rfwobbly
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Indoors is fine, just keep the tumbler and all the tumbling outside.
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Lost Sheep
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Three toolboxes, load anywere and everywhere
3 Toolboxes
All the hardware I use to reload now fits in 3 toolboxes.
Not fitting in the toolboxes is a folding workbench, but an endtable works just as well. Wedge the mounting board into the drawer.
Toolbox 1- Press and a board to mount it on and a small (fisherman's compartmentalized) box for small items
Toolbox 2- 7 sets of dies
Toolbox 3- Powder measures, primer tool, micrometer, bullet puller, safety glasses, etc.
I can spread an old painter's dropcloth out to catch any spilled powder or dropped primers (cloth is better than plastic-it's quieter and it drapers better so primers don't roll away).
I can load anywhere and even take it over to a friend's house with just two trips from my closet to the car.
It took a while to find toolboxes that fit just right and a couple of decades to figure out just the right equipment I needed and not include anything extra, but I could get along just fine forever with just the gear in those three toolboxes.
Lost Sheep
3 Toolboxes
All the hardware I use to reload now fits in 3 toolboxes.
Not fitting in the toolboxes is a folding workbench, but an endtable works just as well. Wedge the mounting board into the drawer.
Toolbox 1- Press and a board to mount it on and a small (fisherman's compartmentalized) box for small items
Toolbox 2- 7 sets of dies
Toolbox 3- Powder measures, primer tool, micrometer, bullet puller, safety glasses, etc.
I can spread an old painter's dropcloth out to catch any spilled powder or dropped primers (cloth is better than plastic-it's quieter and it drapers better so primers don't roll away).
I can load anywhere and even take it over to a friend's house with just two trips from my closet to the car.
It took a while to find toolboxes that fit just right and a couple of decades to figure out just the right equipment I needed and not include anything extra, but I could get along just fine forever with just the gear in those three toolboxes.
Lost Sheep
FROGO207
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I use the spare bedroom for it all. Had to beef up the floor from underneath for a waterbed previously and now glad I did.
Now if I hit the lottery there is going to be a reloading setup/range in paradise. My own island if I can swing it.
Now if I hit the lottery there is going to be a reloading setup/range in paradise. My own island if I can swing it.oneounceload
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Because the dust is nasty, and can contain stuff you do not want to inhale
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Basement here. It stays comfortable year round without additional heating or cooling.........Been tumbling in the house for 20 years or so, I'm not dead yet. I don't see a problem unless you are hovering over a lidless tumbler and intentionally inhaling the air right above it.
DC Plumber
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I am lucky enough to have a 12'x15' room in my basement as my "gun room". I acquired an 8' section of old kitchen cabinets that I put a new 8' piece of counter top on and have my press and powder dispenser attached permanently. My room has a cement floor so clean up is easy. In the winter my basement is warm, in the summer it's cool from the AC and in spring and fall, a dehumifier keeps it pretty nice. I do try to do my reloading when the humidity is low though. It probably makes little difference, as my loads don't sit around very long.
mokin
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I reload indoors all the time. My "bench" fits into a tupperware tub I can take with me while I travel for work which is probably when the bulk of my handloading takes place. At home, I spend time shooting and preparing the brass to go back out. While at home I usually handload in the garage although, until we put nice tile on the kitchen counter I occaisoinally worked there. Now, I sometimes bring in a small table to work on.
One of the only good parts of singledom, No one to say "Get that %^$# out of here"
Mine is in the very large living room, genuine faux tile floor so no vacuum and I lucked into a bunch of old C store shelving that works perfect to divide the space and store even heavy components.......Much better than out in the shed where there were about 20 comfortable days a year......
Mine is in the very large living room, genuine faux tile floor so no vacuum and I lucked into a bunch of old C store shelving that works perfect to divide the space and store even heavy components.......Much better than out in the shed where there were about 20 comfortable days a year......
as for tumbling inside, I never do it as it allows lead dust to settle on and contaminate every surface in the room if not the house....
set the tumbler outside when running just to be on the safe side...Lead poisoning is nothing to play with.....
set the tumbler outside when running just to be on the safe side...Lead poisoning is nothing to play with.....
codefour
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You can tumble inside... As long as your tumbler is sealed like my Thumler's Tumbler. I open the tumbler out in the garage with the door open though..
I picked up a thumblers cheap recently but have only used it to flatten the sprue on my cast buckshot.....for the brass I use a big Lyman vibratory and it spews dust like crazy....A new seal would probably help as mine doesn't even connect at the ends but I haven't ordered a new one yet as I just use it outside, I did start following some advice I read here and adding a dryer sheet to the mix. Really helps cut the dust and clean the media too.
plus the noise drives me nuts...too many years in garages...I like quiet any more.
plus the noise drives me nuts...too many years in garages...I like quiet any more.
Hondo 60
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I too, won't tumble in the house.
The dust is just too hazardous-looking.
When I use lead bullets, there's a black dust that settles on the lid of my tumbler.
