What did you do in the reloading room today?

[TheBelly]

Nice looking bench, and well thought out with making it foldable.

What size plywood is that on top?

I was planning one with 4x4 legs, 4x4 rectangular top, and a slab door for the top. Then doing a shelf on bottom with 2x4s. I'm definitely over engineering it though, I'm using Solidworks to draft it up lol

In fact, I have to buy some wood to support the underside of our roof under our new evaporative cooler, so I might buy a little extra wood and get started building the reloading bench. Which means I've got to spend some time tonight finalizing the design (definitely need to simplify things, I'm no carpenter).

3/4 inch on top. I don't think I'll be torquing so much that I pull through the wood. The key thing though is that I'm trying to spread the load over a larger area by using the stand and washers.

[BuffCyclist]

3/4 inch on top. I don't think I'll be torquing so much that I pull through the wood. The key thing though is that I'm trying to spread the load over a larger area by using the stand and washers.

Yea, I'm considering getting a stand too, but I honestly think I need to find a nice stool to plan the entire workbench around lol. My bench will be around 61" wide and 30" deep, which is much deeper than it needs to be, it'll offer me lots of bench top storage. I might even build a "hutch" style top to add some shelves too. Need to figure out where I'll be mounting my digital scale though, I know it needs to be mounted on a different surface than the work bench so its more stable, but I don't want it too close to the wall that its hard to see the display. I've currently got it sitting on the countertop in my laundry room, but its a few inches from the wall and kind of a pain to work with.

[TheBelly]

Yea, I'm considering getting a stand too, but I honestly think I need to find a nice stool to plan the entire workbench around lol. My bench will be around 61" wide and 30" deep, which is much deeper than it needs to be, it'll offer me lots of bench top storage. I might even build a "hutch" style top to add some shelves too. Need to figure out where I'll be mounting my digital scale though, I know it needs to be mounted on a different surface than the work bench so its more stable, but I don't want it too close to the wall that its hard to see the display. I've currently got it sitting on the countertop in my laundry room, but its a few inches from the wall and kind of a pain to work with.

Good point about the scale.

Too deep means that I'd try and store too much stuff on top. I know that I need to keep the whole bench top tidy....

[BuffCyclist]

Good point about the scale.

Too deep means that I'd try and store too much stuff on top. I know that I need to keep the whole bench top tidy....

Yea, I thought of the storing too much crap on top aspect, but since I really don't have any other place that I can easily have a clear workspace to work on guns etc, I end up cleaning my rifles on the kitchen table and my Fiancee hates that (even though I put down towels).

I've also heard that you shouldn't put fluorescent lights above the workbench, because they emit too much electrical noise/interference that can screw with the accuracy of digital scales. Not sure how much truth there is to that, but it'd be pretty easy to test with a set of calibration weights.