David J Rossman
Member
Good day all, I've been reloading for a little over a year now and man I have to say I enjoy it! I've gotten a lot of questions answered from members on this site through Google searches so I finally joined and hopefully I'll one day be able to help others too!
Our son moved out of the house a couple months ago and I had been wanting to do something with that room since we bought the house but I didn't know what, until a friend of mine and I decided to try reloading, then I knew what had to be done! We had been reloading in our garages which worked fine but it was always either too hot or too cold to be comfortable so when the room opened up I set out building my indoor reloading room. The room is the 4th bedroom option in lieu of a three car garage so it's kind of oddly sized for a bedroom (8 1/2' W x 20' L) and has a small walk in closet. I pulled the old carpet out and replaced it with 12"x24" porcelain tile (stronger than ceramic), gave the room a paint job and ripped out the flimsy wire shelves in the closet then the rest as they say is history.
The bench is L shaped with an area for minor gunsmith work/cleaning on the short leg and case prep/reloading on the long leg. I am 6' tall so I prefer a standing height bench so 40" to the counter and 32" deep. The long leg also has shelves for keeping powders, primers, brass, etc. within easy reach. I have a single press station with a Dillon strong mount bolted to the bench and Inline Fabrication quick change plates for my Dillon 550, a Lee single stage press (I use this with the quick lock bushings for sole purpose processes), and a Bessey bench vise. In the closet I built wrap around shelfs out of 2x4 frames and 1/2" plywood for all my ammo cans, hunting gear and range stuff. I wanted the bench top to be stout so I glued and screwed a 3/4" melamine covered particle board to 3/4" plywood for a 1 1/2" top. The bench is 6' long on the short leg and 11' long on the long leg. There's also 6 outlets mounted along the front edges for any power needs.
Let me know what you think and if you have any other suggestions that you think would make my reloading life a little easier!
Our son moved out of the house a couple months ago and I had been wanting to do something with that room since we bought the house but I didn't know what, until a friend of mine and I decided to try reloading, then I knew what had to be done! We had been reloading in our garages which worked fine but it was always either too hot or too cold to be comfortable so when the room opened up I set out building my indoor reloading room. The room is the 4th bedroom option in lieu of a three car garage so it's kind of oddly sized for a bedroom (8 1/2' W x 20' L) and has a small walk in closet. I pulled the old carpet out and replaced it with 12"x24" porcelain tile (stronger than ceramic), gave the room a paint job and ripped out the flimsy wire shelves in the closet then the rest as they say is history.
The bench is L shaped with an area for minor gunsmith work/cleaning on the short leg and case prep/reloading on the long leg. I am 6' tall so I prefer a standing height bench so 40" to the counter and 32" deep. The long leg also has shelves for keeping powders, primers, brass, etc. within easy reach. I have a single press station with a Dillon strong mount bolted to the bench and Inline Fabrication quick change plates for my Dillon 550, a Lee single stage press (I use this with the quick lock bushings for sole purpose processes), and a Bessey bench vise. In the closet I built wrap around shelfs out of 2x4 frames and 1/2" plywood for all my ammo cans, hunting gear and range stuff. I wanted the bench top to be stout so I glued and screwed a 3/4" melamine covered particle board to 3/4" plywood for a 1 1/2" top. The bench is 6' long on the short leg and 11' long on the long leg. There's also 6 outlets mounted along the front edges for any power needs.
Let me know what you think and if you have any other suggestions that you think would make my reloading life a little easier!
