Comments on: Portable Reloading Bench–Free Plans

By: Cindy

Cindy — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 20:42:15 +0000

The plans I downloaded seem to have been cut off a bit on the right and some words are missing. Can you email the instructions to me? It is for my husband. Thank you.

By: Don

Don — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 05:39:35 +0000

Great plan. As winter set in here I couldn’t find a reasonable way to sit in sub-freezing temperatures, where my press is today. I have that bench and am going to use the design. My wife just couldn’t understand why the dining room table was getting measured of holes. That simply wont work.

By: jim

jim — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 03:42:27 +0000

I had some leftover countertop for a project that fit pretty well on my Workmate. I added the second shelf with some 3/4″ plywood and screws. The whole thing is held in the vice on the Workmate with a 2×4 screwed to the bottom of the countertop. It is very solid, and the 1 1/2″ countertop adds a lot of ballast to the press. I could have dado cut for the upper shelf for more strength, but it is only holding small tools.

Thanks very much for the idea!

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 15:10:41 +0000

Sweet bench! Combine that bench with the Lee bench plate and you have a very compact bench that takes 30 seconds to set up.

By: Mouse

Mouse — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:01:07 +0000

Looks great! My only question is – whether this setup is sturdy enough to support Dillon RL-550B press?

By: M.H. MacKay

M.H. MacKay — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:44:27 +0000

I have one major drawback to this bench, it disappears on me. My sons saw it and I don’t get to see it very often. I’m currently making a second one to hide. I found the B&D bases at thrift stores for about $5.00 each. (Why by new?)

By: Joel Sutton

Joel Sutton — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:31:49 +0000

Sure am glad I ran across this website. I was considering using my workmate as a bench, but hadn’t figure out all the details yet. This is exactly what I was looking for. Many thanks to Mr. Lewis for sharing these plans!

By: Barry Smith

Barry Smith — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:13:44 +0000

Looks good but I have a question. How do the nails/screws hold when going into the side of the plywood? In the past I have had issues with the screws not holding well and the plywood separating.
Thanks.

BTW, I got my Workmate from Ace Hardware. They had two models on display in the tool section.

By: steve bailey

steve bailey — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:00:53 +0000

looks great. iam interested in building this and looked for the B&D workmate but couldnt find one. can you point me in a direction to get one of these B&D Workmates?

By: Lonnie Weaver

Lonnie Weaver — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 23:52:13 +0000

Thank you for your article on making reloading bench. I went right to work after seeing the pic and plans, Works very well and makes a strong base for the press. Sure walks all over the wooden folding dinner tray I was setting up each time to go to the range. Thanks again Lonnie