The Beginning of a Come Back of a Reloader, Bullet Swager and Caster

[Jim Fleming]

I won't post much here, to save the bandwidth of the forum, but...

 http://docs.google.com/View?id=dgw56g65_64gxmmpthf

There's the beginning of a serious project going on there.

(let's hope it works this time....?)

Jim

[300RUM]

Jim

I cant see, check your link

[Jim Fleming]

Rob, I think I've corrected the mistaken address...

Just in case the first time didn't work:

 http://docs.google.com/View?id=dgw56g65_64gxmmpthf

Thanks for your interest in my project...

Jim

[300RUM]

Yes it looks good.

[bart11]

It looks familiar!  I wish I had one of those clean, well laid-out reloading rooms, but it is kind of a corner in the basement.

Of course, being a packrat whose father was also a reloader and a packrat, I have all kinds of brass and projectiles.  A couple of years ago at a tactical shooting class, I was taking all the brass I could and was being mocked by the guys for saving 9mm brass.  HA!  Now with the ammo shortage, I love to rub that fact into one of the guys from the class.  He said I may just get offers to buy that brass back.  And, I don't really even reload 9mm.............. but that's not the point!  Being ABLE to load whatever I want WHEN I want IS the point!

Bart11

[Jim Fleming]

Hee! Hee!

Bart... I can reload 9... 

[Jim Fleming]

Here's the link to the latest photos, and revisions...

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AU-EgnkwsEfaZGd3NTZnNjVfNjRneG1tcHRoZg&hl=en

Now all I have to do is 'place' the cabinets, then I can start designing my workbench/reloading bench...

Re: editing, fixing a broken link

[Jim Fleming]

Hello folks...

I've been busy with designing this project and all that goes with every day living, but here goes:

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AU-EgnkwsEfaZGd3NTZnNjVfNjRneG1tcHRoZg&hl=en

It goes without saying that I'd like to know what everyone thinks, but as I ask in the document, please let me know if you think I've missed something, something important, that I'll discover the hard way, as I'm building it...

Thanks for your patience, and encouragement, Guys...

[Duffy]

About the only thing that I would be concearned about is the weight those shelves will bear. A box of bullets is heavy so I would just make sure the shelves are thick, strong, and able to hold a lot of weight.

[Jim Fleming]

You're exactly right Duffy... For real, you're exactly right about the strength that's going to be needed...

If you look at the center of the shelves in the document, you'll notice several, " T " supports, that're located in the center of each shelf, roughly. As I was studying the design I suddenly realized that each shelf is going to be at least ten (10) feet long! Supported only in the middle, by the stem of the T supports, there would be four (4) shelves with five (5) feet of unsupported OSB... That ain't happenin', period! Not on Mr. Sturdy's reloading bench, no way, no how.

So I added more T supports to the design. Each shelf will have three (3) T supports, each located squarely above each other, extending all the way down to the main bench surface. If you think of it on a much smaller scale, it'll sort of remind you of what's called a type-setters box for the Linotype letters that used to be used for printing newspapers, before the advent of using computers for composing articles, etc... (Yeah I know, I'm really showing my age!) When I was a young boy 6-7 years old, in the little one horse town I grew up in, West Union WV, there was a local paper that the printer actually did use Linotype.

Sort of like a shadowbox with rather large cubbyholes in it.

[Jim Fleming]

Hey guys, it's been a while, but believe it or not I've made some serious progress on my Reloading Room out in my barn...

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AU-EgnkwsEfaZGd3NTZnNjVfNjRneG1tcHRoZg&hl=en

I got the stud wall built, meanwhile I had realized I'd over looked something hugely important, and that was electrical outlets!

Anyway the link has the new pics that I added to my Google Document... It's a fairly large document so scroll down to the bottom, it'll take a while.

If you folks think I should perhaps add a second page, I'm sure that it'd be no problem... Any opinions would be welcome.

[50BMG]

do you plan on enclosing that room or leaving it open.

[Jim Fleming]

Jayson, for the moment, it's my intention to leave the fourth wall open. I'll probably contrive some sort of curtain made from a 'blue tarp' hanging from a piece of nylon cordage to retain the heat while I'm up there working over the winter. I really want to get back to work making ammo, etc. and the idea of trying to make a door work in a stud wall in that totally unsquare barn just gives me the heebie jeebies... Not to mention the extra time it'd take.

Why do you ask? And thanks for asking.

Jim

do you plan on enclosing that room or leaving it open.

[Jim Fleming]

Folks, I've been VERY REMISS in keeping this thread updated, however, I have great news to report...

The Bench and the Wall, are essentially done!!!

I'm down to getting the final coat of paint on the larger areas applied.

The Google Document that I was using to keep things updated, grew so large that I finally had to make two documents. Please forgive any inconvenience that may cause?

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AU-EgnkwsEfaZGd3NTZnNjVfNjRneG1tcHRoZg&hl=en   <---- Reloading Room 01

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AU-EgnkwsEfaZGd3NTZnNjVfMzYxZjlwdndiYzc&hl=en   <----Reloading Room 02


Now all I have to do is reassemble the shelves as per Reloading Room 02 document, and apply the sheet material to the shelves and it'll be time to start setting up my presses! YAY!!!!!!!!

[Jim Fleming]

After I get the Bench Painted, and the shelves covered, etc., with the sheet vinyl material, and everything all cleaned up, you get the idea, I'm going to post a final photo directly here on Reloading Radio.

I don't wish to burden Gun Rights Network with a lot of bandwidth sucking images, that I freely put over on Google... LOL!

Thanks to all of you that both read this, and especially to those good folks that have contributed!

Now I want to impose even further on you good people... I need some advice as to how you'd set up the bench. I have room for at least two presses to be permanently setup, my Lee Turret Press, and my Dillon RL550, but I also am going to be doing casting and I intend to setup a swaging system that I have from years back.

Please help if you can?

[50BMG]

the links you added did not work for me could not view them

[Jim Fleming]

Let's try it again:

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AU-EgnkwsEfaZGd3NTZnNjVfNjRneG1tcHRoZg&hl=en   <---- Reloading Room 01

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AU-EgnkwsEfaZGd3NTZnNjVfMzYxZjlwdndiYzc&hl=en   <----Reloading Room 02

Hopefully that'll correct the error(s)

Sorry about that

[Jim Fleming]

Guys, the bench is done, except for a smidgen of touching up I have to do, on the edges of the shelves, but that won't slow things down, I hope...

Anyway, as promised I have final photos that I'm going to add to the linked documents up above, but I wanted to post them here first. I actually set up my presses over this last Holiday weekend. Both my Dillon, and my Lee Turret press, and I spent about 2.5 hours this evening on cleaning cases to make .224 diameter bullets...

Here's the last three photos, taken tonight, if you're interested.

I know that it's been a long time since I started, and a quite a bit of money just in building the wall and bench... But this is the way I build things, strong and sturdy. I won't bother to build something if I can't do it well.

[50BMG]

looks good and something to be proud of too.

[Jim Fleming]

Thank you Jayson, I appreciate it.