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Build it yourself if you have the tools. Personally, I haven’t seen too many inexpensive COTS benches/tables that are heavy duty enough to not suck.
Just get what most of us have and buy one of those cheap work benches from harbor freight.
Build it out of of 4x4, 2x4, and 2x12. It will last the rest of your life.
I live in an apartment so I may do it in the parking lot 
Buy a rolling toolbox and add a heavy plywood top.
Keep all your stuff in there. Attach the press to the wood top.
Roll it away into a closet when you're done.
BTDT in an apartment in Boise.
Keep all your stuff in there. Attach the press to the wood top.
Roll it away into a closet when you're done.
BTDT in an apartment in Boise.
I reloaded on a teachers desk with a piece of 1-1/8" plywood glued to the top with liquid nails for several years before i built a nice bench.
check around your local thrift shops, salvation army ECT....you can find them pretty easy and in the $25ish range...most are steel so pretty heavy and solid, lots of storage and adjustable feet to level it up.
check around your local thrift shops, salvation army ECT....you can find them pretty easy and in the $25ish range...most are steel so pretty heavy and solid, lots of storage and adjustable feet to level it up.
In your case, it’s probably easier then to modify something you can find on the cheap at a Goodwill or garage sale. You’ll probably have to stiffen the top up with an extra layer of plywood.I live in an apartment so I may do it in the parking lot
FWIW though, maker’s spaces are a new thing popping up in a lot of towns for people that don’t have a place to build or work on things. Basically like a community workshop where you pay a small rent fee every month or whatever. I know someone who tried to start one up in our area, but I think the folks in the urban areas around here are more interested in tearing shit up than building anything.
Tap the coffee table, some bolts and wingnuts and you can have a clean top for the rest of the time when you arent reloading.I live in an apartment so I may do it in the parking lot
I used a 2x4 basics kit. Since I was building I was able to completely fill the space. I built a platform on one end and set up my press and progressive to be used standing, and I reinforced the other end with 2x4s and mounted my barrel vice. That left me with about 6ft of useable bench in the middle. My first reloading bench was an old dresser with the bottom drawers filled with bullets to give it some weight. At that time my 2x4 basics kit was a 3ft work bench in our other bedroom.
I have this one, I figured if it sucked I'd just use it as a table in my garage or something. It's fairly robust out of the box, but I used using a couple of 6" L-brackets to bolt the top to a couple of studs in the wall to make it rock solid. It works great:
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Seville Classics® UltraHD® Height Adjustable Heavy Duty Workbench With Solid Wood Top, 72" W x 25" D - Sam's Club
Buy Seville Classics® UltraHD® Height Adjustable Heavy Duty Workbench With Solid Wood Top, 72" W x 25" D : Workbenches at SamsClub.com
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I have the UltraHD with the drawer, pegboard backer and light. It is really nice. It has little to no movement when running a Rockchucker or a Lee turret.I have this one, I figured if it sucked I'd just use it as a table in my garage or something. It's fairly robust out of the box, but I used using a couple of 6" L-brackets to bolt the top to a couple of studs in the wall to make it rock solid. It works great:
Seville Classics® UltraHD® Height Adjustable Heavy Duty Workbench With Solid Wood Top, 72" W x 25" D - Sam's Club
Buy Seville Classics® UltraHD® Height Adjustable Heavy Duty Workbench With Solid Wood Top, 72" W x 25" D : Workbenches at SamsClub.com
If you have a Sam's membership they sell a super nice adjustable height work bench in the store for like $249.99. Think it's called Seville Classic.
