reloading bench set up, can i do this?

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my current "gun room" set up is a kobalt bench from lowes set up in the furnace room of my house.
its the only room I could set up a bench and chair. This is also where I do all my cleaning.
In the room is my gas furnace and gas water heater. Both are less than ten years old.

Is this even an option to set up in?

I was thinking I would mount the press to a piece of 3/4 plywood so I could put it aside when its not in use and I was going to mount a steel cabinet up on the wall for the powder and primers.

I also wasnt planning on stocking up on powder at all maybe 2lbs at a time.

Is there any special precautions I need to take to protect my equipment/components? Im told having them near solvents and oils can cause problems.


On a separate note, does anyone ever have issues with home insurance when reloading at home? Im told having powder in your home can get you dropped by your insurance company.
 
rem74283 said:
my current "gun room" set up is a kobalt bench from lowes set up in the furnace room of my house.
its the only room I could set up a bench and chair. This is also where I do all my cleaning.
In the room is my gas furnace and gas water heater. Both are less than ten years old.

Is this even an option to set up in?


I was thinking I would mount the press to a piece of 3/4 plywood so I could put it aside when its not in use and I was going to mount a steel cabinet up on the wall for the powder and primers.

I also wasnt planning on stocking up on powder at all maybe 2lbs at a time.

Is there any special precautions I need to take to protect my equipment/components? Im told having them near solvents and oils can cause problems.


On a separate note, does anyone ever have issues with home insurance when reloading at home? Im told having powder in your home can get you dropped by your insurance company.
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Not necessary to inform insurance company. You could be inviting trouble. Seems there was a thread about this a few months ago. Unless storage rules have changed here's what the MNR Canada states: http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/explosives/acquisition-storage-sale/9829
When I had limited space I mounted my press on a Black & Decker Workbench.
 
so as far as the sources of ignition go there is the gas furnace and water heater to think about. I was told by another reloading friend to store it up high in that room because the burners for the furnace and water heater are down low. Also to keep them in a cabinet and not a safe.

I would want to do the reloading in the room I have my bench already because that is my "workspace" but I dont know if its a problem that Ive already been cleaning guns in that space. Thats why Im thinking of putting the press on a piece of plywood that I would place on the bench. That way the plywood would be free of solvents and oil instead of mounting to the bench that already has oil stains on it.
 
My setup is similar to your description. It's the only space in the house that I have available for reloading. There are no open flames and I'm not working powder to a point where I'm getting powder particles in the air to become a volatile situation. I see no problem with it. The only issue that one might have is the EF emissions from the furnace's blower etc that could cause a digital scale to drift.
 
Trinimon said:
My setup is similar to your description. It's the only space in the house that I have available for reloading. There are no open flames and I'm not working powder to a point where I'm getting powder particles in the air to become a volatile situation. I see no problem with it. The only issue that one might have is the EF emissions from the furnace's blower etc that could cause a digital scale to drift.
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Ill be reloading shot shells so I dont know if thats going to be an issue for me. Im going to do some more reading before I buy the press and components. I already have some hulls that i got at a good deal that i had to jump on.

do you clean your firearms on the same bench?
 
Your cleaning and lube are going to trip the flammable vapour lockout on one or both devices eventually. One day poof, no hot water or air. Wouldn't even think about it.
 
Unless you're thinking about sitting cross legged at the hot water tank and decide to spray ether as a degreaser right at the pilot light, you'll be just fine. Even then, your just get a heart pounding reminder of where to play with either.

I made a small bench on a workmate that I can move and fold up. Small places are good.
 
rem74283 said:
my current "gun room" set up is a kobalt bench from lowes set up in the furnace room of my house.
its the only room I could set up a bench and chair. This is also where I do all my cleaning.
In the room is my gas furnace and gas water heater. Both are less than ten years old.

Is this even an option to set up in?

I was thinking I would mount the press to a piece of 3/4 plywood so I could put it aside when its not in use and I was going to mount a steel cabinet up on the wall for the powder and primers.

I also wasnt planning on stocking up on powder at all maybe 2lbs at a time.

Is there any special precautions I need to take to protect my equipment/components? Im told having them near solvents and oils can cause problems.


On a separate note, does anyone ever have issues with home insurance when reloading at home? Im told having powder in your home can get you dropped by your insurance company.
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I've got a similar setup. Kobalt bench. What I've done is to embed T-Nuts in the bench top in a templated pattern with holes through. Then I use 2x12 to make baseplates that various things are bolted to. Now I can swap presses, and vices out or have the whole benchtop back with just 4 bolts. I also created raised platforms on the baseplates for my presses. It gets them at a nicer working height and everything is rock solid.

Metal cabinet for powder.

I also run a couple 2x10's across from one set of legs to the other resting on the brace. Load this up with weight and the whole deal isn't going anywhere, nice and solid.
 
this is my current setup

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and this is how close I am to the water heater and furnace.

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Im thinking of mounting a 3'x3' cabinet above the freezer on the wall. The plastic recycle bags on the floor are the 4000 28 and 410 hulls I just acquired
 
oneadam12 said:
Your cleaning and lube are going to trip the flammable vapour lockout on one or both devices eventually. One day poof, no hot water or air. Wouldn't even think about it.
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Furnaces don't have flammable vapour lockout, and only some hot water tanks have them.

If your furnace has 2 plastic pipes for venting then it draws the air from outside for combustion. So if you keep the panels on it then there is zero chance of that igniting anything. The tank is the only one that could possibly to anything but like redruns said unless you sitting right at the burner nothing is going to happen.
 
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