One of the vendors of equipment my company sells told us to scrap some bins they had furnished us with their machines. These bins were made of extruded structural aluminum square tubing. This tubing uses special fittings to assemble and each bin had a set of high end casters on it. Crazy as it sounds this tubing and fittings were made in Portugal and the tubing costs almost $9'. I was able to make my reloading bench out of this tubing without making a single cut using all the lengths that were used on the bins. I had been given a 2' x 4' drop ceiling recessed lighting fixture which fit perfect on the aluminum tubing frame. A simple cord through a toggle switch turns the light on. The top is MDF with more structural tubing under for reinforcement. The shelves and bottom is particle board. Peg board makes up the back for tools and reloading accessories. Although the bench is actually light and rolls easily, it is sturdy and doesn't move at all when the wheels are locked and it is against the wall. Most of all this I had on hand the the bench cost me less than $75 less the reloading equipment. Using the Lee quick detach plates is making press changes quiet easy. They are not installed in the pictures yet. The Loadmaster is for .45 and the old 1000 is set up for both 9mm and .223. My son crimps the .223 when they come off the press. I posted a couple pictures of the bench and another half corked top bench for making my RC planes I also made.
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