A lot of us try hard to point people in the right direction including not recommending practices that will not provide consistent results, possibly cause injuries, and in short are possibly plain stupid. I'm being blunt here. I've been accused of growing up with money which is totally false. I've been reloading since the 70's and I believe I have learned how to reload properly and safely and I learned with cheap used equipment.
I've had a lot of questions from people over the years and not from this forum. Most questions deal with the cost of reloading and the possible cost savings. I've told people when you consider the cost involved in reloading its simpler to simply buy the ammunition. Take a box of 9mm for instance. A box of cheap 9mm is about $9.00 give or take. What can you reload a box for? It varies.... type of bullet, factory type bullet or cast. Is it worth it ..probably not.
Sure, you can do some things on the cheap. Does it however make sense to spend a great amount of time to process a round of ammunition when you have to do everything with technology that is behind the times? Like I mentioned if you have a bullet sizing die it doesn't make sense to try to pound a bullet thru with a hammer(plastic) when you can simply purchase a used reloading press or something along this line.
At some point logic has to come into play here. You wouldn't change your own car tires with a pry bar would you? The correct proper tools are needed to insure that whatever operation is being done is done correctly and safely.
My personal thought here.... If you cannot afford the equipment then get out of the game.