Here are some photos of my new reloading room and the new benches that I built over the holidays. The first photo is of the longer bench. I still need to add the hardwood edge to the top and apply a new laminate. I installed a spline around the edge of the top to secure the hardwood edge that I am making from curly Maple. I had some redwood beams that I had no other use for so I decided to saw them up to make the legs of the two benches. The aprons and stretchers are made from 1 1/4" Ash with all joints using mortise and tenons. I then pegged the joints with Maple dowels. The Ash had a lot of darkwood in the lumber, so I was not going to use it for furniture.
Finish was a coat of Watco Teak Oil and once that cured I applied a few coats of satin polyurethane on both benches. I had two weeks off over the holidays and wanted to build something so I did! The room still needs to have the baseboards and door trim added. I haven't decided what wood I want to use just yet for that. The long bench is 96" long and 24" deep.

[img width=600 height=450]http://www.themastins.com/benches/bench5.jpg[/img]

The following photos are of the reloading press bench. It is shallower than the long bench and shorter at 16" deep and 48" long. Both benches are 29" tall, as I no longer like to stand and load. The height is comfortable for me to clean my rifles while standing.
[img width=600 height=450]http://www.themastins.com/benches/bench7.jpg[/img]
[img width=337 height=450]http://www.themastins.com/benches/bench9.jpg[/img]
[img width=600 height=450]http://www.themastins.com/benches/bench10.jpg[/img]
[img width=337 height=450]http://www.themastins.com/benches/bench11.jpg[/img]
[img width=600 height=450]http://www.themastins.com/benches/bench12.jpg[/img]