Show us a picture of your reloading bench

1st post on THR. Hope the pics show. 3-4 years back I was reloading in the garage with the bench being at the very back of the 3rd bay. Had a friend build a loft in the back half of that bay for camping gear storage and hung a tarp across the end to enclose the bench. Would heat it whenever I was out there. There were obvious problems associated with that (severe condensation being one) as it gets pretty cold around here in the winters. Long story short my wife told me to enclose the space under the loft and turn it into a reloading room. I built 7 foot walls on both sides and hung some barn doors I made from scratch that would allow me to open them during the summer and view the mountains with the bay door up. Wife and mother-in-law painted the entire room (walls-trim-roof) and epoxied the floor. Pretty happy with it. Mother in law also sewed me some custom covers for the T7's out of heavy duck canvas in the appropriate color as a surprise when the room was completed.

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After I moved everything in to include some seating and a butcher block table to do cleaning on, rod storage in the rafters etc. I spend so much time in there now I had to put an old Technics 303 receiver and Yamaha subwoofer there for music.

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Frulk, first off, welcome to THR! And secondly, you have an awesome set-up! BTW, lotsa good people and advice here!
Edited: Like your R/W/B seating (Patrotic) and the fact that your wife & MIL helped out.
Are they trying to tell you something?:)
 
Thanks for the welcome 1976BL and you're right. Lot's of good info here. I've been trolling THR site for years and just decided to make it official.
 
Wow, that *is* a consolidation! Looks like a great setup though.

I would consider finding a place inside to store powder, primers and even completed cartridges if you are worried about humidity. Looks like you are in a pretty humid environment in Myrtle Beach, so that might be a good idea.
 
View attachment 819388 View attachment 819385 View attachment 819386 View attachment 819387 From climate controlled dedicated loading room in finished basement to back of garage at new home. Had to consolidate and compromise. But, it works. Had to sell one Dillon 550. Rock chucker hiding on far right of bench. Have to pay special attention to humidity.
Nice
I built a similar cabinet with a face mounted single bifold door with different hinges (no track) that allow the doors to swing out of the way, to the side.
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Under that towel to the right are other presses that I can swap out
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Nice
I built a similar cabinet with a face mounted single bifold door with different hinges (no track) that allow the doors to swing out of the way, to the side.
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Under that towel to the right are other presses that I can swap out
:D
Nice
I built a similar cabinet with a face mounted single bifold door with different hinges (no track) that allow the doors to swing out of the way, to the side.
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Under that towel to the right are other presses that I can swap out
:D
Nice Idea with the hinges. I just pop the roller wheel out of the track and swing it out of the way when I am working at the ends. Great creativity.
 
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Just made this. Fits nicely in my apartment
Looks good. Doesn't matter. The trick is working with what you have so that you can shoot often. I started with a single stage shotgun press clamped to my mothers coffee table. Did I get into some trouble with all the bb's in the carpet and scratches on the table.
 
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