Reloading Table

[G19Kev]

My new reloading table I designed and built... Please comment if you'd like to.

 

[sgtsmmiii]

Well, that's cool. !!

 

[G19Kev]

Well, that's cool. !!

Thanks for the feedback!

 

[Baron23]

My new reloading table I designed and built... Please comment if you'd like to.

What is the top made of?

 

[G19Kev]

What is the top made of?

Plexiglass wrapped in vinyl wrap. This is just my first one... I suppose you could vinyl wrap some wood panels, but I don't have a power sander to do all that, nor did I want to buy all the painting supplies to prime it, as the wood would need a really smooth surface to be adhesive positive. There are woodgrain pattern synthetic materials out there, but you can't get any of it unless you buy in bulk, I'm talking lots of sheets.

 

[RedRockCharlie]

Very nice! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Bacarrat]

Are you going to be mounting a press to it? Or would this be a general purpose table?

 

[G19Kev]

Are you going to be mounting a press to it? Or would this be a general purpose table?

I'll be mounting a press, and three or four other things. (case trimmer, neck turner, Concentricity guage, vice)

 

[chevy_man]

I'll be mounting a press, and three or four other things. (case trimmer, neck turner, Concentricity guage, vice)

You're going to need a heavier duty top.

I have a 3" thick solid oak door that was a wrong order so free to me. Sitting on top of 2x4's, cross braced, and anchored to the wall. I still occasionally get that one damn case that sticks hard and it will still try and move the whole thing.

The trimmer, turner, and gauge will be fine. I'm assuming a cleaning vise? I've had to put together stuff with that extruded rail before and it didn't inspire confidence.

 

[Bacarrat]

That's why I asked if a press was going to be mounted to it. A press puts a lot of leverage on the tops of a bench. A aluminum and plexiglass top table won't be able to handle the repeated used of a press. For all the other ancillary reloading stuff would be fine.

 

[G19Kev]

That's why I asked if a press was going to be mounted to it. A press puts a lot of leverage on the tops of a bench. A aluminum and plexiglass top table won't be able to handle the repeated used of a press. For all the other ancillary reloading stuff would be fine.

I think it will be fine. I might hang 100 lb sand bags over the support bars between the legs. Normally I would've designed it to mount to the floor, but I live in an apartment, so I can't do that, and the plexiglass won't be supporting anything. Everything mounts to the frame which is why the plexiglass is inlayed inside the frame and is flush with the top of the rails. It's heavily supported underneath, I'm just not showing that. Still, if a case gets stuck and if it's too hard to remove, the great thing about this design is it will allow me to quick disconnect anything, and work with it somewhere else. I'm only going to be using a single stage press.

 

[502Chevelle]

My bench is 3/4” plywood on top of a 2x6 frame and sometimes it gets rocking and rolling more than I like. Your table is cool, and I dig it, but a press will let you know where you stand right quick.