[jtuck]

Quote:       Originally Posted by tamalpias

man almost everybody who posted their rig on here has an envious setup going for reloading. Mine is just a homemade table with holes drilled for the press and various components to screw down onto. :-? Makes me wanna ask who is around the san jose california area that i can hook up with to pick up some tips on how to efficiently reload. lol

I spent several days looking through pictures of reloading setups on the internet before I did anything too permanent to mine. I got several ideas of things that worked/didn't work for other people. I also sketched out some plans of the room and bench before I actually built anything. One thing I learned from my dad and grandpa was to always over-build. ALWAYS build more counter-top/storage space that you think you will need. I also did this when I built my workbenches for woodworking.

Do a Google image search for "reloading bench" and you will get lot's of ideas. The pictures in this thread also have lot's of good ideas.

[deadzero]

if i ever get done cleaning all this brass i'll get a picture. right now my bench is in a state of "organized chaos"

[deadman03]

Quote:       Originally Posted by deadzero

if i ever get done cleaning all this brass i'll get a picture. right now my bench is in a state of "organized chaos"

is there any other kind of organization, if so i havent heard of it.

[Morgan]

How come all these loading benches are so clean? How do you do that? I reload around 100-150 rounds everynight no way its stay'n clean

[jtuck]

I clean mine up after every session. It makes me happy when I walk in to my reloading room and see everything in it's place.

Actually, I can't take credit for my habits, because when I learned to reload from my Grandpa he made sure I had everything in proper shape before we quit for the day.

[billy]

mine is always setup to load.
full hoppers of primers/powders
bullets and cases at hand.
all i have to do is sit down and start pulling the handle.

[jtuck]

Quote:       Originally Posted by billy

mine is always setup to load. full hoppers of primers/powders bullets and cases at hand. all i have to do is sit down and start pulling the handle.

I'm not familiar with the Dillon progressives, how do you know what primers you have in? I always mark my powder measure with a label of masking tape, but that won't work with my primer feed tubes.

[billy]

Quote:       Originally Posted by jtuck

I'm not familiar with the Dillon progressives, how do you know what primers you have in? I always mark my powder measure with a label of masking tape, but that won't work with my primer feed tubes.

i wrote the letter L on the large primer tube and S on the small.

i only use winchester primers.

[SwedeSteve]

billy- Are you guys short on primers there ??

[billy]

Quote:       Originally Posted by SwedeSteve

billy- Are you guys short on primers there ??

i dunno.
ive still got about 10,000 left.
i bought a buncha components last year.

[GotCoffee]

I posted a while back that when I figured out how to do pictures I would show you the setup my dad (bigione) put together back in the mid 1970's.
Here is our reloading setup. This cabinet is 3' long x 2' wide x 33" tall on 8 carpet casters. In the first picture the cabinet is not in use and stored in a corner of the house. Then move where ever you are going to reload and have fun! Press and powder measure shelves are moveable.

[FortyXDM]

Quote:       Originally Posted by Morgan

How come all these loading benches are so clean? How do you do that? I reload around 100-150 rounds everynight no way its stay'n clean

Morgan - I had the same question, I think that an overly clean bench is a sign of an uppity youth. hee hee

[PSLMAN]

Quote:       Originally Posted by GotCoffee

I posted a while back that when I figured out how to do pictures I would show you the setup my dad (bigione) put together back in the mid 1970's. Here is our reloading setup. This cabinet is 3' long x 2' wide x 33" tall on 8 carpet casters. In the first picture the cabinet is not in use and stored in a corner of the house. Then move where ever you are going to reload and have fun! Press and powder measure shelves are moveable.

Now that is a very ingenious setup you have there. I read the dimensions but do you have any building plans for it?

[GotCoffee]

PSLMAN as stated this was built by my dad back in the mid 1970's and Im sure he no longer has the plans. Im sure we could measure it and diagram it out and post it here for those interested. I bet bigione will be on here shortly and I will even let him do that as it is his design. Thanks!

[bigione]

Gotcoffee just called me. I designed this in my head as I traveled 120 coming home after purchase. Next day I bought a couple of sheets of plywood and cut and screwed and glued it togeather. It is 3 foot long, 2 feet wide and stands 33 inches off floor with carpet casters. I seperated 1 ft. of one end and attached on one side with a full length piano hinge. The other end is 2 ft. sq. I split the 2 ft. square top with another piano hinge. All the corners are reinforced with a 1 in. by 1 in. pine strip, screwed and glued. The sides set on the bottom. I screwed rails on each side for the board holding the press, both at the top and in the storage position. The powder measure is on rails on the other side. Later we added some more shelves which had to be notched around the powder measure. Also a shelf behind the press. I extended a little metal strip under the top flip lid which goes under the lid on the other side to prevent it from being opened when the cabinet is closed with two pad lock hasps. I reverse the powder measure for the case trimmer and primer pocket reamer. I should have placed a 1/4" x 4" by 18" flat steel plate under the press as it does bow a bit with hard resizing, bu after 35 years of use, it still hasn't popped off the rails or broken. I thought of adding a swing up shelf on the left side to give more space but still haven't need it. Gotcoffee can measure it out if you need more details. It's sweet and never holds much clutter on that small top! That's what made me go this way. Every reloading bench I've seen gets other stuff piled on it between uses and sometimes we don't start a project because we don't want to clean it up. Also it works great when space is a premium. Good luck.

[GlockMeister]

Pretty cool set-up ya' got there GotCoffee. Your dad div a great job. But might you be able to post larger pictures? They kind of small.

But I like that set-up and if I could see it better, I could probably build it from looking at it. That's how I built my current bench, just saw a picture of it online and got some wood and other stuff and went to town. lol. If it wasn't buried in the garage, I'd take and post pictures of it. lol Sadly, it being buried is just one reason I haven't been able to get to reloading yet. Another is I can't do it in the house and I don't have a heated garage, and trust me, it get's cold in there. So I'm hoping once the weather brakes, I'll finally be able to get going.

But I fear the attic fan I was forced to install do to high heat in the garage, will screw with my scale and other components?

Anyhow, if you can maybe post larger or maybe even PM me some larger pics, I'd love to check it out and see if I might be able to build that, no plans. lol This I might be able to get away with in the house and I have no problem having 2 benches? lol


I just noticed the dog in the last picture in row 2. He's almost or as big as the bench? LMAO

[PSLMAN]

Thanks for the info GotCoffee and bigione it's greatly appreciated. I agree with GlockMeister about the bigger pics, hope I'm not being too much of a pain in the butt here. I'd like to try and build something like this in the future and my carpentry skills are basically nonexistant so I need all the info I can get, lol.

[TGF]

Coffee very smart and compact bench, great idea, looks like it would be easy to move as well.

[GotCoffee]

Lets see if this worked! I think if you click on the pic it will be bigger! If so I will add more.

[GotCoffee]

Here they are!! Hope this helps you guys out.