I vacuum it off with my shop vac, but I don't want that in the house.
The dust is just too hazardous-looking.
When I use lead bullets, there's a black dust that settles on the lid of my tumbler.
I vacuum it off with my shop vac, but I don't want that in the house.
oneounceload
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You can keep tumbler dust down with some old dryer sheets thrown in
Thanks for all the advise and info I will build my reloading mancave indoors in a spare
bedroom wife said room is all mine so done deal but I will keep tumbler outside due
to its noise and mess, only thing is more room means Ill need more stuff
bedroom wife said room is all mine so done deal but I will keep tumbler outside due
to its noise and mess, only thing is more room means Ill need more stuff
James2
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I have been loading a long time and in several different locations. I have been in a closet, a shed, a chicken coop (no chickens), a garage, and a couple of different basement rooms. At present my Man Cave/reloading room is in the basement. This is by far the best arrangement. Pretty consistent year round temperatures. No humidity issues here in dry Utah. Cement floor, means broom cleanup. Lock on the door to keep curious grandkids out. I too do tumbling outside. I don't like the dust inside.
dbarnhart
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100+ According to the weather bureau here in Phoenix, Az 100 degrees is just 'warm'. (I hear that the JUly 4th sidewalk eggfry contest up in Oatman didn't go so well this year as it was only 116 that day).
As you might guess, we have a totally different perspective on 'hot'. Even now, when the temps are at their peak, I can go out into the garage about dusk and load a couple hundred rounds before it starts to get uncomfortable.
I have to admit though, when my son finally moves out I may move the reloading bench into his room.
As you might guess, we have a totally different perspective on 'hot'. Even now, when the temps are at their peak, I can go out into the garage about dusk and load a couple hundred rounds before it starts to get uncomfortable.
I have to admit though, when my son finally moves out I may move the reloading bench into his room.
dmazur
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I also reload in a spare bedroom, which doubles as our office. There are two solid-core doors on 4x4 legs w/ shelves under, on opposite sides of the room. One is used for the computer stuff and the other is "general purpose", which includes having a press bolted to one end most of the time.
Having the computer in the same room is kind of handy, as I can read/enter reloading data in a spreadsheet as I'm making progress, rather than having to write it down and take it to the computer to transcribe it. The fact that it is 180° opposite means it can't be a distraction while actually running the press.
I haven't had enough spilled powder for it to be an issue in a carpeted room, but I did locate the tumbler and trimming operations in the garage.
I also open the door to run the media separator and I wear disposable gloves until I get the clean brass bagged. And the tumbler is noisy enough that nobody wants to listen to it.
Trimming isn't a health hazard, but I have a motorized one so it is rather noisy as well.
So,
Quiet and no health hazards = spare bedroom
Noisy and no health issues = garage
Health issues (lead compound dust) = outdoors
Having the computer in the same room is kind of handy, as I can read/enter reloading data in a spreadsheet as I'm making progress, rather than having to write it down and take it to the computer to transcribe it. The fact that it is 180° opposite means it can't be a distraction while actually running the press.
I haven't had enough spilled powder for it to be an issue in a carpeted room, but I did locate the tumbler and trimming operations in the garage.
I also open the door to run the media separator and I wear disposable gloves until I get the clean brass bagged. And the tumbler is noisy enough that nobody wants to listen to it.
Trimming isn't a health hazard, but I have a motorized one so it is rather noisy as well.
So,
Quiet and no health hazards = spare bedroom
Noisy and no health issues = garage
Health issues (lead compound dust) = outdoors
mgmorden
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I reload in the shed out back (it's a fairly large shed though - a bit bigger than a 1 car garage and it's got power outlets and everything). I even get wireless internet from the house and keep an old computer out there . Only problem with it is the climate. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter to load out there. Also, I noticed that with the temperature shifts some of my dies and other equipment were started to rust a bit. Once I noticed that I started keeping the dies in the house and just taking them out there as needed.
Because of the temperature problem I'm planning on getting a small press to put somewhere in the house. The dies are already in there and I can bring in just enough components to work in small batches. Being in the house should help in regards to the temp.
Whenever I move (which I'm planning on hopefully doing so within the next year or so) I'm hoping to setup a dedicated room with laminate floors and a much larger reloading area. At that time I'll likely look at moving up to a progressive press as well - just don't have the room right now.
. Only problem with it is the climate. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter to load out there. Also, I noticed that with the temperature shifts some of my dies and other equipment were started to rust a bit. Once I noticed that I started keeping the dies in the house and just taking them out there as needed.Because of the temperature problem I'm planning on getting a small press to put somewhere in the house. The dies are already in there and I can bring in just enough components to work in small batches. Being in the house should help in regards to the temp.
Whenever I move (which I'm planning on hopefully doing so within the next year or so) I'm hoping to setup a dedicated room with laminate floors and a much larger reloading area. At that time I'll likely look at moving up to a progressive press as well - just don't have the room right now.
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