Built a die rack today

[Brother_Love]

I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time. The dies take up much less space this way and I hated getting them out of boxes. This is 3 pieces of 2x4 drilled with a forstner bit and painted with Rustoleum textured green.

The dies are in numerical order by caliber and the top row is neck expanders and FCD’s.

 

[fiver]

nice.
you wanna do one that holds about 200 die body's?
I see you have the same shell holder holder I have.

 

[Brad]

I have a pile on the bench......

 

[waco]

I have a pile on the bench......

Amateur. My pile resides in the closet.

 

[freebullet]

Dang, your doing enough work there in your recovery to be getting paid. Nice rack! Maybe a dust cover next or shoot the 357?

Just a tall inconvenient to get the set you want stack of og boxes on the bench.

 

[358156 hp]

I still do the pretty boxes, all in neat rows

 

[Kevin Stenberg]

It Looks VERY nice

 

[fiver]

I still do the pretty boxes, all in neat rows

by neat rows you mean they all lean towards each other and don't fall off the shelf when you close the door?

 

[Ian]

You can get away with stacked boxes if the ground stays still.

"nice rack" indeed.

 

[Pistolero]

I have two stacks of boxes and then a whole bunch in their boxes scattered around on various shelves in
the basement. I keep thinking that I need them all in the same place.....but I don't have a place big enough
for about 30 or 40 sets, no real idea how many die sets I have. I need to sell a couple of my 7.5 Swiss die
sets, and a few other dups.

Nice rack, but I would take 5-10 minutes to find out which dies to use in that setup.

Bill

 

[fiver]

Bill:
are you the only senior citizen on the planet without a label maker?

 

[Pistolero]

Hmm. Perhaps, I never had one. I would have to take each die out and read the tiny lettering
stamped on the top. I suppose I could write on the holder with a Sharpie.

Oh, and the ONE problem with the wonderful Hornady New Dimension dies is that some of them
are entirely free of markings! I have engraved the caliber on the tiny belt between the end and
the knurling on most of them, but hard to read from more than 6" away.

So, I keep most in the original boxes or drums.

Bill

 

[blackthorn]

I screwed an old double card-file box under the loading bench. Die-set ID is marked with a black sharpie on the visible edge so it shows as I pull the file drawer open. This holds the most often used die sets in their boxes. My not so often used sets are also stored in card-file drawers, but in an other area of my loading room.

 

[CZ93X62]

I have been thinking about a major re-tooling of my tool storage methods. I waste a lot of wall space with shelving. I gotta stay OUT of Harbor Freight, Home Depot, and Lowe's. Those roll-away tool chests are CALLING TO ME. I have one for my automotive tools that I have out-grown, my home repair tools take up shelf space, and the reloading stuff REALLY crowds things.

 

[dale2242]

Nice work.
I don`t have enough wall to put my dies in racks.
I keep them in their original boxes stacked on the shelf where I can read the caliber...dale

 

[Brother_Love]

I have a few more less used sets still in boxes. I have my rack close to eye level and the dies are in numerical order, 222, 223, 270 etc. not a problem to get to the die I need.

 

[Brother_Love]

Ok, y’all like it better now;>)

 

[smokeywolf]

BL, you did a beautiful job. I like that it saves drawer space and bench space.

My dies and moulds reside in a GI foot locker.

 

[358156 hp]

BL- It is better, but it doesn't appear to be in numerical order!