My new reloading area - The Firearms Forum

Deacon_Man · 06-15-2012, 06:30 PM

I finished up my reloading area today. Built a shelving unit to hold all my supplys and details for loading. Tell me what you think of it and what you think I still need to do.

dbach · 06-15-2012, 06:47 PM

Nice, very nice. You'll be out of room before you know it.

gun-nut · 06-15-2012, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by dbach

Nice, very nice. You'll be out of room before you know it.

BETH · 06-15-2012, 07:31 PM

very nice

joncutt87 · 06-15-2012, 07:35 PM

looks good

jlloyd73 · 06-15-2012, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by dbach

Nice, very nice. You'll be out of room before you know it.

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ryan42 · 06-15-2012, 08:42 PM

Looks great One thing youll want to add is a tumbler to clean your brass but there not real expensive.You dont have to have one but it sure makes it nice.Some guys like the ultrasonic cleaners as well.Your definitely on the right road.

Bindernut · 06-15-2012, 09:24 PM

That bench is still way to neat! Post up a pic after it starts to look like your workbench in the background.

soundguy · 06-15-2012, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by dbach

Nice, very nice. You'll be out of room before you know it.

ditto on both points!

boy them red reloading blocks look familiar!

76Highboy · 06-15-2012, 10:38 PM

That is a great set up and it will evolve naturally to suit your needs. You are quite the craftsman.

The only thing I would add is a bunch of barstools so we can all come over and you can put a BBG on for us.

Looks good.

howlnmad · 06-16-2012, 10:11 AM

Looking good but it's way to neat. I'd be to distracted by that bench.

soundguy · 06-16-2012, 05:16 PM

oh , you'd like mine then.... organized clutter is what I call it..

BlackEagle · 06-16-2012, 05:35 PM

Looks very good. You've done nice work puting it together. It looks like you have room to expand as your needs grow.

I have separate drawers/compartments for each caliber I reload, so I can keep the powder, primers, and tools all together and reduce the risk of mixing them up. Small pistol primers are about the same size as small rifle primers.

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Originally Posted by 76Highboy

The only thing I would add is a bunch of barstools so we can all come over and you can put a BBG on for us.
Looks good.

Jim, what's a BBG?

JLA · 06-18-2012, 07:09 PM

Better than what I started with john.

BTW, I aint forgot about you. I plan to make it out to Lone Star this coming weekend. Ill give you a buzz.

DixieLandMan · 06-19-2012, 07:37 AM

Very nice! Like mentioned before, you will be out of room in no time.

carver · 06-19-2012, 07:55 AM

I like it! I would suggest that you paint, or prime the table top, makes clean up easier. I would also suggest that you build more shelves! You will need them in the not to distant future! Mine is about the size of yours, but I don't have no where near enough shelf space.

soundguy · 06-19-2012, 08:43 AM

hmm.. shelves.. I need to add more shelves...

soundguy · 06-20-2012, 08:52 PM

well, dug thru the scrap wood int he shed and found some 7/16 osb from a dog kennel project, plus some wood planks from an old water bed frame.

put together a lil more space for the bench.. still moving stuff around..

Salvage33 · 06-21-2012, 03:09 PM

I am hoping that your bench area is temperature/humidity controlled since I saw your powder cans sitting on a shelf.

Otherwise, to dang neat and even more shelves will be needed.

John

soundguy · 06-21-2012, 04:14 PM

yep, that's the back 'clutter' room of the house.. the room I get to 'play' in.. so it is temp / humidity controlled. I also have each of my powder cans in a ziplock baggy for extra humidity control.

the pic may be decieving.. but it looks alot less organized in person.

