Casting/Reloading area...the man cave

[44fanatic]

Cleaned up the garage yesterday, moved a few things around and found my reloading/casting bench.
http://i807.photobucket.com/albums/yy353/44fanatic/DSC02019.jpg

http://i807.photobucket.com/albums/yy353/44fanatic/DSC02020.jpg

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http://i807.photobucket.com/albums/yy353/44fanatic/DSC02021.jpg

http://i807.photobucket.com/albums/yy353/44fanatic/DSC02022.jpg

The casting area and tools
http://i807.photobucket.com/albums/yy353/44fanatic/DSC02018.jpg

http://i807.photobucket.com/albums/yy353/44fanatic/DSC02016.jpg

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http://i807.photobucket.com/albums/yy353/44fanatic/DSC02015.jpg

[Larry Gibson]

Looking good! My man cave is still in a state of confusion pending the completion of a new work bench and cupboards. The new loading bench and cupboards are in and I've just about completed the upacking of my reloading stuff. My man cave, like yours, mine used to be gaarge also.......

Larry Gibson

[10x]

What is that green stuff just outside your garage door?
I was at the gun range today - it was 15F with a fifteen MPH wind out of the north. The Lee Enfield No. 4 (longbranch) shot better than I did.
BTW: there was two feet of snow on the big bore range and 4 feet in the drift in front of the target boards.

I also have to show your photos to my wife - she has seen very little of the floor in my garage and in my workshop - she knows there is a floor there somewhere. She reminds me that it wouldn't be that difficult to find it.....

[375supermag]

What is that green stuff just outside your garage door?
I was at the gun range today - it was 15F with a fifteen MPH wind out of the north. The Lee Enfield No. 4 (longbranch) shot better than I did.
BTW: there was two feet of snow on the big bore range and 4 feet in the drift in front of the target boards.

I also have to show your photos to my wife - she has seen very little of the floor in my garage and in my workshop - she knows there is a floor there somewhere. She reminds me that it wouldn't be that difficult to find it.....

My wife, on occassion, has seen fit to pontificate at some length about the disorganized mess, in her opinion, that passes for my garage and reloading room.

I usually respond that if I don't criticize how she organizes her kitchen, she should be careful about how she criticizes a part of the house that she doesn't even use. That always ends the discussion.

[canyon-ghost]

I like your shelving for powder and bullets. That's neat looking.

http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx228/3rdshooter/reloadingtables2001.jpg

Mine is in the house except for the casting table. Yes, I know it's green and not red, lol.

[blasternank]

Looks great! I like the benches that both of you have! Also, do you have any concern leaving the powder and some of the other things outside with the humidity, etc.?

[WildmanJack]

This is before I really started using it. Now it's a mess!! LOL :bigsmyl2:

[Catshooter]

Hey Jack,

Nice set up! What's that device just to right of the Rockchucker in the last pic?


Cat

[blasternank]

Wildman Jack,

Nice setup! That would be a dream to have something like that! Congrats.

[WildmanJack]

Oh that's my Star sizer/ Luber. Just didn't have the air line attached to the cylinder. Yeah It's really great, even Air Conditioned !!!! No I need a urinal and a refrigerator for some nice cold water... Cause it's gonna get hot down here in a few weeks...
By the way, If I was still married I'm sure that would be a gardening house or a place for my ex mother in law to stay!!!
J

[Recluse]

Some of the shop, less than fifty-feet from the back deck.

The casting table:

http://usera.ImageCave.com/The1Recluse/CastingTable1LoRes.jpg

My shelving storage for cast boolits related stuff (a former cigarette display shelf system from a grocery store):

http://usera.ImageCave.com/The1Recluse/CastingShelves.jpg

The red bench (Lee and MEC), with gun-cleaning counter, supplies storage (top cabinets) and ammo, powder, primer storage (bottom cabinets):

http://usera.ImageCave.com/The1Recluse/ReloadingShop3.jpg

Overall view from near the door:

http://usera.ImageCave.com/The1Recluse/ReloadingShop2.jpg

On the other side, I have another bench, two more storage units, a sink, air compressor and some wood working tools.

:coffee:

[canyon-ghost]

TSRA sticker on the toolbox, yessir, we have things in common.

[Ronbo256]

Best thing about being single, the whole house is the man cave!

[10x]

Best thing about being single, the whole house is the man cave!

And, if I remember correctly, you could bring a woman home on Saturday night and she would make you breakfast Sunday morning and then do up the dishes.....

[Trey45]

I would take a picture of my mancave/reloading shop, but there's no room in there for a camera.

[rattletrap1970]

Ok, I'll play.
http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac51/rattletrap1970/Group1-IMG_5107_IMG_5133-27images_11000x1875.jpg

[winelover]

Ok, I'll play.
http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac51/rattletrap1970/Group1-IMG_5107_IMG_5133-27images_11000x1875.jpg

Nice store! Where is it located again?

