@ Clyde, LOL! If you don't know about the zombies, you won't be ready for them. A favorite book of mine is by James Wesley Rawles. The title is "Patriots". You can get it from kindle or wherever. Good read, you'll enjoy it... then we'll talk about doomsday.

Si vis pacem, para bellum

I was out straightening out my shop today, and decided to take some pics. Don't mind the mess. I was doing a little rearranging in the process.

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Setting up to relaod. First time in over 10 years

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Cabinet in progress

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Cabinet mounted and level

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Box from supplier

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The bench

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Setting up.

End of day 1. pictures of finished product later today

Big Smoke, I see that brass picker upper thingy in your photo. Does it really work at picking up the spent casings?

Actually, it's pretty awesome. It's not as effective in gravel or tall grass. You end up picking up a lot of gravel in a gravel lot, but otherwise, it's great. Even in grass it's good, just not too tall. You have to pick it up lengthwise with the cases, but it's pretty easy to get used to, and definitely saves your back and knees.
People look at you strange when you first get to the range, but once everyone sees what it is, and how it works, they all want to know where to get one.

Dillon's Blue Press Magazine/Catalog, right?:D

That IS where I got it from, but since I have found it at other places also. I forget the name of the company, but if you buy it from Dillon, it ships from a nut company. Apparently, it is for picking up nuts off the ground, and can be used for brass.

Digging through some old boxes and look what I found. My, how the Speer Manual has grown since the old days:

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Here's one I bought a few years back, for picking up pecans.

http://www.agriculturesolutions.com/...FVLCtgodlGWvPw

What powder charge do you use and what kind of press are you using to reload those???

My Small Bench
 

My bench is home built, although I did buy some legs from Amazon. I think I used one sheet of 3/4" plywood and a couple of 2x4 studs.

I only have one press - a Lee Turret Press, and have turret disks for .45, 9mm, .308, and .223.

I measure powder for my pistols with a Lee Auto Pro Disk thing and with a Hornady electronic powder measure for the long guns.

I'm not a real high volume reloader - maybe a few hundred rounds a week, and it works great for me.

I do wish I had more storage space. Next thing I'll probably do is get rid of those ridiculous shelves and build something onto the wall.

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Nice work area and I agree that wall shelves would be better. More room on the bench that way.

My Reloading Toybox
 

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Plate #2 under construction:http://www.keystoneweapon.com/Keysto...s/IMG_0946.jpg

Whipping up a Kydex spent primer chute: http://www.keystoneweapon.com/Keysto...s/IMG_0984.jpg

My "Portable" press, so I can reload anywhere... the living room, the range, etc... http://www.keystoneweapon.com/Keysto...s/IMG_0406.jpg

Bill, nice set-ups you have!!!:)

Well, it's not much. But it is comfortable.

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That was a dew weeks ago. I've added a bit of component inventory - powders, bullets & cartridges.

Got my bench
 

My brother finished my bench and delivered it...I am pretty happy!!

As big as I can cram into my little space for now!

nice, Phil

Thanks, I know its not much but its all I need.

Phil it looks great!!:)

You know what they say..........it is not the size of your tool it is how you use it that counts!!!!!:D

:eek::D

Xxxxx

Very nice Phil, the top looks smooth as glass, easy to wipe up the dropped jelly and powder from the donuts eh???

I have been saving those for years, the wife it talented. He works for a company that makes the ManBench brand, www.man-bench.com so I could get the plaque and the bottle opener for nothing. (stolen) I don't think drinking and reloading is a good idea so I don't...really....

I was thinking on the lines of powder and dust but yeah, powder would come right off that baby, smooth as glass :mob:

yeah, my brother, he did all the work!

I WANT THIS SETUP!!!!! Very nice.

Thanks man, it works pretty good for me and I need more space!!!

Nothing to fancy but wohttp://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/...ps10e0fc02.jpgrks for me.

Fancy not necessary. Functionality is.

If it works and your satisfied, then it's all good!

Tom

I'm probably going to add a redding t7 and a small tumbler for small batchs but I really don't want a progressive press. I don't burn alot of ammo, maybe 200 rounds a week, and I enjoy the process. I load for 8 different handgun calibers and do alot of small batchs, 200 rounds, and I like to try different loads in all of those. I have a pretty good inventory so I really just load what I shoot. If I load rifle it's range ammo, maybe not bench rest stuff but close and my rock chukker is good for that. I also shoot revolver more than anything else so I can be very flexable with loads, don't worry about feeding issues. Don't need to pick up brass either.

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Built shelves and such today..set dies with help from DaveW and Ellison. Made some dummy rounds and did the plunk test/hand cycle test. Have about 45 bucks in material for the bench and shelves, 35 in wiring. The bat is in case the wife breaches my perimeter and violates the command post

Good deal Mike, looks great!

"I have the bat in case the wife penetrates the perimeter".....funny funny funny

I like the spitoon but you would think an electrician would have a nicer light fixture.

Nice pig!

Shaping up to be a great man cave! I see you got toonage... that's a requirement.

Now for lots of boolits!

I'm in Ft. Lauderdale with Gail and Kate (Gail has a government paid conference to be at so Kate and I tagged along).

We drove down and briefly thought about trying to drop in, but it was too far out of the way, and after seeing that picture of you in Ell's other post... well...

Anyway, we're having fun poking around Ft. Lauderdale!

Boats

What's the cuspidor for? I use mine for cigars butts.

Now..Red Man :D
When it belonged to Grandpap in WVa it was used for Mailpouch

It was a nicer fixture that week or a boolit order...boolits won. I'll upgrade

Update. After careful consideration (and an afternoon loading 100 rounds) I searched out a small (very small) window shaker air conditioner and am gonna buy some insulation. I got heat exhaustion in Korea long ago and far away..ain't no Huey handy now for a medevac. And I'm old :D

Yeah, and it ain't gonna get any cooler down there for a while :)

We'd like to keep you around through the summer :D

Tom

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It's been a year since a post in this thread so I will bring it back to life with an updated picture of my setup after a few additions and cleanup.

I got a used set of drawers from work and installed them on my reloading bench. It worked perfectly on my lower shelf with no modification and its purpose is to store my extra primers and powder. I did move my homemade wet tumbler over a bit as well.

So lets see some more bench setups......I've always find everyone's setups interesting.

What do you reload with the chain saw? funny
nice!!

I will be firing up that chainsaw this month. Still have a mess in my backyard from when my contractor cleared some additional trees before my house arrived. Got to clear an area for a playhouse/swing set for my little girl that I'm going to make.

My father, father-in-law and myself cleared a butt-ton of trees in prep of my house construction. My Stihl has served me well.

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