Now I know where the ammo is at .

Arley

My New "Office".... When Grace and I decided to relocate to Tennessee, we got a 3 bedroom home, mostly because we knew we would not have a basement. "The Deal".... she gets to make all the decisions on "most" of the house, and I got the bonus room upstairs for a mancave, and one bedroom on the first floor as my "shop." I also got the garage, but that's not even close to being usable yet. So... without further commentary... Here's some pics of the new shop.

The first has become my mantra... There are no accidents with firearms. Only negligence. And so... the Three Stooges... The bench is my cleaning bench, Grace bought it for me for Christmas. All stainless, 48" long. Purchased at Lowes.

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Second shot is the reloading section of the room. I'm still using my Lee Classic Turret in "batch" mode. By mounting it higher on the shelving I have an almost straight view to the round being created, and the length of pull on the handle is just about perfect for me. The lower cabinet was an unfinished 5' sink cabinet that I got on sale at Lowes. A couple coats of golden oak and some poly... I'm good. The counter is 8 feet of Wilsonart laminate. I only wanted 6', but Lowes only had the 8 footers.... so they offered to bring a 6' in for me. I countered with "why don't you just sell me the 8 footer for the 6' price? The manager said "mmmm sure. ok. we can do that."

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Third shot is the storage part of the room. Hey, gotta put the stuff I create SOMEWHERE!

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And of course... anyone coming to the house can't see the closet. All they can see if they glance into the room is my Bear head (1978, Plattsburgh NY. 265# sow), some nice looking shelves and my NRA instructor certificate.

Well... that's it for this post. How are your reloading areas coming along? Post a recent picture!

Dafadda

looking good. The a/c in my metal reloading shed went t*ts up. No loading for now

I am moving this week but the general area is set up. Craftsman bench and a couple upright cabinets on either side not home right now so no pics and it is filled with junk getting sorted from the move. I will get pics when I can to show progress.

Still getting sorted out. The buckets have a different caliber brass in each. Sad part is I have buckets of brass that I don't have dies for! Also going to be where I am pouring cast bullets as well. I didn't want to drill into the bench top so I mounted the press to a 2X4 and I clamp that to the bench as needed.

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What to do with an old drill press stand...
 

Found this buried in the garage when I made the move to Tennessee. It used to be for a 16" drill press that I've since "gotten gone". Now that we're in our new home, our mantra is "Use it... or Lose it!" Fact is... we have no room for things we don't use. And so....

A New Loading bench!

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The top of the stand is 12 x24, the legs flare out for stability. I think most o us have seen this before. On top of the stand, I used two 18 x 36 pieces of glued up pine (Lowes 7.50 each)... glued and screwed them together to create a 1.5" thick top.

On top of the pine workspace, I placed a Berry's Manufacturing reloading riser. Lists for $140 or so on Berry's site, but I picked this up at the NRA convention on the last day of the show. Berry's didn't want to haul this puppy home. So I did for half price. The riser is built extremely well, with all holes drilled properly EXCEPT the holes for your press. Because there are so many differences in hole placement based on your press, they have you drill it out for yourself. The stand is heavy aluminum, and drilled out easily.

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What's installed? The Lee Classic 4 hole turret press (which I use in batch mode), a RCBS powder thrower with a micrometer adjuster and my first RCBS Rock Chucker.

Stand: Free (but originally about $30 at Sears, Lowes or Home Depot). To purchase today from Sears: $41

Riser: Retail at 140, bought at the convention for $70

Bench top: $15

More shelf space and comfortable reloading: Priceless.

DaFadda

Looking great guys!!

I just sold the majority of my reloading equipment with the exception of my RCBS RockChucker. I still use that to reload for my AutoMag.

I could not see the point for me at least to reload any longer when I can get factory ammo for way less than I can reload for. I had a great time when I did reload but someone else wanted my Dillon RL550B more that I did so off it went!!:D I really cannot say that I even miss reloading at all. More time now to shoot!!

Nice set up sir! I wouldn't reload either John if I could get it cheaper anytime I needed it. Lucky bugger!!

Phil, lately I have not been able to get enough!! The customers come before us lowly employees!!!!:D:D

Mike, where did you get the DeSantis counter mat??

wow John, you noticed!!! The DeSantis counter mat was given to me by a LGS that went out of business. I have two. I met MR. DeSantis at the NRA convention, and offered him one of them if he wanted it, since the mold has been destroyed. He has one in his possession and is looking for a vendor to reproduce them. I suggested he talk to the guys at Hogue, since I got 10 of their hogue mats while walking around the convention!