Winelover

[DragoonDrake]

Rattletrap, No Way that is a man-cave. It is way too neat.

[white eagle]

I'm in
casting area
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v730/kempobb/abc3.jpg,
the one side of the cave
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v730/kempobb/PDR_1159.jpg,
the other side
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v730/kempobb/PDR_1161.jpg
there are two more sides that I didn't photo but you all get the idea
being a bricklayer by trade comes in handy

[Trey45]

I was able to squeeze in and get a few shots. I really need to straighten up in there. Why put off until tomorrow what can be done next week!
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y243/SimonLegree/Bench.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y243/SimonLegree/Cave.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y243/SimonLegree/Bench1.jpg

[10x]

If you can see the floor and set anything larger than coffee cup down on a horizontal surface it is not really a man cave....

[rattletrap1970]

Had to make it neat, I hate not being able to find stuff. I built the room in my basement. My friends complain because the ceiling is low, but I'm only 5'7" so it doesn't bother me. It's still not as neat as I'd like to see it, I'm waiting on lower cabinets as we speak.

[jr545]

I was able to squeeze in and get a few shots. I really need to straighten up in there. Why put off until tomorrow what can be done next week!
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y243/SimonLegree/Bench.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y243/SimonLegree/Cave.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y243/SimonLegree/Bench1.jpg

Don't ya just hate when the maid takes the week off?:kidding:

[bigdog454]

It's tough to be neat, when your creative.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
I'd post a pic but I can't find my camera. I know it's in the man cave somewhere.

[Rangefinder]

Don't ya just hate when the maid takes the week off?

Week?? I haven't seen mine in years--she ran off with the butler. I'd show a photo of my man-cave, but as someone else said--I can't squeeze in there with something so big as a camera right now... :D

[WildmanJack]

Holy ****.... u have ur own Pepsi Machine ?????????????? I hate u !!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

[izzyjoe]

pepsi machine and a tv, talk about distractions. when my wife finds her way out to my man cave, she is told to leave, cause she is usally wanting to complain about somthing. bla bla bla.

[Trey45]

Maybe one day I'll actually have pepsi in the pepsi machine......

[jr545]

Maybe one day I'll actually have pepsi in the pepsi machine......

Mine would be full of barley pop[smilie=w:

[Trey45]

Mine would be full of barley pop[smilie=w:

It's not quite full, but there's a selection of it in there. Keeps it about 34 degrees too.

[10x]

Holy ****.... u have ur own Pepsi Machine ?????????????? I hate u !!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

I got a buddy with two pepsi machines. One is a gun cablnet, teh other is full of milsurp ammo. They make great gun and ammo lockers

[jr545]

It's not quite full, but there's a selection of it in there. Keeps it about 34 degrees too.

:drinks:

[crabo]

I built the center line that divides the two sides of my garage on wheels. That way I can move things around to clean and to arange things as I need the space for different projects.

I bought 25 bread carts from a surplace place for $100. They make a great mobil base for a storage cabinet.

[40sandwfan]

Y'all got some nice casting/reloading areas. I'd put a picture of mine up but the wife gets the idea that 'man cave' means the man can store stuff in there that the woman doesn't want to look at right at that particular moment in life. If she's rearranging, she puts it in there. I'm lucky if I can find my presses right now. I will soon enough, I have shooting to do so I must reload something in order to shoot it.

[thx997303]

I have a similar problem Ted.

[Wayne Smith]

Y'all got some nice casting/reloading areas. I'd put a picture of mine up but the wife gets the idea that 'man cave' means the man can store stuff in there that the woman doesn't want to look at right at that particular moment in life. If she's rearranging, she puts it in there. I'm lucky if I can find my presses right now. I will soon enough, I have shooting to do so I must reload something in order to shoot it.

Damn, I haven't been to the range in so long I gotta shoot something to reload it! Or get another gun.... Humm!

[Isaac]

Crabo: That's a very good set-up. Thinking outside of the box, so to speak.
Good job.

Isaac

[MOshooter]

Here's my reloading room nothin' fancy,I still don't have all my presses mounted where I want them.I built my benches from angle iron,3/4" plywood,and 1/4" masonite.I do all my casting in my shop with much better ventilation.

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii287/tinman65202/141d87f7.jpg



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[Just Duke]

This is before I really started using it. Now it's a mess!! LOL :bigsmyl2:

That's a nice setup Jack.

[Lloyd Smale]

my shop

[10x]

my shop

That is a very nice setup.
I haven't been through Munising since 1987 but I do remember it is a beautiful community.

