A little explanation is in order. My wife and I live in a one bedroom apartment. No garage, no extra space. My living room is my reloading room, well at for 351 days a year. Well the boss informed me that there will be no reloading for the next two weeks!
This is what my reloading bench typically look like most of the year.
This is what it looks like for the next couple weeks.
Long, Wide, Deep, and Without Hesitation!
That seems a reasonable compromise.
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In a one bedroom apartment you are granted a fixed table for reloading? My friend, you have a real keeper there! Most would be lucky to have a closet allocated.
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Especially since I get to eat half the cookies!Originally Posted by ryanmattes
Long, Wide, Deep, and Without Hesitation!
That my friend would be an extreme understatement!! 40 years and counting! And like I say I always get the last words in at my house they just happen to be yes dear and I’m sorry!
Long, Wide, Deep, and Without Hesitation!
I resemble that. I wear the pants around here. She tells me which pair to wear, and what day to wear them.
She does have this strange notion that maybe I have enough guns, though. I'm thinking maybe 20 or 30 more...
Do you think you could find room for a rolling cart about the same size as your temporarily confiscated table? Something with legs that could lift the wheels clear of the floor when you need it not to move?
Bill
Great transition for the short while
She is a keeper
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What could possibly go wrong?
All excellent posts above. Your wife accepts your hobby & as such,, the occasional deviation from the norm is a good thing. Working together is what makes a great relationship.
Now,, on a side note,, back in the 1970's when I was space challenged,, I had to make do without a permanent place to handload. As such,, I built a reloading bench that was capable of being taken apart,, and stored easily. It's nowhere near what I have NOW,, but it sure worked back then. Maybe if it's necessary,, you look at the idea of having a bench you can fold down, or disassemble a bit to allow both of y'all more space.
And... she let you keep your charts on the wall! This is a man who has found the key to a successful marriage!
Isaac
Last edited by Isaac; 12-20-2021 at 03:07 PM.
I knew Mrs.Thumbcocker was a keeper when she let me clamp my Dillon 550 on the breakfast bar at her apartment.
Paper targets aren't your friends. They won't lie for you and they don't care if your feelings get hurt.
Back in 1980, or 1981, when I started reloading shotgun shells, I used the top of our dryer as my reloading bench. Had my Mec 700 mounted on a nice piece of plywood, put rubber feet on it to keep it from sliding.
You do what you gotta do! It sounds like you are responding to a reasonable request. I have a bushel tub of range brass waiting to be sorted and tumbled but I have been banned from the kitchen until after the holidays!
I was waiting to see long it took someone to notice the bullet charts! Lol
Long, Wide, Deep, and Without Hesitation!
Hopefully you loaded ahead for the shutdown. Happy wife-happy life.
seems fair
When we decided to retire, I always figured just falling over on my desk, we bought a tree farm that had set for 30 years. The builds went like this: Clear 1 mile of fence line, make 250 yard rifle range out of an old log loading area, build a barn, build a shop, then build a new house. The best laid plan got a little skewed when I got a call one day, you interested in talking about selling the business…..30 days later I was out of business. But 2 weeks in, we put the house up, it sold in 3 days, how soon can you be out…..Just luckily, when I was building the shop I decided to add 200 more feet. We lived in my reloading room for a year and a half while the house was being built, true story.
This is the reloading room with the beds, etc out.
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Oh do I know the feeling. If my wife sees as much as a reloading catalog or a new die set on the kitchen table it's like "You gonna find a home for this?"
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For only two weeks and in exchange you get to eat home made cookies ... That's More Than Fair !
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