tops on and a couple of screws holding it in place.
I was able to mount the shelf and the light along with the side fairings. They are held in place. I don't want to drill the final holes until I have the whole thing glued together.
With the light on
And finally, the test fit with all the xxxx off of it for now.
Going to use these for 32 H&R mag and save my 100 gr for .327 Fed Mag. Shoot some…
