Anybody have a fold down work table for reloading? I was thinking about building one for reloading because my main work bench always has car stuff on it.
I know how you feel. I had no spare room in garage so I turned a weight bench into a reloading bench.
Later turned a short steel roll around file cabinet into a reloading bench.. and it is what I use today and weigh powder on an old dresser which has supplies in it.
I even took oak plywood and cut a square hole into it and slipped it onto my receiver hitch and fastened some 2x4's to it to make a portable loading bench to mount my press on, so I could load in the field with a press.
You could get some door hinges and make a fold down plywood flap and attach this to your garage work bench. Some 4x4 legs that have a pocket to sit in and run a screw down into them.
Many ways to do it.
Later turned a short steel roll around file cabinet into a reloading bench.. and it is what I use today and weigh powder on an old dresser which has supplies in it.
I even took oak plywood and cut a square hole into it and slipped it onto my receiver hitch and fastened some 2x4's to it to make a portable loading bench to mount my press on, so I could load in the field with a press.
You could get some door hinges and make a fold down plywood flap and attach this to your garage work bench. Some 4x4 legs that have a pocket to sit in and run a screw down into them.
Many ways to do it.
It's called FSS, Flat Surface Syndrome. It happens in my shop, flat surfaces seem to be places for things to be randomly placed...
You might Check out Jack Olsen's 12-gauge garage on garagejournal, he has done some interesting things with fold up/down work surfaces.
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=55006
You might Check out Jack Olsen's 12-gauge garage on garagejournal, he has done some interesting things with fold up/down work surfaces.
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=55006
http://imgur.com/a/TWOuc
Here's what I was looking at making, I just don't want to make something and then run into the issue of it not being sturdy enough for reloading.
Here's what I was looking at making, I just don't want to make something and then run into the issue of it not being sturdy enough for reloading.
That should be plenty sturdy. Unless you have a jam in the loader, then you'll have to hold the bench down to pull the lever up. You could put those locking arms like on folding ladders, so it won't fold back up until you want it to.
I think I would drill a hole to slide a pin into to lock the legs. That way you could fold out the legs, lock in place, and then release from the wall and lower to the ground.I think it would be safer that way.
You could get a couple of the hydraulic shocks(like on a hatchback car) t0 to help you lower it.
You could get a couple of the hydraulic shocks(like on a hatchback car) t0 to help you lower it.
I'm gonna move the car around and take some measurements we will see how it goes.
Got it done today just need to drill holes to mount it.
