Reloading benches

Reloading benches#26339

By hayes1966 - Mon Jan 16, 2012 6:52 pm

- Mon Jan 16, 2012 6:52 pm #26339

Here are some older pics of my setup. It has changed slightly since these were taken.

Last edited by hayes1966 on Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:36 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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#26342

By GreggAndrews - Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:18 pm

- Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:18 pm #26342

Soo... I take it we can't smoke around the bench.

Very nice setup. Mine for now, is just a rickety old oak dresser.

Sometimes you just have to Cowboy Up.

#26344

By newguy - Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:30 pm

- Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:30 pm #26344

The more I sit at mine. The more I find I didn't make it big enough. Guess it will have to do for now. Found myself a 3 bin rolling storage thing up in attic today. Using that to store powder and heads and dies and stuff. So I am not so crowded on the top.

#26347

By GreggAndrews - Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:42 pm

- Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:42 pm #26347

I had some square tubing that I'm welding up to make a table. I'm figuring over six feet long & four feet deep.

I want the ENTIRE thing to be a self contained unit; everything on one bench...

(And the steel tube as thick as it is, will allow me to really crank on the press for case forming/sizing.)

Sometimes you just have to Cowboy Up.

#26360

By newguy - Mon Jan 16, 2012 8:19 pm

- Mon Jan 16, 2012 8:19 pm #26360

I started out only having limited space but now that i am dissembling my Bel Air in basement i will bring my bench down starts and expand it. Got half the car apart have someone coming over to buy some of the parts this week i hate to part with it but it been in basement 3 years now

#26361

By GreggAndrews - Mon Jan 16, 2012 8:30 pm

- Mon Jan 16, 2012 8:30 pm #26361

Hey man, it sucks I know.

We had a 1966 Fairlane... K-code 289 good for 271hp. FUN car to drive, even though it was a maroon four door.

Wish we never got rid of it, but it sat in the yard... (though I still have the motor... dune buggy, anyone?)

Sometimes you just have to Cowboy Up.

#30723

By GreggAndrews - Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:48 am

- Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:48 am #30723

Well, here it is. Welded up from rectangular tubing & painted. Salvaged 1'' plywood top bolted through the tubing.

Sometimes you just have to Cowboy Up.

#30746

By Mike_Diako - Tue Mar 06, 2012 9:11 am

- Tue Mar 06, 2012 9:11 am #30746

Nice looking setups. I'm in the middle of setting up my reloading area again since I moved. I'll take some pics soon.

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#30749

By JohnFH - Tue Mar 06, 2012 9:42 am

- Tue Mar 06, 2012 9:42 am #30749

Work in progress, I have added since this picture

Brass processing

#30753

By Mopar - Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:13 am

- Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:13 am #30753

Damn neatniks!

Guess I need to straighten up a bit before I take any pics of mine.

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#30754

By GreggAndrews - Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:15 am

- Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:15 am #30754

Well, way to show all of us with our dinkly little single stage presses up...

Sometimes you just have to Cowboy Up.

#30759

By JohnFH - Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:32 am

- Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:32 am #30759

Damn neatniks!

I didn't straighten up before I took pictures, should I have?

#30768

By Mopar - Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:18 pm

- Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:18 pm #30768

JohnFH wrote:
Damn neatniks!
I didn't straighten up before I took pictures, should I have?

You didn't? Looks way neater then my bench, heh.

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#30769

By GixerJockey - Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:46 pm

- Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:46 pm #30769

John... How do you like that LEE Progressive 1000 press? Any pitfalls? I haven't used one, but I have the opportunity to grab three of them on the cheap (estate sale came in at NGX and we get first dibs), with dies. One .45, one .357/.38, and one 9mm.

I know they're not super high quality and I'm not expecting them to be like a $700+ Dillon. I just want to know if you're satisfied and if they get the job done. It would make my life soooo much easier to have progressive presses dedicated to the stuff I load most. (I'll probably set up the 9mm one for .40 and just leave it like that)

#30771

By JohnFH - Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:51 pm

- Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:51 pm #30771

I do the same thing, just leave them set up for 1 caliber, and have a bunch of them set up.

I loaded about 900 9mm on the 1000 last week, keep the primer feeder full and clean, it mis feeds once in a while, but you learn the "feel" and when it misses, you pull the case, throw it back in the feeder and keep going. I'm looking for another one actually.

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