[Just Duke]

My old bench with 4 Dillon 650's now all owned by forum members. Now using 4 Redding Big Boss presses along with a Hornady L N L.

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd255/EBRSOPMODS/LEVER%20ACTION%20SHOOTERS%20SOCIETY/TGITPTRELOADING.jpg

[Just Duke]

The new bench top redecorated.
http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad54/LEVERACTIONSHOOTERS/WINCHESTER%2070/BULLETS1.jpg

[10x]

My old bench with 4 Dillon 650's now all owned by forum members. Now using 4 Redding Big Boss presses along with a Hornady L N L.

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd255/EBRSOPMODS/LEVER%20ACTION%20SHOOTERS%20SOCIETY/TGITPTRELOADING.jpg

That life size cardboard cutout looks very real....
Where did you get it?

[mold maker]

Nice hat rack. ;>)

[Just Duke]

That life size cardboard cutout looks very real....
Where did you get it?
While shopping.

[10x]

While shopping.

For a Dillon press I hope....

[Just Duke]

For a Dillon press I hope....

While shopping for business suits at Nordstrom's. I retired 12 years or so ago and don't go there much.

[rbertalotto]

http://images107.fotki.com/v70/photos/3/36012/76857/DSC_1520-vi.jpg

http://images16.fotki.com/v316/photos/3/36012/76857/DSC_1526-vi.jpg

http://images57.fotki.com/v81/photos/3/36012/76857/DSC_1525-vi.jpg

[timkelley]

Roy B, it's a shame you are so cramped up in that room.:wink:

[10x]

http://images107.fotki.com/v70/photos/3/36012/76857/DSC_1520-vi.jpg

http://images16.fotki.com/v316/photos/3/36012/76857/DSC_1526-vi.jpg

http://images57.fotki.com/v81/photos/3/36012/76857/DSC_1525-vi.jpg

That is just too tidy and too organized to be real.

[Howdy Doody]

Duke Nukem and Rbertalotto. You have now gone and made me feel like an insignificant piece of dust. :D

Now this thread has some great setups for casting/reloading and I am stealing a bunch of ya'lls ideas and putting a plan together. I should get something worthy in a few years. I am going to start by upgading from my Lee hand reloaders and sledge hammer to a progressive and then away I go. :)

[40sandwfan]

Rbertalotto,
I think you need a picture of yourself in that room actually working to convince everyone that it's yours. That's too nice, too neat, too tidy and too expensive to belong to anyone on this forum.

[Longwood]

My cave.

[Jim Flinchbaugh]

I finally started building my cave this week. Pictures when I'm through.
You guys have all posted some really nice play rooms, congrats to all of ya

[rbertalotto]

Thanks folks! When my wife and I bought this house 15 years ago, before we even moved in, I had this room built in the basement. It is my sanctuary!

All that stuff has been acquired over thirty five years of reloading and shooting.....I tell my wife "it's money in the bank!"

Lots more pictures of this area, my machine shop and my garage with the motorcycle lift built into the floor!

In photo album
http://public.fotki.com/Rbertalotto/

[ga41]

Thanks folks! When my wife and I bought this house 15 years ago, before we even moved in, I had this room built in the basement. It is my sanctuary!

All that stuff has been acquired over thirty five years of reloading and shooting.....I tell my wife "it's money in the bank!"

Lots more pictures of this area, my machine shop and my garage with the motorcycle lift built into the floor!

In photo album
http://public.fotki.com/Rbertalotto/


Geesh....I thought I had seen over the top before ! Stunning to say the least , well done sir.

[OeldeWolf]

I have just moved into his room, we decided that if the SO has the dining room converted into an office/arts room, I should bring my stuff in from the garage and trunks, and actually set it up to use.

We have been having a difficult time finding a reliable tenant for even 1 room, so this bedroom was up for grabs, and i grabbed. Not really put together yet, been trying to catch up on the house maintenance.

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee103/OeldeWolf/ReLoadRoom001.jpg

I am using a link, trying to save the forum the band width.

[Ronno]

Over a year and no new photos????

[44fanatic]

Over a year and no new photos????

I think there is a sticky or something else dedicated to this topic....

Its sort of funny looking back on what it looked like 18 months ago compared to today....lockers are fuller, rebuilt the mounts (gonna rework those again), added a Lee Load All II for shotgun...

I cleaned up the garage two days ago...getting ready to work on a car and deer season. Had to find the tools and hunting gear.

[rattletrap1970]

Finally finished my room.
http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac51/rattletrap1970/208822c401490b462301bc27eedd6296_zps4ad810ae.jpg

[10x]

Finally finished my room.
http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac51/rattletrap1970/208822c401490b462301bc27eedd6296_zps4ad810ae.jpg

I think I can see the floor....That is impressive....