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Building the Perfect Reloading Room
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The reloading/storm room is coming along nicely in my new house!!
Tv above where the ladder is and gun rack above the safe and fridge in the center of the picture.
Tv above where the ladder is and gun rack above the safe and fridge in the center of the picture.
I'd like to design a storm shelter for the city. Fold up cots, chairs and tables kitchen bathrooms at one end a sturdy wall at the other all under ground.
I'm thinking several hundred yards long might be good. Maybe we can find a use for it between storms?
Nice "root cellar ".
I'm thinking several hundred yards long might be good. Maybe we can find a use for it between storms?
Nice "root cellar ".
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Rebuilding my room (down stairs bed room). So much new stuff going in. Going for flow to be more efficient. Wish it was bigger but it has clean power and 2 safes in closet (not pictured), doors removed. It is a mess right now. I will post pics in a few days when it is all done.
I play on it when I have free timeDat tractor
!That’s my 1.5 year old’s…..I never had one as a kid and I told myself if I ever have kids there WILL be at least one!! He loves it but he gets pissed off though because he can’t reach the petals yet lol!!
We did the exact same thing, I never had one so I made sure our son had one. But we live in John Deere country so Will III had a John Deere. That was many, many years ago. (Like getting close to four decades) Durn time passes quick!I play on it when I have free time
That’s my 1.5 year old’s…..I never had one as a kid and I told myself if I ever have kids there WILL be at least one!! He loves it but he gets pissed off though because he can’t reach the petals yet lol!!
Here's an idea for folks with a cold storage area. Make it into a vault - steel door, keypad, seal the concrete and you're set!
...and yes, I'm a bit of an OCD perfectionist - but who isn't in the reloading game!?!
...and yes, I'm a bit of an OCD perfectionist - but who isn't in the reloading game!?!
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Always - you'll notice there is nothing of high import on the floor for that very reason. 
However, the floor pump is a pump out for the basement toilet. Everything else is gravity flow to the sewer. By bigger concern is that the water main comes in through the wall inside.
However, the floor pump is a pump out for the basement toilet. Everything else is gravity flow to the sewer. By bigger concern is that the water main comes in through the wall inside.
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I need a door eventually
…….thought about building myself one but…..idk if I want to aggravate myself that much!Totally worth it! There's a company here in Utah that makes metal doorframes and doors to order (Beacon Metals). For about $450 I picked up a door/frame/hinge set and in a couple hours hammer drilled the concrete to install the screw anchors. Super simple, but super dusty!
3 hours - following is a link to their website with data on the door types. There's a PDF download on the page for steel doors that gives info on the r value, etc of various doors they sell.
Fire Rating of Hollow Metal Doors
Fire Rating of Hollow Metal Doors
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DUDE!! That's a proper comfy man-cave going on there. Hopefully you have a Beer/wine fridge in place as well. Well done!
Gun room is a work in progress. Still need to put new lighting, floors and repaint the walls.
Hey reloading components are getting expensive now a days
Did this over the weekend. Also finished the gun room. Will post video later tonight.
You've been hanging around those Fclass guys too much. Beautiful set up.
My newest addition to my gun room. Need to pickup one more mount from inline though.
Looked through the whole thread a few times and recently redid my setup.
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Finally got mine where I have most all my stuff in the room. Still need to mount my press but I’m sure I’ll have to modify things here and there as I haven’t used it to reload just yet but it’s setup so it’s usable. Probably will change and add things here and there to make things more streamlined but for now, it’s good enough.
Just need a tall wheelie chair, my recliner, a bigger tv and it’ll be my man cave lol!
Just need a tall wheelie chair, my recliner, a bigger tv and it’ll be my man cave lol!
If I could just leave mine alone and stop moving it around. This is the latest version:
Any ideas on what to put your scales on? I've got two charge master lites that sit on a really ugly and bulky side table thing.
I think you should center the cat and put a press on that corner.
