FROM CLOSET TO SHED "RELOADING"

[Highland Lofts]

We took the grandkids to Chucky Cheese today so no time to get anything done.
On the way over to Tractor Supply to pick up pigeon feed on the way over there I did go by the fence company to see if they had and old cedar fence sections, nothing.

 

[Highland Lofts]

Took today off of work and got the right side of the shed sided.
I need to cut in where I want outside lights will be going and get going on the electric wireing.
A little here & there adventually I will get it done.
I will be going through the range brass so I can get it listed to sell so I will have extra cash for materail I will be needing to get tjis finnished.
If any one needs any 9mm, 40cal or 45acp send me a PM
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Beer time.

 

[troy fairweather]

Let me now if you find any 7.62x 39 or 6.5 grendel.

 

[Highland Lofts]

I have a few 6.5 grendel. I have 7.62x39 but will need it for Mason's SKS & AK47.
When I find the Grendel I will send it to you.
Do you need a hand trickler?

 

[troy fairweather]

I have a few 6.5 grendel. I have 7.62x39 but will need it for Mason's SKS & AK47.
When I find the Grendel I will send it to you.
Do you need a hand trickler?

I don't have one, I normally just use my Lee dippers to trickle powder.

 

[cardinalorange]

I live in North Seattle but have family on Whidbey, I'll have to give you a holler when I wander that way sometime. I wanted to pick up some 223/308/spp 45 acp from you anyway. I commandeered our spare bedroom and turned it into a reloading room, but I'm running out of space so I convinced the wife to let me build a dedicated 20'x16' "hunting, fishing, reloading and get the hell out of my hair" room under the covered deck. But, as you said, the price of building materials is outrageous right now so it's on hold. I just finished building our fence (4,000$ of pre-covid priced wood) and went back and priced it out now and it's almost 15k in materials... The only thing that doesn't seem to have gone up (yet) is concrete. Might just build a concrete bunker at this rate, or do what my father in law does and buy old shipping containers and refit them as sheds.

 

[milsurpguy]

I highly recommend shed reloading.
Gets the lead dust from spent primers out of the house.

 

[Highland Lofts]

I have been doing lots of range brass. When I first started I would deprime the cases and then tumble them.
I was useing my new single-stage Hornady Lock n Load press with the Lee universal depriming die.i did tens of thousands of cases and all the grit & grim ruined the press. It wore away at the aluminum frame. The ram got slop in it from the front of the press to the back of the press.
So after that happened I quit depriming range brass that I sell.if the range brass is dirty I wet tumble it with no pins, just the usual mix of 1/2 a teaspoon of Lemi-Shine, a cap full of ArmorAll Wash & Wax and a small squirt of Dawn dish soap in hot tap water.
Drain the black water off, rinse, then fill the drum up with fresh warm tap water and tumble the brass for another five to ten minutes to get the brass nice & clean.
My depriming dirty brass is all done, if it is not clean it does not go on any of my presses.
I liked the Frankford wet tumbler so much I bought another one.
One is to use with out the pins and the other is to use with the pins.

Cardinal you can stop by any time. I live right in Arlington about four miles off of I-5 exit 208.
When you stop by PM me and I will send you my address.
When I get this reloading shed done I will have two single stage Lock n Load presses, a Hornady AP press, a Dillion 650, a Redding T-7 press, a Rcbe Rock Chucker press, a cheap lee sinole stage press my son gave me and maybe a Lee Progressive press set up. You are welcome to try any of them out.
I bought the Hornady AP setup and the Dillion 650 so I can compare them side by side.
The Hornady guys say Hornady in the best.
The Dillion guys say Dillion is the best.
I will see which one is the best for me.
The plus side of having these set up side by side will be for guys can come over and load on each of them and see what they like better before they invest in a press they never used.
It is going to be nice having about sixteen feet of loading bench, more if I need it.

 

[Highland Lofts]

I went to walmart to replenish my Budweiser & Mikes Pomegrate/Blueberry supply and stopped by the fence company and got a load of wood. Tomorrow I will pull the nails, trim the bottom & top and seperate it.
I might get started on it after dinner this evening.
If it's free, it's for me.

 

[tlf65]

I loaded for years in a shed on our farm the building was insulated and had a window a/c unit. The big problem was heat in our Ohio winters I had kerosene heat but the constant temperature changes made rust a big problem.

 

[Highland Lofts]

I will keep the temp in there at 55 degress when I am not out there. Seventy when I go out there.

 

[horsemen61]

You’re doing a great job!

 

[Highland Lofts]

Thank you Horseman.
I called my electriction an hour ago to see what size pipe I need to bury for the new service wire.
He said 1&1/4". I will pick up 1&1/2".i want to get the trench dug out, lay the pipe and hook up the frostless water hydrant out by the shed for the garden and filling up the pigeons water fountains.


I bought two different styles of electic boxes to see which one will work better for my outside wall lights.
I need to cut them in before the electrition comes over. . I will be mounting the inside electric boxes as well so he can wire them in.
I have to buy some wood stove pipe so I can get that hole cut out and get the pipe installed. I have two old trash burners. One for the house and one for my reloading shed.
I will start putting firewood away when we make our weekly shooting runs up in the mountains. Plus I will start bringing home the 2x material cutt offs from work.
I will make a three sided wood storage building for my firewood and stack the wood on pallets to keep it off the ground.

I should of done this when I got back into reloading, but I didn't and I didn't have all of the presses and other stuff to make it work. So now the time is right for it.

 

[cardinalorange]

I will keep the temp in there at 55 degress when I am not out there. Seventy when I go out there.

The rust is real here on the west coast. If I'm leaving my setup for more than a week without touching it I have to completely strip it, clean it, and re-oil it or it looks like I threw it in the ocean when I come back.

 

[Blue68f100]

I have to run a dehumidifier in my shop to keep every thing from rusting. They put out quite a bit of heat. When I enclosed a section of my pole building to make a climate control room, I had everything (sides and sealing) sprayed with the foam insulation, very expensive $$$$ but well worth it. That sealed every thing up and 1" of the foam = 8" of the fiber glass. I have a min of 2" with most of it s 3"+ . The dehumidifier normally removes 2 gal in 24hr or less. The shop area is only 12'x24'. I heat and cool with a window unit that has electric heat. Normally in the winter time I just turn off the unit if I'm not out there. It only takes a few minutes to heat the space up if needed. But if I'm running my end mill or lathe they will eat up the room without the heat on.

 

[Highland Lofts]

I picked up some more cedar fence sections this morning on the way to work. I need more of it so I can side the back of the shed when I tear down the pigeon coop that is attached to the back of the shed.

Fence sections.


When you cut the rot and bad sections out you lose some of length of the boards.