Reloading room carnedge

[rjtfroggy]

Went down to the reloading room this morning only to find a cabinet full of bullets, primers and misc. archery stuff had broken away from the backer board and spilled everything out. Cabinet total loss and only other broken thing was a small primer tube for my bench mounted primer.
A couple of shelves will replace the cabinet.
If using cabinets in your reloading room DO NOT USE the PARTICLE BOARD ones found out the hard way they are stapled not screwed together. Lesson learned.

 

[Enosiophobia]

I thought Carnedge was a town.

 

[Hino895]

I had my die shelf collapse a couple years ago.
40 sets of dies hit the concrete floor from a height of 5 feet.
Took several hours to get everything in the right box.

 

[pirate ammo]

Had a box of 1000 9mm cases go flying everywhere, box was to close to the edge of the workbench Phideoux thought it was an empty, she loves to destroy empty boxes.
Kind of hard to explain the look on her face..

 

[TAJ45]

Fair point Froggy.

What I've done for quite some time now is use a ledger board. Set the cabinet on it first then screw to wall or studs depending on construction. This really helped with keeping things level as well when doing the job single handed. But your caution still applies re weight pulling staples free. If guys may have this potential problem, maybe just make a shelf for the bench top to set the cabinets on. I am in a metal building now so I went with that approach.
As a side note, I did the same with the bench I built in '71. Used a very straight 2x2 or 2x4 lagged into the studs then mounted the bench top. Rear legs were not used but saved for possible use later. Using them now as I acquired a nice array of base and wall cabinets from a Lab make over at a job. I don't throw nuttin' out, hardly ever.

I'm glad you didn't toss a Parker or elex scale or scope with the collapse.

 

[KMart]

Been there. I came in one morning after working the graveyard shift expecting to go to bed. When I opened the garage door, my reloading cabinet was laying on the hood of my wife's truck. Not a good day!

 

[Rick in Oregon]

Misery loves company.....

Way back around 1977 I was watching a movie one evening with wifey when a very large 'crash!' was heard from the garage. Upon inspection I saw my entire reloading bench, cabinets, components, dies....everything on the floor. The entire rig pulled away from the studs. Never use nails....screws every time.

See.....you're not alone.

 

[cdhbrad]

I have three wooden shelves above my bench and only put light weight stuff on them. All the bullets, etc. go on free standing wire shelves units that have a 5-600# per shelf rating. So far, so good.

 

[snert]

My garage door fell on my 1967 Firebird...once.

And my 40X tipped over, taking the BSS, Model 12 28 ga, two varmint rifles and a Model 88 with it onto the concrete floor. Never trust a Remington after ignoring t for a summer of groundhog hunting.

 

[JSH]

I have seen a lot folks use old kitchen cabinets. Open the doors and look at the shelves sagging. I see more poor designs of cabinets than good ones. Buddy made his from 2x12’s, over kill maybe not.
I have come to like the heavy duty filing cabinets. Good heavy steel drawers and ball bearing slides. You can get a pile of dies and bullets in them with no problem. Also out of sight.

 

[dbduff]

I thought Carnedge was a town.

You're thinking probably of Carthage or maybe Camden.

 

[Uthink Uknow]

I’m thinking of carnage as carnage but then that would make me the spelling police.

 

[AJC]

I see this happen all the time even with screws. They have cabinet screws for just this reason but dont believe for a second if you did not put it up that was what they used. Particle board and countersink screws is about the most common worst answer ever.

 

[rjtfroggy]

It was screwed in with 3 1/2" cabinet screws. This is the second one that broke away like this, once in the basement it was full of food stuff (soup cans, canned vegs.) There is one more and it will be coming down very soon and given to the local dump. Then I will be looking for some metal cabinets to hang. I like certain stuff put away out of sight.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

They had the kobalt free standing metal cabinets on sale at lowes awful cheap

 

[agr516]

My garage door fell on my 1967 Firebird...once.

And my 40X tipped over, taking the BSS, Model 12 28 ga, two varmint rifles and a Model 88 with it onto the concrete floor. Never trust a Remington after ignoring t for a summer of groundhog hunting.

I felt a sick feeling in my stomach when i read that.

 

[agr516]

I felt a sick feeling in my stomach when i read that.

And it didnt have anything to do with the part about the Firebird

 

[joshb]

Been there. I came in one morning after working the graveyard shift expecting to go to bed. When I opened the garage door, my reloading cabinet was laying on the hood of my wife's truck. Not a good day!

Didja ask why she ran into your reloading cabinet?
Dusty picked the right option. That’s where I store the heavy stuff. Most wood cabinets on the market are junk!


I’m upset about the Firebird!

 

[snert]

And it didnt have anything to do with the part about the Firebird

Hater...

Probably a MOPAR or Dorf guy huh? Well I sold the Cuda...

That makes me a dumb@##

 

[CT10ring]

Went down to the reloading room this morning only to find a cabinet full of bullets, primers and misc. archery stuff had broken away from the backer board and spilled everything out. Cabinet total loss and only other broken thing was a small primer tube for my bench mounted primer.
A couple of shelves will replace the cabinet.
If using cabinets in your reloading room DO NOT USE the PARTICLE BOARD ones found out the hard way they are stapled not screwed together. Lesson learned.

That's hard to read. Ouch. You could use screws next set of cabs thru the sides to secure. 45 deg cleats on the back to hang cabs on walls - also a good idea. particle board is good for a flat countertop and drawer bottoms, not good for weight bearing. Thx for the post. 3/4" AC ply will do the job.