Well you still have a good space. No telling when I will get my new one done.
I finally finished my 4th bench in my reloading room which is a dedicated gun building bench. Just needs to be stained and cleared but that will have to wait till spring when I can leave the windows open.
1. Dillon XL650 bench
2. Co-Ax / Chargemaster bolt rifle bench
3. Roch Chucker depriming and brass prep bench
4. Gun building/cleaning bench
I went with Inline Fabrications Ultramount with Quick Change baseplate system. Its an amazing setup!! I have 5 baseplates with different tools mounted on each. They have a huge drop down of pre made plates for all kinds to tools, trimmers, presses, vises, etc. Waiting on a second shipment from them with my wall mounting system. Also have a nice sturdy old dinning room table as kind of a 5th bench for whatever I need it for.
How did you come by that barbers chair? Any trick to getting one cheaper? Might be nice for my desk area in my room similar to how yours is.
I have used a few computer chairs over the past 20 years. You just have to suit the height of your work area and presses etc to the seat. Using a computer chair you have the added functionality of being able to roll around to where needed. It’s the only way to go for me.
Yeah I had planned on taking my worn out office chair and using that and getting the wife a new office chair. It's height adjustable but I'm not sure if it's quite tall enough for me to sit higher up over the bench at times like I would want to. I do like being able to roll.
I start with the chair and make the work surfaces about desk high. That way a computer chair is adjustable to a working height. The first time I used a roller chair I was sold on the idea lol.
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Yeah it is nice. The seat goes pretty high for a stool, which is nice. I have long legs so that's always an issue for me. That is pricey though.... Do you like it? Any issues with it being too wide at the bottom to get close enough to your work or anything like that?
Yeah, that's why I wanted something like that. I have some drawers and will probably stick some silverware dividers in some but you can't have too many drawers with all the little tools we use and all the crap I ended up putting in my safe that doesn't belong there lime torque wrenches for scopes and rings, and small screw driver sets and bore scope, ect....
That looks awesome.
Yeah it's not cheap but it didn't actually cost me quite as much as it might others. I'm a custom builder so, a lot of the stuff I used was extra stuff and I made all the cedar stuff and tops and stuff in my shop which is directly behind the new loading room. Also the cabinets are some that my cabinet guy had already and I got cheap. I had to co figure them based on the units that he already had vs being able to design what I wanted but it worked out ok and saved me a lot of money. There's a guest bedroom and attached bath that's down there too that I also did at the same time so it was more of a matter of a little extra framing, sheet rock, and insulation, and another wall unit for hvac, vs adding a new roof line and all. I already added the whole area above all of this stuff years ago so. The loading room is above my sun room, and wasn't ever really intended to be finished under there but I raised the slab up and framed it in. It just happened that I had a space to do a dedicated room and was already doing the other so it worked out. I also did all the trim, set the doors, made a bunch of stuff and my guys did stuff for cheap because it's my personal house or it would have cost me a lot more money and I may not have even done it. I'm pretty happy with it though. I'm really ready to be done with everything.
Looks great! That closet storage is going to go fast. Powder, Primers, and gun storage has been my biggest challenge. I keep outgrowing it. Guess it's a nice problem to have, lol
Yeah. The closet is also insulated for sound and has a solid door. It has power in it so I can put my tumbler and ultrasonic and stuff in there and shut the door and not hear al the noise. The closet is bigger than it looks with deep shelves I made so it will hold a lot but the cabinets will too so I hope it will be enough. The storage will go quickly for sure!
Pro move right there. I put my tumbler in the guest bedroom, bathroom to hide the sound from my wife late at night.
Yeah, I've got my power cleaner strip inside the lower cabinet too so I can run my scale power and stuff straight down through the top and plug it all in, inside the cabinet up on the wall of the cabinet. (Keep the wires off my bench) I have plugs inside of all of the lower cabinets on both sides of the room. I also did 26-1/2" wide tops with a 2" overhangs so I could clamp stuff easily and have a little more space than a normal 24" top or 25
I did 23" deep tops just to keep shit off the bench from collecting. I've failed majestically.
Yeah well I'm sure I will be right there with you very soon. That little cart with the drawers is supposed to be where I keep all the little crap but we all know half of it will just stay on the bench and be moved around until I clean it up 2x a year
It's just a desktop power grommet. There's tons of different ones and different shapes ect.... Google that or look in Amazon and you will see the options. The charging ports for the phones are not all the same level of output so be mindful of that if you want to quick charge stuff.
It would be worthy.
Yeah that's a good idea. We have plenty from babies still so, I have those but good idea to put em in there
So I installed 3 of them today and a regular grommet. A 3" hole saw was barely too tight so I wrapped some sandpaper around the hole saw and spun her up a bit and that got it to go. I think the actual recommended size was a 3-1/8" but I got it to work and it fits well.
Well, I'm a custom builder so I'm supposed to do this stuff ya know. My loading bench for years has been a harbor freight 6 foot work bench and I made a whole of great ammo on it too so...
I can’t build anything except Legos and assemble stuff per instructions.
Bro I bet you could put laminate down. Buy a $100 chop saw from lowes and roll with it. Youtube will be your friend. But even if not, you can make a really nice set up out od a few harbor freight work benches and some shelves. Secure 2 of them to the wall and floor and you've got a good amount of bench with 8 felt lined drawers. Get a handy man to come in and put you some shelves up and help you. Just sketch out what you want to do so you can plan it out and so you aren't paying for standing around "figuring it out" . You could have a really good set up with that 10x7 room of yours and about $2k with labor included. If you can do the floors first even better but that's definitely not a necessity for loading.I can’t build anything except Legos and assemble stuff per instructions.
I already picked up two 6’ workbenches I’m going to put in L formation and a 48” heavy duty wire shelving for in-room storage. I also have a 7 drawer 28” tool cart to fit under as well, but no overhead storage planned and presently rocking some decrepit commercial low pile carpet. This setup gives me lots of tabletop space, but no place to put a vise on either end so the 16’x16’ room will need another bench and more heavy duty wire shelving.
Slatwall, regardless of paint, venire, or edge trim, is cheap pressed wood and uses junky peg hooks. @BuildingConceptsllc built a beautiful reloading room, covering the walls in fiber board is like leaving the project 80% finished.
. My walls have accumulated a shit ton of Inline Fab Dillon Toolhead holders. Every time I think I have one extra, unused toolhead...I end up needing one more toolhead holder. It's endless.