Granite or something similar. I got mine from a counter top place that has a bone yard in the back of it and they let me pick through it. I got A LOT of granite from them for other projects. The lady said the first time I was there, like $2000 worth of granite that was all remodel/take out pieces. I’ve got one piece for the gun cleaning area and one under the scale/balance.
And that takes care of vibrations when the scale is on the same surface as the press? I've got the chargemasters running along side the dillon. So if that works that'd be great!
Lol, not real sure about that! Ah, I’ve got my fx120i on my bench that also is where my vise and press are on and I had it like that before the granite. Idk I’ve heard a balance/scale works better on a piece of stone or glass. I did have my scale on a piece of wood but I’d have to adjust the level every so often. I have yet to adjust the it since my new bench setup.
I placed the granite on a rubber mat that was on top of the tool box when bought so that may help with vibrations, not sure kinda a new setup for me.
I know it’s messy…..got projects going on and stuff I’m trying to figure out where I want to go with.
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Here is my setup. Lower bench is finished, just have to build the upper shelves. Picked up the 2x4basics bench kit off Amazon and it goes together pretty easily. I went with 3’x8’ and ver glad I did. I would go a little more extravagant but I’m just renting right now. I love having a basement for the first time.
Noted. The way the bench is built, there is a joint in the corner. I didn’t want to take the chance of having one side of the vise pull out so I moved it over slightly. I have enough overhang on the vise that I can drop item straight down.
Ya I was looking at those plastic? Legs wondering about that.
I worked on sheet metal and other odd shaped items for years and the boss would get pissed that when he turned his back I would move the vice where I wanted it.
Those legs look to make for quick easy assembly other than for my corner vice prefrance.
I worked on sheet metal and other odd shaped items for years and the boss would get pissed that when he turned his back I would move the vice where I wanted it.
Those legs look to make for quick easy assembly other than for my corner vice prefrance.
Yeah, pictures do help I guess.
I basically just want to get rid of this side table/cabinet thing. With the scales on the bench while the press is going it screws them up pretty good. Will granite on my bench top under the scales change anything?
V3 powder scale stays inside in a controlled climate. Everything else has been in a nice confined space and makes for a decent setup.
It depends...the stone is a ballast...not a damper.
Theres benefit also from its inherent flatness.
Think about adding mass to a gun...for any given load, more mass it reduced recoil.
However, weights on a gun dont do the same job as a recoil pad.
We had a vibration problem with a scale. Used a chunk of granite and then added a thin rubber pad under that.
It helped but still it would crop up in the middle of loading. Was beginning to think the scale was a pos.
One day I was sitting starring at the bench frustrated at slow load development of staggered loads and saw something.
I could see vibrations in my glass of water. I was not touching the bench, air conditioner in the room was cut off.
We had tied the massive bench into the wall studs for extra strengh.
My daughter in law was in the garage kicking the shit out of a heavy bag that was hung from ceiling joists that tie into walls etc..
So free float your scales bench or refrain from kick boxing / banging gramma's head into the headboard while someone is dropping powder.
It helped but still it would crop up in the middle of loading. Was beginning to think the scale was a pos.
One day I was sitting starring at the bench frustrated at slow load development of staggered loads and saw something.
I could see vibrations in my glass of water. I was not touching the bench, air conditioner in the room was cut off.
We had tied the massive bench into the wall studs for extra strengh.
My daughter in law was in the garage kicking the shit out of a heavy bag that was hung from ceiling joists that tie into walls etc..
So free float your scales bench or refrain from kick boxing / banging gramma's head into the headboard while someone is dropping powder.
From the looks of it, in your case it may not help…….all you can do is try different things and see how it works, if it works. Don’t spend a lot of money on it.
It is a minor point, but if you have a high vibration environment, you can isolate the bench from the floor with a higher durometer sorbothane puck, then put a lower durometer sorbothane, small puck under the granite slab. You can find sorbothane on Ebay. Not super cheap but not a back breaker. Same plan works great if you have a high quality turntable in an audio system. Sometimes you need to try different diameters, thicknesses and durometers on floor or bench. In labs with super high end analytical balances, the slabs can get pretty heavy.
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