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My mess for .308 and .223 (work area is fairly clean)
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im a bonehead
one last try with photo's
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Pete E
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I thought I'd say "Hi" from the other side of the pond...The houses over here tend to be smaller and usually lack basements, so you don't see sp many dedicated mancaves or reloading rooms.
My first reloading bench consisted of a donated office desk with a 3/4" MDF top. I bolted an old RCBS press with it and resized about four rounds before it broke!
The Mk2 was built from some 1 1/2" THICK kitchen counter top and a set of office draws, with the counter top being reinforced with a 3/4" thick 6" wide oak plank under the front lip.
The over all bench was small only 48 long by 20" deep but was ok for reloading just a couple of calibers. Its main draw back was that I built it too low..Its just about ok to use when siting in a standard office chair, but the lack of height always annoyed me.
The Mk 3 bench is below..It about 66" wide 24" deep and 36" high...Its about as big as I can go with the limited space I have in the spare bedroom where its situated.
Again, its made from mostly recycled office furnature, only the top has placed on a layer of 4"x2" for extra strength and the draw units are raised on "plynths" to get the required height.
The pic below shows it just after it was built and its a bit more crowded now. One of these days I will add some shelves or cupboards above it...
As I only reload for a handful of rifles, this set up is plenty big enough for me. One day i intend getting into casting, but for that I will have a seperate open fronted lean-to in the garden...
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Pete E.. That's a novel way to mount your press!!! It saves a little space, and at the same time, looks like a stronger mounting.... 
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Pete E
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3006 user wrote: That's a novel way to mount your press!!! It saves a little space, and at the same time, looks like a stronger mounting....
After i broke the edge of the top on my first bench, i came up with this idea thinking it would be stronger.
It took a little measuring to get it such that the handle would still operate properly, but it works well...
When I bought the RC for use on my current bench, I was a little dissapointed when I realised that the compound lever system meant I couldn't mount it the same way 
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Wow Some nice setups. I was lucky to confiscate a spare bedroom for my use, along with an old desk and table that I adapted. I don't have a lot of spare room, but it works well for me so far.
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Well mine is in an outside utility building, it is climate controlled(heat and ac). When I first got it I thought,damn just look at all this room, now I wonder where is that room!
I'm not posting any pictures until I organize it and get it uncluttered.
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Ok I will finally post a picture of my dungeon. Theres a versa mec , a rockchucker , and a lock n load AP. I handmade a powder thrower stand that gets it off my bench. My brass is on the bookshelves and primers and powder are in the old white microwave cart. The only new thing I have that is not in the pic is the hornady case prep center whick is mounted next to were my brass is on a steel pedastal bolted to the floor.
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I will post a photo soon. After looking at these great benches I want to add a couple tools and clean the dang thing up too!..lol
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These pictures are awesome! The next time my wife gives me grief about my setup, I'm whipping one of these babies out to show her how life could have been! When I get home, I'll grab my camera and add my modest bench setup to this fine display of craftmanship.
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Here's my setup
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well I guess I'll post a couple pics of my reloading room...of course I had to do a little cleaning after I saw how nice you guys keep your benches...Robin
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I was going to take a couple of photos of my bench after dinner tonight, but,.... the wife said I couldn't until after she cleared the dinner dishes.... .
I have my press mounted on a piece of counter top and I use it on my kitchen table.
Soooooo...do I envy you guys with all the nice bench space???? you betcha.....
Have a good one, Guy
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yes i have a mess lolz now if i can just post it lolz
dratz...i'll get it figured out yet ....remind me to study more on being geeky and less on ballistics
edit (again) here goes my 19 nervous breakdown .....
"Sorry, the attachment size is bigger than the maximum allowed (350000 bytes)."
tryin yet again lolz
[dratz] ... i know i know just get a fotobucket..ermm no
edit yet again lolz
 woot! left side then right side ! umm enjoy my mess it changes at least weekly lolz
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wow it wont let me put two in the above much edited post ...let's try for the right side now ,soz u dont get to see the casting stuff( it's inna garage) or the powder magazine (it's in a cool dark place) or the die drawers(it's starting to be too much work) but enjoy my mess ( i do lolz )and nope i aint gonna clean it fer a foto shoot a clean desk is the sign of a disturbed mind Attachment: r.jpg (Downloaded 47 times)
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Here is my "man cave" in the basement. My wife has the run of the place except in my beloved dungeon. That is off limits to anything decorative or "girly" in design. Yes I did clean it up before I snapped the photos.
The main press in the center is an old "texan" turret. It belonged to my Dad and it is what I learned on. Still works great and is my main reloading press. I have an RCBS rock chucker 2 but dont have it out. The black in color powder drop is an old Saeco that is the best powder drop I have ever used, cuts the long grain powder and is still accurate after all these years.
The powder scale is a oil dampner Redding, some people say it should be in a museum but it is the most accurate scale I own.
The cabinets are kraftmaid and they are expensive but I got them from an jobsite where the lady that ordered them didnt like the color. Well since they are semi-custom she was SOL so I took them with me and built a bench around them. My shotgun presses are below.
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Had to downsize with the move back to Phoenix. But this is what happening here.
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