new bench

I have been looking at a lot of benches lately, and wanted one that had a lot of flexibility
while the design is not original, I think I'm going to be satisfied with it..
it gives a place to store presses on top of the cabinet, pegboard and shelves, drawers,
and 3 9"x9" sliding insets

the table is one that was on a black friday sale, it had a butcherblock 3/4" top on it , and I used it as a starting point..
the working top is plywood.
sorry for the pic size..
insets are cut on a 30 degree bevel on 3 sides, dimensions are 5' long, 20" wide, 7"x24"x4' cabinet, and was made from 1 sheet of 3/4" plywood, and a peice of pegboard..
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VERY clever design.

I'm curious as to the benefit of the bench top being cut into smaller pieces as opposed to 1 piece?

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Originally Posted by YankeeFingergasm

I'm curious as to the benefit of the bench top being cut into smaller pieces as opposed to 1 piece?

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Each press is mounted on a peice of plywood with the matching beveled edge. You slide out one of those blank peices, and slide in the press you want. Quick and easy.

Ahhhhhh....genius

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Originally Posted by YankeeFingergasm

Ahhhhhh....genius

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I know, but we're here to talk about the bench.

what tack said..
all I had to work with was a table saw..
so from a ease of building standpoint it was peiced together..

Looks nice... just hope you don't ever have to size .308 MG brass...:cool: Over the years, I've torn my Rockchucker off the table top more than once sizing MG brass and brass fired out of M14's... lol.

Thanks for the heads up bob,
I may drill through the table top 2 holes in the lyman turret, and bolt it..
it would be simple enough with 2 5/16" t nuts installed in the bottom of the table on opposite corners,

I haven't loaded on it yet...the lyman sits further back from the edge of the table top it is a heavier press
and a better candidate for a little more persuasion..

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Originally Posted by Airgator0470

Looks nice... just hope you don't ever have to size .308 MG brass...:cool: Over the years, I've torn my Rockchucker off the table top more than once sizing MG brass and brass fired out of M14's... lol.

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Nice bench. HUGE +1 for creativity.

But I'm with Bob. In fairness, I DO process a lot of NATO military rifle brass.

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Originally Posted by Airgator0470

Looks nice... just hope you don't ever have to size .308 MG brass...:cool: Over the years, I've torn my Rockchucker off the table top more than once sizing MG brass and brass fired out of M14's... lol.

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Mapper is a little tiny fellow I doubt he'd break that thing;) You need to beef up with some burritos bro

Very nice work!

Thats beautiful.

thanks for the comments and suggestions,
on the slot furthest to the right, I took bob's suggestion, and
drilled through both layers to put 2 3/8" bolts sandwiching the
heavier turret to the top.. it slides in and out easy, and 2 bolts go through it,
the bottom of the bolts are t nuts and are attached to the underside of the table..

still flexible, and easy to slide in and out of, and have a clean table top.
I think it will provide enough support with 2 3/8" lag bolts through the top plywood, and 2 3/8"
through bolts through the entire top, in that station that is over a support leg to let me work
on 308 brass.. if not, I'll add 2 more through bolts..

time will tell..

I was measuring chambers last night, and it was nice to have a bench that gave me workspace for it.
I still need to move it to its final location, and work on lighting..
but its a lot better than the small desk it replaced.

I'm looking at rebuilding mine, and I really like some of the features you have. I will steal them.