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Here is my brand new reloading bench, like many of you I started off on the Harbor Freight bench that is very inexpensive. Ultimately I was just too cramped and my bench was always a mess. Now I have it setup with plenty of storage with separate stations for brass prep, reloading and gun maintenance.
Let me know what you think:



Thanks,
Dom
 
Primersinmyshoe said:
I asked my wife if I could take over a corner of the basement to make a reloading area. Well I made a little reloading room.

Looking from the doorway:
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Can you see the safe handle? I built the safe into the wall:
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Here's the case cleaning area:
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Safe:
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Gun cleaning bench:
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There you have it. How'd I do?

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OK, my thoughts: Clock on the wall to tell you when it’s time to have someone bring you a meal, a great inspirational photo in front of your press, desk lamp over press (good thinking for when you get to my age, a large autoloader sign facing away from the safe and towards the door (subtle), cedar paneling (I did this also-really nice touch), a missing mini-fridge and futon – When I meet up with my accomplices at our range, I walk by all their vehicles with their trunk lids open and see them filled to the hilt with shooting gear, and sometimes a spare and jack. God I admire that.



Nice job and kudos for carving out such a great shop!
 
Robereno said:
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Doesn’t get much simpler than this. Lee Anniversary Starter kit and a cleaned off bench in the barn (sort of). Been loading for two weeks now and can’t imagine that I’d need anything else. Naw…
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You have more reloading equipment than about 90% of the country. It’s a good start. Take your time, learn the trade and slowly build your Supply. Enjoy it, ecause reloading can be a little stressful but don’t worry about what you don’t have just use what you do have.
 
snuffy said:
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That's the dillon bench, shortly after it was built. 2 pieces of 3/4 inch plywood screwed and glued together, 2x4 frame is lag bolted to the wall. It's not that neat anymore!

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You guys are all neat freaks. This is about normal for the mess I have on my main bench.

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That's #3 bench, the lee chalanger doesn't get used much, nor does the 20ga. mec 600 jr. The lead pot is used occasionally. Powder storage is in another place, I don't have a pic of that.
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Yep mine stays pretty messy also. Right now I can’t even get to the equipment it is surrounded with boxes from our attic which we are organizing lol. Anyway, I will get to it this week and my shop won’t look like a hoarders house anymore.
 
Seismic Sam said:
Dear bigger jon:

I couldn't help but notice that you also cast your own bullets, which is something I used to do. The question I have for you is : do you do this inside? The reason I ask is that I ran into a guy who was at a pistol club I used to belong to, and he was bald, and talked kind of slow, and apparently he did a LOT of lead smelting and bullet casting in his garage. As a result got a pretty bad case of lead poisioning that had made him bald and messed up his brain somewhat, and I wouldn't want ANYBODY to end up the way he did. I was relatively lucky in that fluxing the lead was a relatively smoky process when I first started, so I built a fan to take the smoke from the lead pot outside, and in later years I just did all my casting at work in a lab hood on my lunch hour. If you don't have VERY good ventilation in your shop, you might want to think about setting up a small bume hood with a blower, and it probably wouldn't hurt to get your blood checked for lead levels. Good luck and stay safe!!
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Yes,
Seismic Sam said:
Dear bigger jon:

I couldn't help but notice that you also cast your own bullets, which is something I used to do. The question I have for you is : do you do this inside? The reason I ask is that I ran into a guy who was at a pistol club I used to belong to, and he was bald, and talked kind of slow, and apparently he did a LOT of lead smelting and bullet casting in his garage. As a result got a pretty bad case of lead poisioning that had made him bald and messed up his brain somewhat, and I wouldn't want ANYBODY to end up the way he did. I was relatively lucky in that fluxing the lead was a relatively smoky process when I first started, so I built a fan to take the smoke from the lead pot outside, and in later years I just did all my casting at work in a lab hood on my lunch hour. If you don't have VERY good ventilation in your shop, you might want to think about setting up a small bume hood with a blower, and it probably wouldn't hurt to get your blood checked for lead levels. Good luck and stay safe!!
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Yes, always insure well ventilation. I cast strictly outside. First time I casted it was cold and rainy and I just got the smelting pot for Christmas so I was very eager and anxious. Never having done it before I did not know it would smoke so bad. Well, big mistake and it took a week to get the smell out of shop. In my opinion, never do it inside.
 
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