I have another set of shelves about that big setting off to the left of the camera, that I have not had time to set on the other table and mount up.. well.. you can see SOME of the other shelf setting on the ground. I am also utilizing the space UNDER the table and the shelves under the bench.. and I have a scholl type desk with integral chair and desk and book rack to the sid eof that. that's where my relaod books like and I work up my loads. got it at a school sale for 5$ makes a great shooting rest too! I'm sure I'll need to build a 'bookshelf' sized set to go behind it as well. i keep shpopping yardsales and such for them. Idon't liek the lil particle board ones if I can help it.. I lucked up and at that same school sale got a real wood bookshelf that is in the wives library room, and I got a HD metal cart for my shop.

American Leader · 06-21-2012, 05:39 PM

Nice job Deacon, congrats!

ozo · 06-22-2012, 01:17 PM

Nice...good job. Looks like about 4' wide, as you add stuff on the 1-by
shelving you made need a center support to avoid sagging....
And I might keep an eye on the sawdust in the background.
Everyone should have a reloading bench....don't ya think????

soundguy · 06-22-2012, 04:19 PM

i got screws thru the back of the osb into the shelves for support. though if I notice a sag I'll brace it.

can't tell but she has a coat of clear utrethane on her.. so sawdust should be nill.

good points though!

fluffie · 06-29-2012, 07:19 AM

I agree it looks good but more shelves is a must. im very limited on space right now but hopefully come wenter that will change. My dad and i have plans of building a room for reloading. Im thinking something 8ft by 12ft interior benches on 2 walls and one wall nothing but shelving .

soundguy · 06-29-2012, 04:07 PM

measure your usualy items to go on shelves and build them accordingly, with some large at top and bottom, to maximize your space.

take pics too!

06-15-2012, 06:30 PM	#1
Deacon_Man V.I.P. Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Weatherford Texas Posts: 453	My new reloading area I finished up my reloading area today. Built a shelving unit to hold all my supplys and details for loading. Tell me what you think of it and what you think I still need to do. Attached Images -->

06-15-2012, 06:47 PM	#2
dbach V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Trinity, TX Posts: 173	Re: My new reloading area Nice, very nice. You'll be out of room before you know it. __________________ David Bachelder Trinity, TX Rookie Reloader but learning fast 9mm, 40S&W, 45ACP, 45 Colt, 38 Special, .357 Magnum, 38 S&W, .243, & 30-06 CHL ~ Texas

06-15-2012, 07:31 PM	#4
BETH Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: naugatuck,Ct. Contributor Posts: 6,686	Re: My new reloading area very nice

06-15-2012, 07:35 PM	#5
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06-15-2012, 08:42 PM	#7
ryan42 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: marion indiana Contributor Posts: 1,589	Re: My new reloading area Looks great One thing youll want to add is a tumbler to clean your brass but there not real expensive.You dont have to have one but it sure makes it nice.Some guys like the ultrasonic cleaners as well.Your definitely on the right road. __________________ Tommorrow is promised to know one! Ryan Stevens

06-15-2012, 09:24 PM	#8
Bindernut Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ND, USA Posts: 2,490	Re: My new reloading area That bench is still way to neat! Post up a pic after it starts to look like your workbench in the background.

06-15-2012, 10:38 PM	#10
76Highboy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Meridian, Idaho Contributor Posts: 7,094	Re: My new reloading area That is a great set up and it will evolve naturally to suit your needs. You are quite the craftsman. The only thing I would add is a bunch of barstools so we can all come over and you can put a BBG on for us. Looks good.

06-16-2012, 10:11 AM	#11
howlnmad Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Harriman, Tn Contributor Posts: 2,637	Re: My new reloading area Looking good but it's way to neat. I'd be to distracted by that bench. __________________

06-16-2012, 05:16 PM	#12
soundguy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: florida Contributor Posts: 4,746	Re: My new reloading area oh , you'd like mine then.... organized clutter is what I call it..

