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Posted: 9/7/2013 8:23:33 PM EDT
| I am building a room in my basement as a gun/reloading room. What is a good size? 12x12 is that too small. |
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Depends on your setup and if you think you might expand.
I would say 12x12 is pretty generous and should work even with lots of presses, single stage, progressive and shotshell. If I was doing a shotshell loading room setup there would be no carpet, just lino or concrete. Just think about what you will have mounted or if you can make a setup to pull one and swap it for another and store the xtra presses. For me having room for a dillon progressive and a single stage is important. My shotshell presses are used less frequently and are mounted on bases i can set on the bench and C clamp down. Envision the room you'll want around the press for bins, and case blocks, etc. Storage is imporatant too. I have under the bench storage (craftsman toolbox type machinists bench), a wall locker type cabinet, and some gorilla rack shelving. In a perfect world i would want most of the stuff in kitchen type cabinets just to keep it dust free and it's less unsightly when you walk into a room. Of course that's just cosmetics, I just prefer not to look at clutter, and lots of boxes of casings, and infrequently used bench top tools is a bit cluttery to me. I have a small bedroomn for a reloading room/office/outdoor junk repository currently. I would say most guys whose houses/ reloading areas I've seen are less than 12x12 and more like 6x6 to 8x8 in the basement or a corner of the garage. I know one guy that bought an amish 10x12 building for his reloading and casting set up. He was adament he wanted the casting out of the house which is a smart and cautious move in my opinion. No phone, no TV, just a radio for background noise. |
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It's all about what you can work with.
We've converted a small corner of the living room/dining room into our reloading area. Our press is mounted on a heavy board, and we vice grip it to the counter when we are loading. When we aren't, it gets clamped to a shelf mounted on the wall. We have a shelf overhead for the dies, projectiles, scales, and a portion of our tools, and a multi drawer bin mounted to the wall for caliber conversion kits. We keep the powder on top of our shot glass cabinet, as well as the primers. Overhead, we have a track light with LED bulbs in it. In the summer, they don't generate excessive heat, and run super low watts. The brass is the tricky deal. I keep a few buckets of it next to my bed, some in a closet... It's all over the place. We just have too much of it to keep in one single location. There is a handful of it on my computer desk, some next to my alarm clock, a pile out on the back patio table (Though that's the dirty stuff I picked up last weekend). So, the general idea is... More room is not bad. |
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12x12 is a good size room. Plenty of room.
I use the same size room. I have my 8'x27'' reloading bench along one wall with kitchen cabinets above, storage room under the bench and the closet full of gun-related stuff. My computor desk is against the opposite wall and still have plenty of room between. 12x12 is NOT too small...unless you have enough equipment to outfit a small army. |
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Also, if you're just starting out, check out the reloading bench thread here:
http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_6_42/262015_Official_Reloading_Bench_Picture_Thread___Now_with_100__more_Pictures_.html Lots of good ideas in there. |
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Like garages, it is not physically possible to have TOO large of a reloading room.  +1 Your stuff will fill the room eventually, no matter how big you make it. Guns/Gear/Reloading stuff abhors a vacuum. It will eventually expand to completely fill all available space...and more. ka |
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The floor plan below was designed for a guy who does reviews for pay and has nearly every press. Not your needs, but it might give you an idea what you can do in the space you have. His room was 10'x 16'. http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad195/gstrad/RELOADINGROOM-Model.jpg Posters? |
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The floor plan below was designed for a guy who does reviews for pay and has nearly every press. Not your needs, but it might give you an idea what you can do in the space you have. His room was 10'x 16'. http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad195/gstrad/RELOADINGROOM-Model.jpg Posters? Yes, something like this.
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Yes, something like this.
<a href="http://s1048.photobucket.com/user/fredshort/media/reloadingroomb.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s361/fredshort/reloadingroomb.jpg</a> Quoted:
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The floor plan below was designed for a guy who does reviews for pay and has nearly every press. Not your needs, but it might give you an idea what you can do in the space you have. His room was 10'x 16'. http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad195/gstrad/RELOADINGROOM-Model.jpg Posters? Yes, something like this.
<a href="http://s1048.photobucket.com/user/fredshort/media/reloadingroomb.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s361/fredshort/reloadingroomb.jpg</a> They earn a mention on the blueprint? |
The gentleman specified he wanted room for posters in the design since he had no windows and wanted something to liven up things. If it was my room I might add something like what fredshort has alright.....along with something more colorful and interesting like this one currently my favorite in my cave.  |
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The floor plan below was designed for a guy who does reviews for pay and has nearly every press. Not your needs, but it might give you an idea what you can do in the space you have. His room was 10'x 16'. http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad195/gstrad/RELOADINGROOM-Model.jpg Posters? Yes, something like this.
<a href="http://s1048.photobucket.com/user/fredshort/media/reloadingroomb.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s361/fredshort/reloadingroomb.jpg</a> They earn a mention on the blueprint? HA! posters. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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