Just finished my reloading bench. Reloading Bench 003A.jpg
I’m retired and live in a small apartment. Don’t have power tools to make my own so bought the workbench and cabinet from Harbor Freight and modified them to fit my needs. Really happy with the way things worked out.
Started with this bench: HF workbench.jpg
Dropped the one shelf down to the floor for stability and less wasted space.
Moved the drawers and their mounts down to make the second shelf, used regular work surface for the shelf platform. Now the press doesn’t block a drawer and I have more storage space.
Bought 2’x4’ piece of 3/4” plywood for new, heavier work surface.
Needed more storage and found this cabinet: $70 wall cabinet.jpg
I like that the cabinet doors lock. Keeps nosy visitors away from powder, primers and whatever else I want to keep out of sight.
It’s exactly the same width as the workbench. I lowered the WB upper shelf 4” and cut the shelf platform to make the upright side supports. This pic shows the side supports. Side 001A.jpg
I didn’t use the wall mounts on the cabinet so attached one to the side to store my one-piece cleaning rod.
I was amazed by how well things worked out. For example there were tons of screws and 13 were a little longer for use through the pegboard but the regular length was fine for that so I used 12 of those for the side supports.
Cost me about $80 for workbench (20% discount coupon), $60 for cabinet (coupon), $16 for plywood and a few bucks for screws/nuts to mount the drawers.
Couldn’t be happier. Already sturdy and steady and will be better once I weigh it down with tools and storage.
I’m retired and live in a small apartment. Don’t have power tools to make my own so bought the workbench and cabinet from Harbor Freight and modified them to fit my needs. Really happy with the way things worked out.
Started with this bench: HF workbench.jpg
Dropped the one shelf down to the floor for stability and less wasted space.
Moved the drawers and their mounts down to make the second shelf, used regular work surface for the shelf platform. Now the press doesn’t block a drawer and I have more storage space.
Bought 2’x4’ piece of 3/4” plywood for new, heavier work surface.
Needed more storage and found this cabinet: $70 wall cabinet.jpg
I like that the cabinet doors lock. Keeps nosy visitors away from powder, primers and whatever else I want to keep out of sight.
It’s exactly the same width as the workbench. I lowered the WB upper shelf 4” and cut the shelf platform to make the upright side supports. This pic shows the side supports. Side 001A.jpg
I didn’t use the wall mounts on the cabinet so attached one to the side to store my one-piece cleaning rod.
I was amazed by how well things worked out. For example there were tons of screws and 13 were a little longer for use through the pegboard but the regular length was fine for that so I used 12 of those for the side supports.
Cost me about $80 for workbench (20% discount coupon), $60 for cabinet (coupon), $16 for plywood and a few bucks for screws/nuts to mount the drawers.
Couldn’t be happier. Already sturdy and steady and will be better once I weigh it down with tools and storage.
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