Reloading room/gun room ideas

So I am reclaiming a 9' X 12' basement room with great lighting, electric floor board heater (only one in house), and a window. The basement flooded last summer and this room took a hit, it was storage.

I am looking for ideas for a cheap built in gun cabinet, cheap and easy to build. Security is not a big concern and my kids know better. The room will be locked so a light lock would be plenty.

Reloading bench and shelves. I don't care for my old bench and would like to improve it with a cheap easy setup.

I did have a cable guy run cable in it today so TV is covered :)

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How much to rent it out? :)

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Originally Posted by mcjhr

How much to rent it out? :)

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We when first bought the house my nephew lived with us before he went to college, it was a great bedroom haha.

Well I put my reloading set up in it for now till I get something better. I still need to paint and figure out what I am gonna do for flooring since the carpet got flooded. It will never have carpet again, what a mess!

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Nice setup. Nothing like a good man cave. I always wanted a big poster of one of those giant worms from Tremors looking like its busting through the wall. "grab the elephant gun!"

Just paint the floor and call it a day. Easier for cleanup and no issues with static discharge. Looks like you have a decent amount of space to work with.

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Originally Posted by Mazin

Just paint the floor and call it a day. Easier for cleanup and no issues with static discharge. Looks like you have a decent amount of space to work with.

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I like this ^^^

I have one of these from Sams Club.http://www.samsclub.com/sams/ultra-h...prod1490086.ip

Great reloading bench.

Mike

If you can score a few kitchen base cabinets, they make good foundations for a bench.
Increase the lighting, forget carpet. I have 10x3 anti-static rubber backed carpet sections, i use. You can too;)
2-3 more 4-8' florescent fixtures and you'll be well lit. For any lighting over the bench area, i suggest you put these over the tubes.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Lithonia-...R24/100163152#

Powder and primers separate areas, enclosed in 1" thick wood cabinets, non-locking doors. FIRE EXTINGUISHER at least 2 hefty ones. Those small kidde units last 10 sec, if that.

I was using an unfinished basement room that's like 20'x20', had my weights, reloading, work benches, lathe etc. Buy that's gonna be the storage room with hidden area. So I am down sizing but this room is warmer and has better lighting. Plus I can sleep there when the wife pisses me off haha

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If you can score a few kitchen base cabinets, they make good foundations for a bench.
Increase the lighting, forget carpet. I have 10x3 anti-static rubber backed carpet sections, i use. You can too;)
2-3 more 4-8' florescent fixtures and you'll be well lit. For any lighting over the bench area, i suggest you put these over the tubes.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Lithonia-...R24/100163152#

Powder and primers separate areas, enclosed in 1" thick wood cabinets, non-locking doors. FIRE EXTINGUISHER at least 2 hefty ones. Those small kidde units last 10 sec, if that.

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I will be replacing the fluorescent lights with LED this spring.

I have one of these and haven't had any troubles with static, and is easy on the feet, catches primers and stuff. Keeps feet from cold concrete floor.

http://www.homedepot.com/catalog/pro...6c0b4_1000.jpg

Well if you plan on reloading in your skivvies a carpet remnant might still be the way to go. I have never had static discharge issues, but if you are worried about that there are cool little wrist bands that are used for assembling computers that work perfectly.

I have that type of mat at my work and it is nice for long term standing, but when I drop a little screw or something it takes forever to find it. Somehow they land nestled right up against the rubber and at the exact perspective angle to be hidden from sight wherever I am standing. And I love rolley chairs so that stuff would never fly in my man cave.

I think that I would get some old kitchen cabinets from craigslist and build a nice strong top for them out of the material of your choice, then find a large professional grade steel and particle board desk to mount all of your presses and stuff to. The old pressed steel teachers desks from the 70s and 80s are tanks and seem to hold up well while only costing about $20 - $50 on craigslist.

I look at my man cave a little differently. I CNC mill stuff in here, I reload, and have a full electronics repair shop and build computers in one tiny ass room. I spill solder, various epoxy, powder and tend to get dust and debris all over everything so having nice flooring or desks is not desirable. I just want to be able to take everything out when I move and not have damage to repair, but I don't want to tippy toe around when building my next project because I am afraid of damaging something. Just my 2c

I did not go cheap nor easy on mine...but, if you hit Lowes or HomeDepot they have the inexpensive base cabinets on sale right now. That is what I used, topped with maple butcher block. Sears has some butcher block tops that are pretty inexpensive. The cheap and cool method is a few pieces of plywood with a 1x2 skirt around it. Put pennies, your favorite loads, photos (glue any paper or photos down) of "whatever you want" on the top and then do three or four pours of urethane on the top. Makes a cool personalized benchtop that is flat, oil resistant and can be repaired if you put a dent or nick in it.

For the floor, look at this: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss...%2Ctools%2C208 I used Allure vinyl planks, but they cost a bit more.

I'vt got a few boxes of various VCT tiles if you want them.

Habitat for Humanity Restore for base cabinets!

I'm a redneck, been known to dive dumpsters.....people throw out lotsa good usable stuff!