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Re: Pics of your reloading area
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 7:40 pm
by bpet
Sure!
I'm thinking maybe a little MSNBC or CNN? Come on now, the truth shall set you free!
Re: Pics of your reloading area
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 7:45 pm
by Charles L. Cotton
PBratton wrote:Just getting things set up, but here's what I've got:
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I'm jealous; you have a Coke machine in your reloading room. I'd love to have one of the old machines.
Chas.
Re: Pics of your reloading area
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:13 pm
by PBratton
bpet wrote:PBratton wrote:Just getting things set up, but here's what I've got:
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Plenty of room, plenty of sturdy! Looks like a ton of potential.
Shelves over the bench would make a nice place for some lighting and as things heat up this summer, you've got cold cokes handy!
Yup, I was getting around to some pegboard I think...
And the coke machine? Yea, just never have a quarter when you need it.
Re: Pics of your reloading area
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:10 pm
by longtooth
I guess I am the poor boy out of the bunch. I have a 6X8 room in the garage.
One side
The corner where the work goes on.
Other side is storage & the work bench for cleaning, sorting brass, & what ever
Re: Pics of your reloading area
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 9:48 pm
by CDH
Mine is way too messy to publish...
plus it does triple duty for everyday workbench duties and is the 'clean' half of my knife making area.
Re: Pics of your reloading area
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:37 pm
by The Annoyed Man
I recently bought all my equipment, but I haven't set any of it up yet. But lacking a specific place to do it for now, I bought one of these from Midway:
Its a
Frankford Arsenal Portable Reloading Stand
Re: Pics of your reloading area
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:05 am
by longtooth
That is actually quite sufficient. We had one of these threads a couple of yrs ago & one of the BEST reloaders on the board uses a stand about like that but he made his yrs ago. Sits on cution bucket from Cabellas best I remember. Single stage RCBS.
Re: Pics of your reloading area
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:03 am
by The Annoyed Man
longtooth wrote:That is actually quite sufficient. We had one of these threads a couple of yrs ago & one of the BEST reloaders on the board uses a stand about like that but he made his yrs ago. Sits on cution bucket from Cabellas best I remember. Single stage RCBS.
LT, if you mean Marty, Crossfire's husband, he's the one who suggested it to me because he uses one himself.
Re: Pics of your reloading area
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:18 am
by shooter4
here is part of the reloading closet. The cleaning part for brass is in the garage.
Re: Pics of your reloading area
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:41 am
by mgood
gmckinl wrote:This is the reloading bench/cabinet I built several years ago. It works very well. While somewhat plain in styling, it is at least not ugly. I always meant to top it off with some crown molding or some kind of hardwood trim, but I just never got around to it.
This is the exterior, doors closed
This is the interior, both upper section and lower section lights are switched on
Upper section
Lower section
Lower section, details of leg/surface support
Upper section, details, storage shelf support
IIRC, some of the construction details.
• Built from 3 sheets of ¾ in particle board. This allowed me to put in all the screw holes I wanted without concern as they were easily covered during finishing
• Used 3 or 4 2x4 for the framing. The legs are doubled, glued, and screwed, one is 3.5 in shorter to form a rabbit to support the work surface frame, wood-on-wood
• Work surface is laminated from ¾ and ½ marine plywood (very hard wood) as it is something I had on hand. It’s covered in a maple finish Formica.
• About 3 pounds of screws were used in the construction. I wanted everything heavily glued and screwed into place.
• Double wheeled locking casters allow it to be moved, but it still isn’t easy as it weighs several hundred pounds
• Outlet strip provides power to external open section for a TV, there is also an antenna jack wall plate up there to allow connection to antenna/cable.
• Interior finish is epoxy paint
• Exterior finish is Formica in… wait a minute… wait for it… Winchester Walnut
• Upper section shelves are adjustable via brackets
• Lower section shelves are fixed.
Hope this gives you another idea.
Oooh, I like!
Apartment life has made me reluctant to set up a reloading bench.
But now that I've gotten into competitive pistol shooting, I
really need to reload to cut down on ammo costs.
I need something compact, unobtrusive, and not too terribly difficult to move to another apartment.
A cabinet like yours, which closes up and serves other purposes, like for the TV on top is just the sort of idea I've been looking for. My apartment has a small second bedroom that I use for a computer room and music room. I've got a TV table thingy that could be replaced with a cabinet like that. Thanks for the inspiration.
Re: Pics of your reloading area
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:07 pm
by longtooth
The Annoyed Man wrote:longtooth wrote:That is actually quite sufficient. We had one of these threads a couple of yrs ago & one of the BEST reloaders on the board uses a stand about like that but he made his yrs ago. Sits on cution bucket from Cabellas best I remember. Single stage RCBS.
LT, if you mean Marty, Crossfire's husband, he's the one who suggested it to me because he uses one himself.
He is the one. Great guy & if you need loading help he is the best I know. Man I wish he would post some on here. He is great to visit w/.
Re: Pics of your reloading area
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 10:45 pm
by MoJo
Here's a pic of mine in the corner of the shop.
Re: Pics of your reloading area
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:53 am
by AggieMM
The OP was talking about a garage setup. I had very limited space, so I had to make my own to fit the area (click images to view):
Here was my available corner:
Construction:
Finished:
Ryan
Re: Pics of your reloading area
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 3:34 am
by NcongruNt
Well, just got my reloading rig set up tonight. It's in a little corner of what I call "the cat room", which houses the cat box and cat tree and serves as an office and storage area as well. I got a Lee 50th Anniversary Kit, which has the Breech Lock Challenger single-stage press, along with most of the other necessary stuff for reloading.
I've got a wedding coming up, so I'm not allowed to spend any significant money on a bench. My future Father-in-Law got me a table out of a Chick-Fil-A that was getting rid of them. The table is 22"x24". To sturdy it up, have a couple of 18" 2x4 boards screwed together (one flat against the wall, the other flat under the tabletop, on top of the first one) and screwed to a stud in the wall, with the table is bolted to the top board. It's quite sturdy and immovable this way. I mounted a couple of shelves on the wall to hold my brass jars, components, and other reloading stuff. Do I win the prize for tiniest reloading setup?
I got right to work and decapped/sized/primed 100 cases tonight. I hope to have my first batch of loaded ammo by the end of the weekend. Here's the photo:
