[QUOTE=ktw;140973]I've taken over half of a small basement.
Reloading: Front
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...eloading-2.jpg
Like your primer catcher!
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[QUOTE=ktw;140973]I've taken over half of a small basement.
Reloading: Front
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...eloading-2.jpg
Like your primer catcher!
Mine is NEVER clean and is constantly morphing as I add and remove equipment.
On one side of my boolit dungeon i have a stand up bench with a 550 on it. Before I got a 650 it had 2 550s, when this was taken:
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...lletlab023.jpg
Tall standup benches on casters have to have a lot of ballast to keep them steady:
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...rn/misc121.jpg
I sold a 550 and added a 650 last fall, and had to improvise to get it set up on the bench on the other side of the shop (ie 4 ft away) so that the casefeeder would clear the ceiling easily. I need to cut 3-4" off the stool legs for a better angle when i using the 650 though:
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...tt/misc122.jpg
All my lead and casting stuff is in another hole under my house, never had room to keep any of it in this shop except for the lubrisizer that lives in a box but comes out and bolts to the bench when needed:
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...tt/misc034.jpg
Brass started taking up a lot of room but i got a handle on it for now thanks to the cat-ladies at my office.
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...tt/misc067.jpg
You still have a lot of room to add more items
Boy some of you guys are just as spoiled as I wish to be some day. As a kid going to my corner was a bad thing now I do bad things just so I can go to my corner.:twisted:
cohutt
How do you fix a billiard ball to the end of the handle? Want to do that with my rockchucker.
oscar
Aneat here drills and taps them. he has some 8 balls for sale @ freakshowbullets
http://www.freakshowbullets.com/prod...roducts_id=163
i used 2 two drawer filing cabinets and a heavy sheet of plywood with formica on top.
i bolted the cabinets to the floor and bolted the wood to the cabinets.
it does not move.
and ive got 4 good sized drawers to put crap in.
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...zdillon002.jpg
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...zdillon001.jpg
a few small strong magnets on the wall to hold tools is a good idea also.
just to the right of that is another very small bench for a table saw.
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...dges/bench.jpg
cost
about $15
i got the cabinets from a thrift store.
this is good for my tiny house
This usually gets me out of my reloading room. [smilie=1:
Wifey. ;) aka BUFFALO BARBIE or TGITPT
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...TRELOADING.jpg
We had to buy a larger house last week so I have a larger reloading room now. Pics to follow.
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:Fire::roll:
I'm in the process of remodeling my reloading room. I need more storage space and a bigger bench. I'm scared to take a picture of my current rats nest. It might break the camera. I've got most of my material together so I'll get started soon. When I get home I'll take a photo and post it so I'll have the before and after pics.
Jim -
Stiffness of any construction comes mostly from the shape of the building material and proper gusseting of the corners, not the material itself. Metals are only preferred for commercial and industrial constructions because metal is so easy to join, last longer in the weather, and has a known and consistent strength.
As far as getting a bench, here are 2 low-dollar options....
• There are workbench kits available at your local hardware store that contain all the metal brackets required to construct a bench. These typically require you to buy your own screws, 2x6 and 3/4 plywood, but make very substantial benches. The great thing is that you can build a bench exactly to your needs.
• Another source is your local "thrift store". I see very extra heavy-duty, government issue metal desks from the 50's and 60's all the time for $15 to $50. Although rusty in spots and usually needing some drawer lube, these desks are still rock solid.
Hope this helps !
Here's my room. I have another bench that I lube bullets on and keep my tools on, but it was wrecked!!! http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/m...s/101_2253.jpg
I was going to suggest a solid core door as an answer to the benchtop materials discussion above. I see EMC45 has put one to good use in his photo.
Old file cabinets also make great storage units for brass, powder, cases of primers, etc.
-ktw
Yup that is a mineral filled fire proof door. Weighs about 100lb! Built the bench in the room, and kinda slapped the door up there and squared it up and screwed it down. The shelves are some free plywood from an old job. Just lined that stuff up and used sheetrock screws to button it up. And it's screwed to the bench. All my brass is under the bench in old coffee and baby formula cans. The yellow strips come in real handy. They are Stanley bins that lock into the dovetail of the strips. All my cast bullets are in the sour cream tubs to the left of the benchtop. Any kind of container is mine after it's cleaned out, peanut butter jars, mayo, sour cream, formula (I still have a little one), coffee etc. etc. BTW the entire bench was FREE material!!! It is pressure treat lumber, and the door was free too, also the drafting chair. Had to re-upholster it though. Used an old BDU top for that. All my pistol dies are set for the Lee Classic Cast, and all the rifle dies are set for the RCBS.
Some of mine.
Not much but keeps me out of trouble.
The Dove
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/f...nch052008A.jpg