My New Reloading Railed Bench – Part 2

Posted by rick cancino on Aug 17, 2012 in Reloading, Uncategorized | 0 comments

Part 1 in the series of the Railed Reloading Bench

Click the link above to see the first part of this saga I did with Eric.

So now for step two we will then need the following.

Components used in this stage:

T-slot bolts (We used 1/4 20t screws)
Knobs (We used 1/4 20t screw thru knobs)
Nuts
Tee Nuts
Washers
Lag bolts
Additional piece of plywood as backing for the second rail
Bolts to attach your tools to the phenolic sheet
Blue painters tape
Clamps
Router
Drill
1/2″, 3/8″ Drill bits
Rulers
Countersinking bit

In this second piece we are going to finish up installing the second rail insert and mount the board to the bench.

In these pics you can see the first channel routed out. Then we move the fence we made and rout out the second slot.

In the shot below you can see how many steps it took for us to get to the 1″ depth we needed for the rails. The reason you use the router in steps is so the router does not have to fight thru the wood and you have more control and quality in the end.

We tested the grooves to make sure the rails fit and then placed the work top. We then figured out how we were going to drill the spots for the T-Slot screws. We used Blue painters tape to make sure the wood was protected in case a flock of flamingos distracted us while drilling and we lost control of the drill (aka Awesome 36v Bosch drill).

Here you can see the underside of the work bench. We put a sheet of plywood underneath to give the second rail additional support.

Below is the front of the bench where the front rails T-slot screw will go thru and then get secured by a washer and a nut.

I tested fitted a few T slot screws in the rail.

Now onto the Phenolic Sheets. The phenolic is Extremely dense and we used new bits to cut thru the sheets. We made pilot holes and then used the 1/2″ bit even tho the T-slot screw is 1/4″ for an oversized hole. This way it’s easier to place the plates on top of the screws since there is some wiggle room.