Bullet Mould Storage Cabinet

[Ben]

I live in Alabama, hot and humid here in the summer. I have to have something that controls humidity or my non aluminum moulds will turn into a pile of rust.

I found a large " 20 mm size " military ammo can with a rubber seal in the lid.

When I saw it, I thought " Gee ....that would make me a real nice bullet mould storage cabinet."

It came home with me and I got started to work.

I decided to make me 2 trays inside with individual compartments to hold my molds. Each tray holds 28 molds X 2 shelves = 56 molds in total.

Each compartment will hold a single or double cav. mold. I built it such that I can even put a HP mold and its pin in the compartment without a problem.

I've labeled each compartment with the Mould Brand, Mold number, Caliber , etc. This is an added piece of organization that is welcome.

I have a " Golden Rod " in my mould storage cabinet.
My system is now 9 years old, I've never seen a tiny
spec of rust on any of my moulds.

Pics below of the " Finished Product " .

Tell me what you think ......

 

[S Mac]

Very nice Ben, they should be easy enough to find what you are looking for beside being in the dry.

 

[Ben]

S Mac,

Thanks, problem is now, I have this one pretty much full and could really use another one just like it.

Ben

 

[Brad]

Ben, why the braces under the cabinet? You KNOW you need at least 2 more of those. I am suprised you didn't forsee the need and plan ahead.

Nicely done and a fine idea.

 

[Ben]

I always like your thinking Brad........Right again.......

 

[462]

Rather spiffy, Ben.

What a flashback, when I saw that can! One-hundred linked rounds per can. In one very memorable year, I loaded several million rounds aboard F-100Ds. Then, two years were spent feeding several millions more into the M-61A1 of F-4Es.

The can made a fair beer cooler, too.

 

[RBHarter]

I bet I've sent more of those cans than you.......... alas not into final service and all from the comfort of home.....


20 yr on the world's largest NAD ,actually it's been an AAD as long as I've been here but I have 1 of the old signs.

 

[JWFilips]

Ben, You come up with some of the neatest stuff!
Jim

 

[Josh]

If you can find a 40mm can I believe they are a hair wider (as you have it pictured) and would offer quite a bit more storage.

I do believe I will emulate this design as I have been looking for a good way to keep my moulds free of rust

 

[Dale53]

Ben;
That's another great example of you "thinking outside the box"! Nice work, indeed!

Dale53

 

[Rick]

I've been using these sealed containers for many years. They are called Snap-Ware, have a silicone gasket in the lid and snaps on all four sides.



The regular size holds 4 two cavity molds, the larger size holds three MP four cavity or NOE 5 cavity. They are stacked on a shelf under my loading bench with the caliber of the molds labeled on each one. Quite easy to find the mold I'm looking for and no rust in all these years.

 

[Brad]

I have a pile......

 

[KHornet]

Slick Ben, very slick!

 

[Glen]

My wife bought me a mechanics tool chest to store my moulds in. Yeah Ben, I hear you, I could use a second one too......

 

[Dale53]

Harbor Freight has the wooden tool chests on sale:

http://www.harborfreight.com/eight-drawer-wood-tool-chest-94538.html

Dale53

 

[Pistolero]

Good design, Ben.

Thank goodness for a dry basement in Kansas........ memories of keeping
blued guns from dissolving in central Fla non-AC house in the 70s are not
good.

Bill

 

[Creeker]

I like the way Rick does it.

 

[Ben]

Good design, Ben.

Thank goodness for a dry basement in Kansas........ memories of keeping
blued guns from dissolving in central Fla non-AC house in the 70s are not
good.

Bill

Bill,

The SE United States and blued firearms just don't seem to work out very well with each other.

Ben

 

[Pistolero]

I would THINK that an air conditioned house would help lower the humidity, but we had no AC
when I was a kid in central Fla. Maybe it doesn't help as much as I think it should.

Bill

 

[Creeker]

Ben your wood work looks good. A good tight cabinet with a light bulb also works here.