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I took another picture of a rolling storage cabinet that is an interesting take on junk. This is a storage cabinet on casters that uses as a frame, a telephone equipment cabinet that was being thrown out of an IBM facility I was doing some work in. I used standard full length ball bearing drawer sllides, made shallow drawers to store "stuff" and it holds lots of "things." I did use cheap laminate to surface the bottom of these with as it was a bargain from Habitat for Humanity store. I could have purchases tool company roll cabinets and top chests, but this cost very little and it works. You may see that there are 2 machinist chests on top of the homemade cabinet that were bought used at a song. Several in my shops.

I need to get a box out and take pictures of a bunch of reloading stuff I inherited from my friend Gus's estate. He started reloading in 1951 and there are Herter's press, scales, several die sets. There are other makers represented
and most of them have the original cardboard/paper boxes. Gus was a great friend, gun nut, and today he is sharing his ballistic knowledge and tall tales with every angel that will set down to listen. He also sharpens all the knives in heaven

Could only post one picture on the previous post, so I added one of the storage cabinets.

I had my phone in the shop earlier, so I took some shots. I have been reloading for 51 years so I have lots of stuff in boxes and chests. I have set up a new area out in the Machine Shop--it is well lit, AC & heat and plenty of power. The bench is an all metal work bench, a locaL shop threw out and I welded the joints to reduce movement and added HK shelf at bottom. The drawers on top are library card catalog drawers that my daughter's school threw out and they hold tons of "stuff". The RCBS press is at least 30 years old and the Lyman turret on the left is temporarily mounted to check it out. I got it in a multi--stuff purchase. Shelves and storage above hold manuals, scales and more "stuff". Screw lid plastic buckets underneath hold brass and media.

The second picture shows old cheap kitchen cabinets that I took down in a house I was remodeling years ago. They hold bullets, clean brass, primers, powder, plastic ammo boxes and other reloading stuff that is not needed right at hand. There is a large workbench on the opposite wall with window and 5" Wilton vice and room to work on guns. Of course, since this is a machine shop there is a couple lathes, mill, drill press, hydraulic press, and some other tools. I make parts for the antique engines and tractors that I also play with. I keep this shop at a temperature of 62 degrees year around unless I am working in there and this helps keep moisture condensation down.

If you can not tell, I like to take something someone else threw away and make something of it. All of the material in this shop was saved/left over from other construction work that was part of my work for years. Lights, electrical, metal sheets, steel for the structure and trusses were saved back. I tend to never throw away much that might be usable. The house I live in now was built much in the same way--We (me, wife, kids, friends) built it with materials we had saved back and out of our back pocket and it never had any morgage. Old benches and cabinets may not look as good, but sometimes function trumps "pretty".