Griff Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 After 21 years of not so good care & cheap materials, I just rebuilt mine. I've only got space and mediocre organization. 18 feet of metallic cartridge & casting: 10 feet for shotshells (and if I remove woodworking tools another 10 feet of open bench): Being in my barn, it's like an oven in the summer and a freezer in winter. It's far from the most imaginative, nor best organized, but it's 200?% better than just 2 weeks ago! So, let's see where you craft those magic creations that always go where they're pointed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 My "reloading room" is pretty much my entire basement. One bench is about 16' long, another about 4' x 32", and another about 2' x 3 1/2', and I can't see any of them. A picture would be embarassing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted February 16, 2013 Author Share Posted February 16, 2013 My "reloading room" is pretty much my entire basement. One bench is about 16' long, another about 4' x 32", and another about 2' x 3 1/2', and I can't see any of them. A picture would be embarassing. Aw come'n... more embarassin' than this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Oh yeah.... .... five minutes ago - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Do I win? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flush Draw Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Do I win? I dont know if you win or not, but you have the same organizational skills as I have. Looks good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 After 21 years of not so good care & cheap materials, I just rebuilt mine. I've only got space and mediocre organization. 18 feet of metallic cartridge & casting: 10 feet for shotshells (and if I remove woodworking tools another 10 feet of open bench): Being in my barn, it's like an oven in the summer and a freezer in winter. It's far from the most imaginative, nor best organized, but it's 200?% better than just 2 weeks ago! So, let's see where you craft those magic creations that always go where they're pointed! If I thought about this for awhile, I might come up with the answer, but why do you have the handles on your shotshell presses bungee'd down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Dave Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Got one tiny bench piled high and have to switch from rock chucker to lee load all back and forth. We are hoping to move in the new year or three so when that happens I'll get organized, HAH, or at least hopefully spread out a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580 Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I don't have a picture of it, but my reloading room is literally 8' x 10' (it took 2 1/2 sheets of plywood to put in the floor) and a lot of that is taken up by shelves all the way across the back and a bench on each side. Not much floor space left. Two presses, a Dillon 550 and a RCBS Reloader Special on one bench and a MEC Jr. on the other... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck D. Law, SASS #62183 Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Oh yeah.... .... five minutes ago - If I had a T.V. show named American Pickers of Guns and Gun Stuff, I'd want to start here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted February 16, 2013 Author Share Posted February 16, 2013 If I thought about this for awhile, I might come up with the answer, but why do you have the handles on your shotshell presses bungee'd down? Same reason all dies & toolheads are put away in drawers, muddaubers & wasps. If you look at the left one, you can see the red 12ga hulls to cover any openings. The 20ga is about to be pulled apart and rebuilt, waitin' on parts from MEC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fillmore Coffins, SASS #7884 Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Do I win? You have no idea how much you have made me feel good about myself and I still respect you. Kinda like watching Jerry Springer but with a real nice fella. Fillmore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reuben McCoy Rankin # 34239 Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 You have no idea how much you have made me feel good about myself and I still respect you. Kinda like watching Jerry Springer but with a real nice fella. Fillmore You took the words right out of my mouth!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlin Buckhorn,SASS 51727 Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Showed the picture of J-Binks reloading room to my wife. She says I am not trying hard enough in my room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagon Box Willy Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Do I win? That's actually not too bad, I can see floor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgil Ray Hality, SASS# 37355 Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Do I win? Holy moly! You could be on "Horders"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Smokepole #29248L Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I wish that I had this kind of room to use. I am crammed into a corner in my basement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthracite Andy Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Good Lord, J. Bar!!! I have to admit though, a person into reloading such as myself could have a darn good time there! I only have one bench (about the same as yours with the two Dillons on it), but the bench looks about as neat as yours. Anthracite Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 My wife said, "Either you clean that basement up or I'm leaving"... ya know, come to think of it, I haven't seen her in a dozen years or so... hmmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted February 17, 2013 Author Share Posted February 17, 2013 Surely, some of you other folks have pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Old Man Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 http--,,--// Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted February 19, 2013 Author Share Posted February 19, 2013 GOM, How do you switch back and forth between the Lee and the MEC? I've seen a pic where one fellow uses a removable plate that each machine is attached to. Looks handy, if a bit awkward with the wing nuts and such... Surely some of you other reloaders have some unique solutions to your reloading challenges. Let's see some pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyandot Jim Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Here ya go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branchwater Jack SASS #88854 Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 With mine, I have a couple of wood clamps. Just clampt it down when you need it with two clamps (1 on either side) and off when you don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.T Chambers, SASS#76185 Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 This is the only pic I have, just imagine something close to J Bar's behind the camera. This is my 44 Special machine - the Lyman has the smokeless lube, the RCBS has the BP lube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas John Ringo, SASS #10138 Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Mine, what can I say. Crowded but works for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Texas John Ringo: I am on my knees, bowing reverently in your direction. I showed my wife your photos and she said, "Honey, you are a slacker!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Bill Blackerby SASS # 34989 Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Well Griff ol' pard, since ya asked... Oh, that punching bag is for when I screw up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 M.T. Chambers, Does that whole unit rotate so you have access to the two lubri-sizers? I also use two, one for BP and one for smokeless. Is that a steel 4x4 used as the stand? If it's necessary, I like the solution to a space issue. As my engineer buddy would say, "elegant." Texas John Ringo: . But I have to ask; how large a staff do you have? Wild Bill, Very nice. Looks like you're falling behind on the 20 ga. I like the décor, and the punchin' bag... I could use one from time to time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Art Tillery Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Well it ain't much but here is mine. Just got the reloading bench this past Christmas from my Pa... He hand built it, hard to see but all the screw holes are covered with the Rims of 45/70 Rds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal TKD, Sass # 36984L Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Old Man Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 GOM, How do you switch back and forth between the Lee and the MEC? I've seen a pic where one fellow uses a removable plate that each machine is attached to. Looks handy, if a bit awkward with the wing nuts and such... Surely some of you other reloaders have some unique solutions to your reloading challenges. Let's see some pics! The Lee stays in place. I clear off the bench to the left, the Mec is mounted to a board and a cookie sheet. I just clamp it to the bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.T Chambers, SASS#76185 Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 M.T. Chambers, Does that whole unit rotate so you have access to the two lubri-sizers? I also use two, one for BP and one for smokeless. Is that a steel 4x4 used as the stand? If it's necessary, I like the solution to a space issue. As my engineer buddy would say, "elegant." ... Hi Griff, The stand is cast iron from an industrial grinder topped with a piece of 1/2" plate. It's not bolted down, I can move it around wherever I want. what wasn't finished at the time of the photo is the "operators" chair which anchors everything when the "operator" is in position. I'll try to clean-up some soon and get another pic with the latest refinements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 Hi Griff, The stand is cast iron from an industrial grinder topped with a piece of 1/2" plate. It's not bolted down, I can move it around wherever I want. what wasn't finished at the time of the photo is the "operators" chair which anchors everything when the "operator" is in position. I'll try to clean-up some soon and get another pic with the latest refinements. Great use of materials on hand. Look forward to the pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Hi Gents, I only have one photo of Hubby's shop. It's about the equivalent of a two or three car garage. I think he has a "grinder fetish..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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