Home Depot Folding Workbench

[SlvrDragon50]

Should hopefully install the reloading press tomorrow or sometime this week. I'm still trying to plan where all the desks will go! I'm happy I didn't go with a 72" bench since I think the length may have made the board too weak in the middle. This has little flex when I lean on the middle!

Trying to think of any workbench items I might want to invest in now. I'm starting to look at some 4" vises, but I don't know if I'll actually use it! Maybe if I end up getting the SP-01C  so I can swap out sights

[Wobbly]

Started to move into my new place. Thought I would share a pic of my workbench.



Uses a 30x60x5/4" thick piece of pine for the top. Oiled w/ Danish oil. 1x12"x60" for the shelf and back crossbar. Legs are Edsal 5709.

Hey, congrats ! That looks awesome. I know you're proud.

Alone, the legs are pretty flimsy, but all the boards help it get really sturdy!

And that's the key... think of the strength of the assembled product, not the individual pieces. That was brought home to me when I went inside an airplane one time with no interior. The individual aluminum pieces were so flimsy it was scary, but together the plane was quite rigid and very strong.

If you'd like to double that rigidity again, then bolt it to the wall with several L-brackets.

 

[SlvrDragon50]

Haha, yea I thought about it, but the walls are painted this offwhite that would not be easy to repair once I move out. That said, this table is rock solid. I'd be very surprised if I get a lot of rocking with the reloading. I just got approved to join a new club tomorrow that I can shoot reloads at so not much longer!!

I can't wait! It's also so nice having so much more storage space with that shelf. I've been thinking of things to add to the workbench, and I think I might get a small 4" vise, but I can't think of anything else. I might get a long 4' power strip and bolt it to the rear, but I think I'll survive with a single powerstrip. I did want to try and coat the table to deal with solvents, but I keep reading that oiling the table is the way to go.