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    New casting bench!

    I setup a new casting bench and finally got to use it. It is a tool box from Harbor freight and it rolls. So, I can roll it out my basement into a screened in room and cast away. Worked great and everything rolls back in with it.
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    Awesome! Set up and ready to go anytime you are!
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    That’ll do! Roll away!

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    Nice and convenient!

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    wish I'd thought of that! bought the wood bench from them thinking I could use it under a window with fans, now they tell me not to.

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    Ooooh...Tensile Fairy vs. meltable screen. Get the popcorn!
    If it was easy, anybody could do it.

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    That's a very nice setup!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Land Owner View Post
    Ooooh...Tensile Fairy vs. meltable screen. Get the popcorn!
    The meltable screen is the least of my concerns with a tensile fairy appearance...
    I've lived here for 6 months and I've never seen water in that space even with the biggest storms. They normally come in from the SW, W, NW and that screened porch is on the east side of the house.
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    Nice setup, was looking at the 9 drawer version for the same.

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    It is not so much the "rain in Spain" as the unintended condensation, live primer, wax fire, etc. that may be introduced into the hot melt.
    If it was easy, anybody could do it.

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    i put my pot in an old oven tray to catch drips and splashes. nice set up.

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    Back when my ex and I lived in a two BR apartment, I did the same thing to make a reloading bench, which stayed in the bedroom, due to lack of space anywhere else. Besides, reloading tools in the bedroom make men more romantic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by robg View Post
    i put my pot in an old oven tray to catch drips and splashes. nice set up.
    I have a 24x18" piece of 1/4" plywood that I stuck under the pot so I could set hot things down and keep from getting little lead burns in the top.

    Land Owner, what's your fixation on the Tinsel Fairy? You get a visit recently or something?
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    I do experience "wax ignition" when fluxing, nearly every time. I have not had any other incidents. I have not shot a sky screen or a chronograph either, but I digress...Good luck. Stuff happens. I hope not to you.
    If it was easy, anybody could do it.

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    Very nice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Land Owner View Post
    I do experience "wax ignition" when fluxing, nearly every time. I have not had any other incidents. I have not shot a sky screen or a chronograph either, but I digress...Good luck. Stuff happens. I hope not to you.
    I shot a screen of a chrono with a full power 44 - it was pretty dramatic. My chrono was the upside down caldwell ones - the screen blew into a bunch of pieces.
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    That's a SWEET setup ... Nice work .
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    Quote Originally Posted by 44Blam View Post
    I have a 24x18" piece of 1/4" plywood that I stuck under the pot so I could set hot things down and keep from getting little lead burns in the top.
    I bought an aluminum cookie sheet with raised edges from Sprawlmart. Once cooled any drippings slide right off it.

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    44Blam, that's a great setup. I need to do the same thing 'cause when I cast, I have to clean off my bench and that's usually a project in itself. I have to make sure there is no powder and /or primers or other combustibles on the bench and you have solved that problem with a dedicated, yet portable, bench. Kudos 2 U.
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    I did similar with an old 1990 Craftsman tool chest bottom.

    I do wonder about you power cord reel, whether it has the rated amps you need. I mounted an outlet to the side of my toolbox just under the handle so it wouldn't be hanging out there and taking up space.
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check