Household Items

[Okie73]

What household items do you keep on your casting/reloading bench?

I have three that I can think of:
Toothpicks
Cotton Swabs
Old tooth brush
I use these three things mainly for cleaning guns and moulds and they do a great job without risk of damage and little investment.:mrgreen:
Okie

[country gent]

I have several a fairly coarse screened seperator for removing small batches of brass from corn cob. A tea spoon and Tablespoon for measuring things. A butter knife. an Ice pick/awl, And a few spray squirt bottles just to name a few

[dmclark523]

Definitely an old toothbrush, helps with scrubbing molds. I also found a very nice, fine-pointed pick that is useful for almost anything from cleaning to loading.

Also, a LED flashlight. Even in my brightly lit garage, a high power flashlight is helpful in examening the inside of casings, dies, or otherwise for cleaning or observing purposes.

[Okie73]

+1 on the LED flash light! I have one that I carry for work and often find myself taking it out to the garage. I guess I should just buy one and leave it out there.
One of the other things that I picked up is a set of stainless measuring cups to make different sized pucks.

[justing]

i keep wax paper for drying lubed boolits

[LeadRecycler]

Empty peanut butter jars - storage
Wax paper - drying lubed boolits
Yogurt containers - holding screws and small parts
Shoeboxes - hold my cleaned brass
Protein powder containers - dirty brass, scrap brass, unsmelted lead

[P.K.]

Steel Wool
Coat Hanger (piece about 6 in pounded flat at one end .22LR case brazed at the other.)
Dental Pic's
Rubber Bands
Coffee Cans(storage)

[Texantothecore]

Steel wool
sandwhich bags
various plastic boxes, sandwhich size to half quart (for making grease cookies)
2 cup measuring cups
towels from 99 Cents only store
Dawn
Toothbrush
wax paper
heavy aluminum foil
tin baking pans
rolling pin
chore boy
Bronze wool
LED flashlight with a magnifier

It is probably an endless list

[waksupi]

I consider all of those items gun shop items, that are incidentally used in the house!

[RoyEllis]

Steel wool
sandwhich bags
various plastic boxes, sandwhich size to half quart (for making grease cookies)
2 cup measuring cups
towels from 99 Cents only store
Dawn
Toothbrush
wax paper
heavy aluminum foil
tin baking pans
rolling pin
chore boy
Bronze wool
LED flashlight with a magnifier

It is probably an endless list

I've got almost all this list + some swiped from the wife, but color me stupid....I can't for the life of me figure what you're using a rolling pin for!?!?? I've thought about it for half hour or so & the only thing I can figure is you are hiding it so it isn't used as a weapon against you.:lol:

[Okie73]

Steel Wool
Coat Hanger (piece about 6 in pounded flat at one end .22LR case brazed at the other.)
Dental Pic's
Rubber Bands
Coffee Cans(storage)

P.K.
What do you use the coat hanger for?

Okie

[dudits]

uuuhhhmmmm my bench has just about everything on it, currently there is even 2 bras on it.

i am curious about the rolling pin also...

[Kraschenbirn]

i am curious about the rolling pin also...

Rolling out BP lube for grease cookies? (I haven't tried it yet but my wife...the award-winning baker...says it will work.)

Bill

[daniel lawecki]

My wifes jumbo ziplock bags for brass and tooth brushes for gun cleaning and other things

[P.K.]

P.K.
What do you use the coat hanger for?

Okie

Ever work up a load that was heavy by a smidge? The copper coat hanger pounded flat on the end like a small spade to scoop out those few flakes/sticks etc. The .22LR shell brazed to the end was/is used like a powder dipper/trickler before I had one. Makes for a good all around handy item on the bench. ;-)

[red442joe]

Yous guys are crazy. Had me LOL.

Thanks,
Joe

[**oneshot**]

metal strainer
large cooking spoons(metal ones)
toothbrush's
q-tips
large frying pan(sprue catcher)
roll of tin foil
bottle caps(small parts holder)
slotted spoon(tumbled brass remover)
duct tape
tweezers
toothpicks
spoons
butter knife

That about covers it.

oh yeah, my hotplate.

[Harter66]

I've a frier ladle for smelting.
Toothbrush for cleaning.
Steel wool and Bon-Ami asst cleaning and lapping tasks.
As a mechanic by trade I've fast orange everywhere.
Tea spoon powder measure aid.
I also pilfered my 1st casting pot out of the kitchen.
2 soup spoons I made ladles from.
There's more I'm sure,but that hits the high points.