Thanks for the info Mike, I will now begin my search to locate one. My everyday carry holster is a DeSantis Speed Scabbard!!

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Hey Padre and a few others you HOARD to much .................. lol lol


Clyde

My Mess
 

Got my 2 beloved Lyman Turrets an Old Piggyback that works better than when new and a 2000 for quick Caliber change and faster Production and of course the rest of the Mess Every where

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Someday when I,m feeling froggy I,ll get Pics of my whole corrupt mess I have around Here from MY casting OP to the Sizing OP to the Finish
What a Mess
By the Way all the drawers on the Dresser actually function or is that Funktion

DOGG!!!

No luck so far finding a DeSantis counter mat!! I thought one would suddenly just show up in my mailbox!!!:D:rolleyes:

Nice set-up you have there DOGG!!:)

re-purpose an old work desk I built
 

Its the start of getting back into the reloading. I cant for the life of me get these pics to rotate.

Here you go ...

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Thank You

Thought I would add pictures of mine.

I picked the bench up from Harbor Freight. It measures 5' wide by 20" deep and has a wood jaw vice and a storage shelf under that is 4' wide and 18" deep. A nice setup for $139.99. The bench came with four good sized drawers. The two on the left hold realoading stuff, the two on the right hold cleaning and gunsmithing tools.

I wanted the bench set up so I could either reload or work on guns. Since presses need to be mounted securely, I made the reloading press mount removable. Platform is made of two pieces of 3/4" plywood glued together. Before gluing the top piece on, I glued and screwed pieces of wood in a 'L' shape so it self centers on the vice jaw.

Sanded the platform and applied a walnut stain, followed by a few coats of polyurethane to seal it.

Added cork tiles to the wall behind the bench. Handy for hanging stuff like VMD charts. It also keeps cleaning chemicals and oil from splashing on the wall, which keeps CINCHouse happy.

Added a 4' x 8' rubber backed carpet mat under the bench for the same reason - at least until I get around to tiling the room.

The two lights on the bench were picked up at WalMart or Target for less than $20 each. The Floor lamp has a LED bulb. Plenty of light that I can move or adjust as needed.

General shot, Lee classic turret press, powder measure and a digital scale. Powder measure stand is lag screwed to the reloading platform, as is the Lee press mount.

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Closer shot -

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Ready to break the platform down so I can work on a rifle. Scale Removed.

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Press Removed. Lee Press mount visible. Clearly shows where the vice grips the wood pieces mounted to the platform to secure it.

Press is stored on the shelf, you can see the press handle in the lower left of the photo.

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Press Platform removed. You can see the wood bolted to the bottom that fits in the vise. To mount it, all I do is line it up with the bench and tighten vise.

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Powder measure removed from stand.

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Underside of the platform. Gaps in the wood clear the wormscrew and guide rods on the vice. As you can see, I went a little crazy with the glue.

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Reloading platform stowed next to the bench.

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I have that very same bench that I use for working on my guns as well, set-up looks great, you've given me some ideas. http://www.cotep.org/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif
Question:
While going through the loading stages does the bench move around much or does it stay put?

It doesn't move much, but it does move. I am considering mounting a board to the wall, then securing the bench to the board - probably with threaded rod and wingnuts so it can be moved for cleaning etc.

^^ Thank you Sir.

I like that set up.....nicely done!

Nice set up, well done.

It may not look very organized but it works for me for now.

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Rock Chucker and powder dispenser are mounted to a 2x4 that is C clamped most of the time but can be quickly removed for gun work. Bullets, dies, casting equipment and most brass are on top. Powder and primers in plastic ammo cans on shelf below.

Yes that is a Millennium Falcon multi tool on the bench.

I don't have a fire extinguisher in my room. This picture was a good idea. I need to get one.

Have one in mine too. it's cheap insurance 'just in case'

No pics of my setup. Needs a deep cleaning. Had a bit of snafu with health issues and let everything go to hell. However, planning to rejigger things soon and get back at it. Seems as if they have come out with a metric crap ton of new stuff for my Lock an Load AP over the last few years, so I have work to do.

Hope all is well now, welcome back.

Thanks!