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**jalley** · 05-10-2005, 04:45 PM

I just moved in to a small apartment closer to school to save some money. I don't have enough room for big bench and I cant bolt to the wall for support. So, any ideas on a small reloading bench, yet sturdy enough to not turn over?

R/T Performance · 05-11-2005, 06:58 AM

Craftaman sells a tool box bench on wheels its probaly 3'x2' and has some drawers you could a weight to.Has like a small counter top and storage bins at each end.My reloading bench is 2x2 and works well

bd · 05-11-2005, 07:35 AM

I bought an old teacher's desk at a school auction. It's rough as a cob, (that's why I got it cheap,) but very sturdy.

It measures 32" x 42" across the top and it has a bunch of drawers.

I don't reload but I use it as a work table for cleaning and working with my guns, etc.

Something like that might work for you.

bd

87-51 · 05-17-2005, 01:25 PM

There's a book out there. ABCs of Reloading, I believe (I have it, but it's at home). It has plans in it for a reloading bench for apartment dwellers. You may want to take a look at it. I believe I got the book at Barnes & Noble.

**Old School** · 05-17-2005, 01:54 PM

what about this? I am leaning towards this one, $75.

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/produ...ab=des#tablink

ajamesp51 · 05-17-2005, 02:30 PM

Hey Old School one recomendation is to seal the wood top or cover it with a sheet of non porous material like aluminum or a sheet of plexyglass cut to fit the top. The fiber board likes to absorb cleaners and oils really easy and it always seems like you set a bottles of hoppes down and next thing you know it fell over. Plus the non pourus materal is easier to clean.

**Old School** · 05-17-2005, 02:38 PM

Good tip, thanks.

**jalley** · 05-17-2005, 03:31 PM

Thanks for the tips guys. I ended up buying a black & decker workmate at a yard sale. I glued some plywood to it and then bolted the press. Works great and fits in the corner when i'm not using it.

jcrich33 · 05-17-2005, 07:18 PM

Old School, the $75 is only for the peg board backer, not the bench

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ajamesp51 · 05-17-2005, 07:35 PM

Lowes has some decent benches like the one pictured for about the same price.

05-10-2005, 04:45 PM	#1
jalley XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: WV Posts: 1,410	Reloading Bench Ideas? I just moved in to a small apartment closer to school to save some money. I don't have enough room for big bench and I cant bolt to the wall for support. So, any ideas on a small reloading bench, yet sturdy enough to not turn over?

05-11-2005, 06:58 AM	#2
R/T Performance XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Saranac Mi Posts: 3,489	Craftaman sells a tool box bench on wheels its probaly 3'x2' and has some drawers you could a weight to.Has like a small counter top and storage bins at each end.My reloading bench is 2x2 and works well __________________ XD-9 Tacticle Tru-glow tfo's 3# Canyoncreek trigger Dillon Rl550 1911 Springfield Champion loaded 45 acp Kahr p40 Watch me shoot http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...32660329653237

05-17-2005, 01:54 PM	#5
Old School XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 7,776	what about this? I am leaning towards this one, $75. http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/produ...ab=des#tablink __________________ Visit www.pistolgear.com for all of your XD needs!

05-17-2005, 02:30 PM	#6
ajamesp51 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Birmingham, Al Posts: 5,026	Hey Old School one recomendation is to seal the wood top or cover it with a sheet of non porous material like aluminum or a sheet of plexyglass cut to fit the top. The fiber board likes to absorb cleaners and oils really easy and it always seems like you set a bottles of hoppes down and next thing you know it fell over. Plus the non pourus materal is easier to clean. __________________ "God shall not have his word made manifest by cowards" RWE www.xd-hs2000.com

05-17-2005, 02:38 PM	#7
Old School XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 7,776	Good tip, thanks. __________________ Visit www.pistolgear.com for all of your XD needs!

05-11-2005, 07:35 AM	#3
bd XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 3,864	I bought an old teacher's desk at a school auction. It's rough as a cob, (that's why I got it cheap,) but very sturdy. It measures 32" x 42" across the top and it has a bunch of drawers. I don't reload but I use it as a work table for cleaning and working with my guns, etc. Something like that might work for you. bd

05-17-2005, 01:25 PM	#4
87-51 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Iowa Posts: 267	There's a book out there. ABCs of Reloading, I believe (I have it, but it's at home). It has plans in it for a reloading bench for apartment dwellers. You may want to take a look at it. I believe I got the book at Barnes & Noble.

05-17-2005, 03:31 PM	#8
jalley XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: WV Posts: 1,410	Thanks for the tips guys. I ended up buying a black & decker workmate at a yard sale. I glued some plywood to it and then bolted the press. Works great and fits in the corner when i'm not using it.

05-17-2005, 07:18 PM	#9
jcrich33 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Mile High City Posts: 527	Old School, the $75 is only for the peg board backer, not the bench . __________________ 4" XD 9 w/Don's stainless guide rod .380 Firestorm/Bersa Savage Model 6 "Tim was so learned, that he could name a horse in nine languages. So ignorant, he bought a cow to ride on." Ben Franklin

05-17-2005, 07:35 PM	#10
ajamesp51 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Birmingham, Al Posts: 5,026	Lowes has some decent benches like the one pictured for about the same price. __________________ "God shall not have his word made manifest by cowards" RWE www.xd-hs2000.com

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