My reloading bench!

If you suspect the bench could get tippy on you, just put something sturdy from under the lower shelf to the floor.
By the time you fill up that shelf with the weight of bullets and stuff, it probably won't even need that.
 
I'm not terribly worried about it... Just would be nice to have a countermeasure in place

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If you use it as such, you will like the island design that gives you access to all sides of the bench. In the pic the rug plays an equal role in the system.

All the vertical stress is directly over the upright. The bench is rock solid and no natural force on the press lever causes the bench to move. Tieing the presses together with a steel plate spanning the uprights helps a lot in this regard.

 
flashhole said:
If you use it as such, you will like the island design that gives you access to all sides of the bench. In the pic the rug plays an equal role in the system.

All the vertical stress is directly over the upright. The bench is rock solid and no natural force on the press lever causes the bench to move. Tieing the presses together with a steel plate spanning the uprights helps a lot in this regard.

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I like the idea of the press being over the upright... Maybe I'll put a post where I want the press... I'd rather design the bench around where I want the press, then make the bench dictate where the press goes

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Costly-ish error #1
Used Stainless Steel bolts, without anti-seize and torqued them, knowing I'd need to remove them... More than half have already seized... Almost 40 bucks in hardware, gone

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I sit at a 5'+ x 2.5' desk I got for free . Added a second desk to the room a short time later which I also got for free . It came with drawers as well

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In fact all the furniture was obtained for free or repurposed . I did add melomine shelves that were not all that cheep but again the supports were free .
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Clark said:
There is gauling with stainless steel.
I got a used air powered roto hammer [Rockwell 1/2 inch drive air impact wrench] used on ebay for $15.
That really gets things apart.

To fix the gaulled male threads
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BOAU32/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_2
To fix the female threads

For female threads, this kind of tool
https://www.amazon.com/Vermont-American-20076-2-Inch-Machine/dp/B000FKF6SG/
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I think my issue is more with seizing/stretching of the steel. The file and tap would be great if I could get them apart. I get about a half turn out then it would lock up.

Also, I'm using wrenches, so speed isn't a factor
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After working maintenance in the food industry for a long time what you describe was a everyday occurrence. All of us consistently carried a die grinder with a cut off wheel. Everything we touched was SS including plumbing.
 
kmw1954 said:
After working maintenance in the food industry for a long time what you describe was a everyday occurrence. All of us consistently carried a die grinder with a cut off wheel. Everything we touched was SS including plumbing.
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Yeah, I'm not doing ss again... Just looked up on fastenal's website... Grade 8 coated bolts are cheaper than the ss crap

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 so speed isn't a factor

I think he was talking about the vibration to get things apart.Also use some good lubricant spray.
 
Nice benches shown. LOL, my bench is an old cast iron topped table saw that I have under a covered parking area of my home. I can clamp my two presses on to the extensions on table saw top and do what I need to do. Have used this set up for years.
 
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 so speed isn't a factor

I think he was talking about the vibration to get things apart.Also use some good lubricant spray.
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From what I've heard, is that the ss bolt and washer cold weld themselves together. Also, tightening them rubs off the oxide layer that acts as a rust prevention. So using something like an air wench would cause that to happen almost immediately. Slowing down rpm is supposed to help. That is coming from a bolt manufacturer.

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roncwarren said:
Home Depot has a great workbench for $75

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What's the fun in that?? Anyway, even after hardware and buying 3/4 plywood I'll probably be under 75.

Now... Anyone know of a good flexible, sandable wood filler? The current top is so uneven, I want to flatten it, and it's either spend a week sanding the damn thing (using 36 and 60 grit) or spend 150 bucks on 2 gallons wood epoxy...

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Buy a solid core door, mount it to the table frame and finish it, or glue some laminate flooring on it after you mount it. That's what I did.
 
I was thinking about benches and got an old 75 pound Columbian 604 1/2 vise off ebay 4 days ago.

Today I painted it with Brownells Aluma hyde II.

This is a waste of time, I should be getting ready for hunting.
 

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Clark said:
I was thinking about benches and got an old 75 pound Columbian 604 1/2 vise off ebay 4 days ago.

Today I painted it with Brownells Aluma hyde II.

This is a waste of time, I should be getting ready for hunting.
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Lol want to hear about a waste of time? I want to level and flatten the "sub floor" of my bench. The current top that is getting the final top. That... Is a waste of time lol

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She's in her home!! Had to take the top off and a couple doors off their hinges ,and I'll have to patch a door trim, but she's home!

P. S. 100 points for the person that knows what the flag on the wall is

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