Beginning of of my reloading room..

[Cheapshooter]

The cabinets, again spoils of remodel construction. They were in a bank inside of a supermarket.




Still room for another safe when the boxes of old books, and vinyl LP's are gone, along with the old metal cabinet.

[1stmar]

Looks like you got everything you need in there. That's awesome. Wish I had room for storage cabinets like that. I'll probably be going with shelving for powder.

[1stmar]

Last few pics till I get storage and electric. Hopefully next weekend. The paint was a b**tch to put on the bench. I've never seen anything that thick. It was like the sand finish for ceilings.. Only thicker!!image.jpg

[1stmar]

A little touch tomorrow but that's about it. image.jpg

[Cheapshooter]

Still have a 12 X 18 X 5 1/2 inch sheet metal "hood" being made by a friend in the sheet metal trade. I am going to put a 4" axial fan in it, and run a dryer vent hose to a vent outside. The hood gets mounted over the lead pot.

[1stmar]

That's great, I don't cast. Partially because I don't have a good cheap source of lead and secondly I shoot mostly jacketed. That's a trick setup though.

[1stmar]

Power is in, lights updated, presses mounted junk moved in. Waiting on storage to show up.
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[1stmar]

Next pic.. Again apologize for multiple posts. From ipad won't allow more then 1 upload at a time. Hate this photo shows poor planning. Should have ordered mount for single stage. Problem addressed will order today

[1stmar]

Last pic. Have the storage mostly worked out in theory. About 80%. Will post more pics once it shows up

[kilimanjaro]

If you have an IKEA store in your area, get there and take a look at their shelving and cabinetry. It's inexpensive, looks good, and could answer a lot of your storage needs. You have lots of room for a couple of hanging wall shelf units, they are good for powder and primers, keeps them off the floor and out of the way.

I found a couple of CD storage units at the local thrift shop, one CD wide and about 7 feet tall. Screwed them together and then mounted to the wall beside the bench in a 12 inch wide space, they hold all of my dies, caliber kits, and toolheads, and free up a lot of storage space.

[Aer656y9]

I just wish I had that much space to start reloading. I have no real area to do this in.

[1stmar]

I'll check ikea. Already ordered akro bins and wall units. Intention is to put all brass and bullets in them. (Except the costco size).

[Jay24bal]

Coming along nicely, 1stmar.

I love looking at pics of people's setups.

[1stmar]

Thanks jay.

[thevalueman]

1stmar,
excuse me if mess things up here, but this thread has caused me join up...this is my virgin post.
You mentioned the storage bins...well, I have two above my loading area, and they can be tricky. I have a hard time seeing what's in them, unless I leave stuff hanging out. I built my bench around a stud wall in my unfinished basement area. It is 5X10, and holds 3 shotshell reloaders, as well as a metallic area. I did finally figure out that if I had just made them to interchange, that I would have need far less room. If I can get the photo to load, you will see the rifle/pistol loaders are mounted on micarta blocks that I can swap out in no time, all secured with 4 wing nuts, which as I said, would have been great for the shotgun stuff, if I had figured that out first.
:-)Rocky

[1stmar]

Thevalueman, some of the bin's showed up yesterday and they are deeper then anticipated. The wall unit hasn't arrived so the jury I still out but fundamentally I agree with you and subsequently I am looking at an alternatively wall and they will be placed lower on the wall. Hoping it still works out. Wall unit shows up Monday.

[1stmar]

So a little disappointed some if the things I ordered haven't shown up. Would be much more organized by now. Good news is I think the akro bins are going to work out well. Just need the wall unit to show up (Monday).

[1stmar]

I mounted my rcbs jr3 to a new inline fabrication mount. Super strong, I like it better then the Dillon strong mount.

[1stmar]

Akro bins are perfect size. Only concern is the possible weight. Rack can hold 160lbs. Things are order: 2 akro mills wall units, Dillon bullet tray, Dillon empty case bin. Need a storage rack for powder/primers bulk bullets and another plug mold strip. Did I say how much like the inlinefabrication mount? Thinking about a new handle for my jr3... Wife is gonna kill me..

[Metal god]

not sure what happen but my picture viewing monitor seems to be upside down .

[P5 Guy]

1stmar, do you live 'downunder'?

[1stmar]

Strange all the pics look right side up for me...?

[Tom68]

Glad I clicked this thread, so many good ideas posted here. I'm also in the middle of a remodel of my room (an otherwise unused bedroom). My bench is 3' x 4', and I intend to re-build it into a 2' x 5' (maybe 6')... I found that the extra "depth" was unused but was always wishing I had made it wider.

[1stmar]

I think 2ft is perfect if you plan to have shelving or something on the other side of the bench. You don't want to be leaning over 3-4 ft.

[1stmar]

Akro bins installed, need to organize. Holding a lot of wait. Supposedly can hold 160lbs.