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[WestKentucky]

WK I can’t wait to see it!

Now that you mention it, I have been working some today. Not a lot of time, got a kid with a birthday so family is coming and this daddy has to go grill. Everything is laid out more or less how I want it. Nothing is bolted in hard yet, but I have it screwed down with deck screws for a trial run. The loading area is small but you don’t necessarily need a whole lot of space if you’re doing things right. Brass, bullets, primers, powder, etc is packed away into the cabinets and tool box.
Fly tying area is coming along nicely too. It also serves as a bookcase for reloading manuals, but that box hasn’t been unpacked just yet.
Still have to work on the more general use workbench area, as it has become a clutter catcher. A few more days and I’ll have this thing really turned into something.

Only 1 downside to what I have done so far. I didn’t run power to a window for an AC unit. It’s already rather warm. I have the circuit with room for more draw, I just have to go buy the wire. Wire has gotten so high that it hurts to even think about buying it, but so far everything I have used except for ceramic light bases has been salvaged materials, so I guess a roll of wire won’t break the bank.

 

[45/30-06OKIE]

Now that you mention it, I have been working some today. Not a lot of time, got a kid with a birthday so family is coming and this daddy has to go grill. Everything is laid out more or less how I want it. Nothing is bolted in hard yet, but I have it screwed down with deck screws for a trial run. The loading area is small but you don’t necessarily need a whole lot of space if you’re doing things right. Brass, bullets, primers, powder, etc is packed away into the cabinets and tool box. View attachment 1203568
Fly tying area is coming along nicely too. It also serves as a bookcase for reloading manuals, but that box hasn’t been unpacked just yet. View attachment 1203569
Still have to work on the more general use workbench area, as it has become a clutter catcher. A few more days and I’ll have this thing really turned into something.

Only 1 downside to what I have done so far. I didn’t run power to a window for an AC unit. It’s already rather warm. I have the circuit with room for more draw, I just have to go buy the wire. Wire has gotten so high that it hurts to even think about buying it, but so far everything I have used except for ceramic light bases has been salvaged materials, so I guess a roll of wire won’t break the bank.

I find it funny you can get a decent 12ga extension cord for a reasonable price but cant get just a spool of 12ga wire for a cheaper price... are they making the insulation out of gold or something?

 

[3sport]

@GeoDudeFlorida recommended I post my new bench RELOCATION here. I recently moved my bench from my basement (where it has sat unused for over a decade) to my garage. My garage is semi-climate controlled. No insulation above the ceiling to the attic, or it would be really climate controlled. I am not insulating my garage ceiling for a while. I just insulated my sunroom ceiling (that shares the garage roof) and that was a horrific pain in the butt. So maybe in a year or two I will insulate the garage ceiling. I turned my basement into a home theater, so that took six months, then focussed on putting my bench back in operation. What a mess it was at one time, but now it's in-service and up and running.

The old bench in the basement last spring. Over 10 years of neglect. Yikes. I bought that Craftsman bench specifically for reloading in 1998 ish. I started reloading in 1993, but just used my garage workbench at the time. Then moved everything to the basement, until I put reloading on pause in the early 2ks.



The new digs. Now in my finished garage. Moving that large, heavy Craftsman bench from the basement to the garage was no picnic.
I also straightened the homebrew shelves with center supports. And added some vintage Tin Signs. The wooden shelves above my homebrew bench shelves were already there, installed by the builder for general garage storage. I also mounted some of my father's WWII ammo (he was a veteran) on the very top of the shelving under the signs. It's been fired, and had mock bullets put back in.


Left drawer is brass, right drawer is bullets. Bottom shelf is brass cleaning, heavy stock and overflow.



I mostly do single stage, but you can see the RCBS Piggyback Progressive attachment for the Rock Chucker on the far left back in a stand. I did some 9mm progressive loading the other day with it just to get it back in service. I much prefer single stage. I have a Philips FM/CD/Cassette player there. That's mandatory for me. I always listen to music while reloading. And I finally put a Chromebook on my bench to look up load data and post to this forum.