Suggestions for turret labeling ?

[MyFlatline]

This is how I do mine..

[Boogedy_Man]

I do both of what has been suggested - sharpie and storing them in round die boxes marked with a label.

But wow....some of the setups here floor me.

[Bzcraig]

I store mine in the lee round die box. I use a black marker to put the caliber on the side of the box.

Me too

[JBinMN]

Thanks everyone for the great suggestions!


I am going to wait & see if anyone adds anything more for suggestions over the weekend & then decide what to do next week.

[Tom Myers]

This is how I do mine..

Yeah! Me too.

[jd9770]

I used a fine tip Sharpie. I wrote on the side of the turret. If you need to remove it later, brake cleaner will take it off.

This is what I do as well. Simple and easy.

[Walter Laich]

sharpie on the tool head

on powder measures I use one of those round 'dots' sticker and put amount of powder thrown and for what caliber.
could say: 5.5 Red Dot and other that says .45 R and .44 R (both use same powder amounts) Then cover the dots with clear packing tape.

Since I only use Red Dot (32s --45s and shotgun) there is no worry about getting wrong measure

dayglo orange really stand out.

[Uncle Dave]

Boldly mark the dies so no matter the position or turret you change them to you will always be correct.
Dave

[sparkyv]

This is how I do mine..

I use the lable maker, plus lable the container. MyFlatline's approach is great, but do your dies rust? I'm in a very humid environment so have to store them covered with a lightly oiled cloth and a closed container with little packets of silica beads to keep them from rusting. Anyone else have this issue?

[MyFlatline]

I use the lable maker, plus lable the container. MyFlatline's approach is great, but do your dies rust? I'm in a very humid environment so have to store them covered with a lightly oiled cloth and a closed container with little packets of silica beads to keep them from rusting. Anyone else have this issue?

I live in the wet part of Florida No they don't rust as I keep them inside the house and it is climate controlled (by the wife) None of my dies came in round containers, so the 3" pipe was my best option.

[sparkyv]

I live in the wet part of Florida No they don't rust as I keep them inside the house and it is climate controlled (by the wife) None of my dies came in round containers, so the 3" pipe was my best option.

Ahhh, that explains it. My reloading room (garage) is not climate controlled.

[MyFlatline]

Ahhh, that explains it. My reloading room (garage) is not climate controlled.

All prep is done outside in the shop. All loading is done in my small home office. I keep all the powder and primers inside also. My dies don't seem to rust as bad as other reloading tools. Case gauges for example, if you look at one it rusts. Mine have all been coated now but what a pain.

[TXCOONDOG]

Sharpie on the tool head

[JBinMN]

Well, I finally went and got a section of PVC pipe to use for making holders like MyFlatline showed in an earlier post.


Inexpensive( about $4) to make about 10 or so, sturdy enough & light weight.

Just need to cut them to height(length) and figure out a way to fasten them together so I can keep them all on a shelf.

I was thinking about using a threaded rod all in a row, or maybe hot gluing them together in a staggered pattern ( kind of like a line of staggered bowling pins) so they fit on a shelf in a row above my desk/bench.

Have not decided yet....

As you can tell, I am not getting fancy, nor am I in a hurry about doing this. I like to take my time at some things. I may do something more fancy in the future, but right now I think these PVC holders will do fine for what I want to do.

Thanks again for the suggestions & if anyone wants to add something, please do!