The only thing missing is the beer fridge. Very nice!
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The only thing missing is the beer fridge. Very nice!
Lots of great benches here. Crazy the amount of stock I see in some of the older ones, wonder if they are still sitting on all that stock.
Figured I'd move this thread over, in light of all the folks who posted such great stuff back on the old 'Hide. I captured a lot of it and will incorporate into the new room(s).
Another snowy weekend spent in the barn attic saw the completion of all my framing and the installation of all the wiring. Put in 8 outlets in the room, all at 48" height, to give plenty of clearance over benches. Wired in the light switches, too.
I found a really neat fixture at Home Depot which is an LED track light, but built in an "S" shape. So you can point lights in all kinds of interesting directions. And it current draw is tiny. I'll combine that with some on-bench lights.
Decided, too, to add a Gunsmithing bench for rifle building and other projects. That will be separate from the reloading benches. But I have lots of room.
Pictures when I get around to it. We're getting a 14" dusting of snow up here. So may get a day off tomorrow to keep going!
Insulating next. Did I mention I hate insulating? It itches.
Cheers
Sirhr
I still haven't figured out a tag line, but instead I'll just type this....
If you rock and fire tape, you will eliminate all sorts of air leaks and dust invasion points. You can rock, fire tape then ship lap. This is what I do in houses where the owner desires the look of ship lap. I also paint that rock a dark brown before we apply the siding.I’m trying to decide if I want to sheet rock or also looking at possibly doing ship lap for walls. Next step in the meantime will be insulation.
So a kitchen, but for bullets. Food for your guns.If i was assembling the perfect reloading room, it would be large enough to have an island in the middle of it. I would utilize all four sides to mount presses or equipment rather than mounting each of them a traditional bench top.
f ing A man, i know this is old, but f in A manI recently built a new haven for my daily operations.
Here's some pictures in no particular order. There is simply too much going on in this room to get pictures of everything.
Thanks. I've since built an entirely new setup... and it makes that old one look ridiculous and small time. I might do a write up on it some day. We'll see.f ing A man, i know this is old, but f in A man
We would all enjoy that.Thanks. I've since built an entirely new setup... and it makes that old one look ridiculous and small time. I might do a write up on it some day. We'll see.
Nicely done.I work out of state long term so I live in a camper (toy hauler). Although not very roomy, it’s just me so I made room for reloading. I have my priorities.
YesIs 1.75" thick edge grain solid maple bench top thick enough? Thinking 72"×30".
show the rest of the shiner posterUpgraded to a whole new bench/shelf setup a while back. Can't remember if I saw it here or somewhere else, but using the T tracks is great for keeping the stuff that doesn't get used as often out of the way.
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I really need to add channels like that to one of my benches for quick changeout stuff. I really like that.My buddies bench he just built, I'm using him as a ginny pig. It works so well!
My wife thinks I only have 3 guns
Turned out great.I bought some cabinets at the hardware store and created a 2x4 frame on the bottom with some heavy duty cantilever brackets. Threw a few butcher block tops on and this is my setup
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For a limited space, it is very well done.My space was very limited as I retired recently and converted my home-office into office/reloading room. Used a combination of built-in counter space, Frankford Arsenal's Platinum Series Reloading Stand, and leveraged Inline Fabrication Quick Change Mounts and Wall Organizers to save space. While not as visually awesome as many of the tables shown here (which I lust after but couldn't work in m limited space) ... it's remarkably functional and works for me. The Frankford Stand and Inline Fab stuff worked way better than I thought it would, and there's nothing I've wanted to do thus far, that hasn't worked in this setup for the five calibers I'm reloading now. Being able to move the press from "light duty" (on the Frandford Stand) to "heavy duty" (on the counter-mounted stand) via Inline Fab mounts is super helpful. Out of sight behind me is another shelf system where I store primers, bullets, blocks, hand-tools, etc. Here's a photo of my Low-Tech / Low-Budget / Space-Optimized "reloading corner". Very thankful my wife allowed this, and I've been surprised at how well it's worked.
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The framed case has two "special" pistols ... left is a never-fired mirror-polished 1978 Walther PPK ... right is a never-fired mirror-polished 2018 SIG P220 Compact with 24K gold-plated controls. I may fire them "someday" ... but not "today".For a limited space, it is very well done.
Thank you for all the details.
May need to see more of the space to get the framed handgun in view and the heavy duty storage cabinet to the far right.
No reloading room is complete without Folgers cans and zip loc bags.Upgraded to a whole new bench/shelf setup a while back. Can't remember if I saw it here or somewhere else, but using the T tracks is great for keeping the stuff that doesn't get used as often out of the way.
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Don't feel bad ... everyone else's is a mess too ... they just clean up for the photo.Love these reloading area threads, always pickup a few new ideas. Thanks. My area is like 10 pounds of crap in a 5 pound bag but I can do a few different operations at once so if I need to decompress for a few minutes there is always something to do.
Empty publix gallon ice cream tubs here.No reloading room is complete without Folgers cans and zip loc bags.
Well that just wont do. Doesnt have the same structural stability as a Folgers can.Empty publix gallon ice cream tubs here.
At the rate my 8 kids go thru ice cream I can just about trade all of them out monthly. And I gradually slipped into coffee snobbery so this house hasn't seen a folger's can in a while lol.Well that just wont do. Doesnt have the same structural stability as a Folgers can.
Its funny you say that, I dont think Ive ever drank folgers at home.......I have no idea where all these cans came from lol.At the rate my 8 kids go thru ice cream I can just about trade all of them out monthly. And I gradually slipped into coffee snobbery so this house hasn't seen a folger's can in a while lol.
Its funny you say that, I dont think Ive ever drank folgers at home.......I have no idea where all these cans came from lols goes to
He get those cans from the corner restaurant ,in his neighborhoodIts funny you say that, I dont think Ive ever drank folgers at home.......I have no idea where all these cans came from lol.
where did you get that ammosexual mat?
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update on #695. Got the shelves built. 2x12s on 1” pipe pedestals and the back secured to each shelf. It doesn’t move.
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update on #695. Got the shelves built. 2x12s on 1” pipe pedestals and the back secured to each shelf. It doesn’t move.