06-18-2012, 07:09 PM	#14
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,412	Re: My new reloading area Better than what I started with john. BTW, I aint forgot about you. I plan to make it out to Lone Star this coming weekend. Ill give you a buzz. __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

06-19-2012, 07:37 AM	#15
DixieLandMan Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Alabama Posts: 618	Re: My new reloading area Very nice! Like mentioned before, you will be out of room in no time.

06-19-2012, 07:55 AM	#16
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,552	Re: My new reloading area I like it! I would suggest that you paint, or prime the table top, makes clean up easier. I would also suggest that you build more shelves! You will need them in the not to distant future! Mine is about the size of yours, but I don't have no where near enough shelf space. Attached Images __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

06-19-2012, 08:43 AM	#17
soundguy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: florida Contributor Posts: 4,746	Re: My new reloading area hmm.. shelves.. I need to add more shelves...

06-20-2012, 08:52 PM	#18
soundguy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: florida Contributor Posts: 4,746	Re: My new reloading area well, dug thru the scrap wood int he shed and found some 7/16 osb from a dog kennel project, plus some wood planks from an old water bed frame. put together a lil more space for the bench.. still moving stuff around.. Attached Images

06-21-2012, 03:09 PM	#19
Salvage33 V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Shreveport, LA why leave the USA to visit a 3rd world country? Posts: 475	Re: My new reloading area I am hoping that your bench area is temperature/humidity controlled since I saw your powder cans sitting on a shelf. Otherwise, to dang neat and even more shelves will be needed. John __________________ Living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween.

06-21-2012, 04:14 PM	#20
soundguy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: florida Contributor Posts: 4,746	Re: My new reloading area yep, that's the back 'clutter' room of the house.. the room I get to 'play' in.. so it is temp / humidity controlled. I also have each of my powder cans in a ziplock baggy for extra humidity control. the pic may be decieving.. but it looks alot less organized in person. I have another set of shelves about that big setting off to the left of the camera, that I have not had time to set on the other table and mount up.. well.. you can see SOME of the other shelf setting on the ground. I am also utilizing the space UNDER the table and the shelves under the bench.. and I have a scholl type desk with integral chair and desk and book rack to the sid eof that. that's where my relaod books like and I work up my loads. got it at a school sale for 5$ makes a great shooting rest too! I'm sure I'll need to build a 'bookshelf' sized set to go behind it as well. i keep shpopping yardsales and such for them. Idon't liek the lil particle board ones if I can help it.. I lucked up and at that same school sale got a real wood bookshelf that is in the wives library room, and I got a HD metal cart for my shop.

06-21-2012, 05:39 PM	#21
American Leader Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Iowa Contributor Posts: 1,630	Re: My new reloading area Nice job Deacon, congrats!

06-22-2012, 01:17 PM	#22
ozo Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 2,772	Re: My new reloading area Nice...good job. Looks like about 4' wide, as you add stuff on the 1-by shelving you made need a center support to avoid sagging.... And I might keep an eye on the sawdust in the background. Everyone should have a reloading bench....don't ya think???? __________________ http://www.nranews.com/#/nranews, "ozo. you're off your rocker sir." -johnlives4christ http://www.prisonplanet.com/ -America,Bless GOD-

06-22-2012, 04:19 PM	#23
soundguy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: florida Contributor Posts: 4,746	Re: My new reloading area i got screws thru the back of the osb into the shelves for support. though if I notice a sag I'll brace it. can't tell but she has a coat of clear utrethane on her.. so sawdust should be nill. good points though!

06-29-2012, 07:19 AM	#24
fluffie Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 30	Re: My new reloading area I agree it looks good but more shelves is a must. im very limited on space right now but hopefully come wenter that will change. My dad and i have plans of building a room for reloading. Im thinking something 8ft by 12ft interior benches on 2 walls and one wall nothing but shelving .

06-29-2012, 04:07 PM	#25
soundguy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: florida Contributor Posts: 4,746	Re: My new reloading area measure your usualy items to go on shelves and build them accordingly, with some large at top and bottom, to maximize your space. take pics too!