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I've been following a thread on www.ar-15 in which people have been showing there reloading benches. I'm absolutely blown away at some of their set-ups. I only have a limited amount of useable space left downstairs so I offer my meager set up to start this off.View attachment 267321 View attachment 267320 currently have to swap out the press when I want to load shotgun, it's on another MDF tray like the one for the turret press.********** Before you flame me I looked back in my search for a post like this and nothing came up in a recent posting.
 

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I’m with the others. It’s a little messy right now. Never know I moved to a much larger space only 6 my tha ago.
 
I finished building the first 2/3 of mine. (Remaining: right-side bench that will come back to form a 'U', to hold extra presses not in use. Locked ammo storage below lower central reloading part for stability. Lower shelving. Probably finishing. It's presently on pressure treated 2x4s that I will anchor in concrete floor to which I will attach the 4x4 posts.)

Lower tier is about 32", upper is about 4.5" above that.

I will probably cut back the upper tier a bit on the right when I get my Dillon, it will mount on the right hand side of the lower tier, affixed permanently for stability. If I (improbably) find I need more support, I'll put in some steel cross rods to the 4x4s.

Vague layout will be cleaning and case processing on left bench, 1 or 2 switchable "bays" on lower tier then the Dillon on the right most side of lower tier.

The switchable bays: the lower tier gets another 1/2" hardwood ply mounting board on top of it, which will be cut into sections, so I can mount various presses to it and swap them around if I need. In the back (that you can't see) is a 2x4 that will hold it fixed in the rear, and I'll mount some clamps to sandwich it down.

Tape measure on bench is set at 6' for scale.
 

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I finished building the first 2/3 of mine. (Remaining: right-side bench that will come back to form a 'U', to hold extra presses not in use. Locked ammo storage below lower central reloading part for stability. Lower shelving. Probably finishing. It's presently on pressure treated 2x4s that I will anchor in concrete floor to which I will attach the 4x4 posts.)

Lower tier is about 32", upper is about 4.5" above that.

I will probably cut back the upper tier a bit on the right when I get my Dillon, it will mount on the right hand side of the lower tier, affixed permanently for stability. If I (improbably) find I need more support, I'll put in some steel cross rods to the 4x4s.

Vague layout will be cleaning and case processing on left bench, 1 or 2 switchable "bays" on lower tier then the Dillon on the right most side of lower tier.

The switchable bays: the lower tier gets another 1/2" hardwood ply mounting board on top of it, which will be cut into sections, so I can mount various presses to it and swap them around if I need. In the back (that you can't see) is a 2x4 that will hold it fixed in the rear, and I'll mount some clamps to sandwich it down.

Tape measure on bench is set at 6' for scale.

Looks really nice, but WAY too organized
 
My buddy had this area under his deck. We walled it in and made a little shop. We both had dillon 550s, so we decided to pool resources. On the right we have a trim setup for 223 and 308. That has a wall switch controlled vacuum and electric trimmer. We also ran a compressed air line, which comes in handy when powder gets spilled on the shell plate.


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does anyone know what this is?
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Yeah I heard about that mystical thing called bench top, finally found some. I vaguely remember seeing some when I installed the bench
I can't find mine right now either. I've been going in and out of my gun room all winter looking for various things. It looks like it got tossed by the cops. Well, maybe its not that bad.
 
Damn - I’m jealous of these setups. I can’t wait for some consistently warm weather so I can strip out the mess that is my garage and start over.
 
Ok I'll play. You guys probably need a chuckle.

Lee loader set for 38/357 cost me $30. All in with the Dipper set, calipers, digital scale, case lube and hammer....... total investment is about $80. I only reload 38 and 357 and I got it down pat now so I can load 50 rounds in about 45 minutes. How ghetto is that?!?! But I do load a 100 to 150 rounds a week to screw around at the range with and shoot plates. When Im making a batch I get into it! Totally relaxing.

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