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Sudsy
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A quality table saw with a really good fence is the key part of a good shop
Put your $$ there, get OK bandsaw, drill press, bench sanders... upgrade them over time. (buy better used stuff, American made if possible, avoid Home Depot Chinese trash at all costs)
You can do it in a small space.
There are two vintage benchtop drill presses in the back right corner, the table in the middle is a full size Rockwell lathe, the bandsaw on the bench has since been mounted on the end of the lathe to save bench space.
My Unisaw is on locking wheels and can be spun around to the front of the garage or even outside if I'm playing with full sheets of something
The classic 20lbs of
in a 5lb bag, but it works for me
Put your $$ there, get OK bandsaw, drill press, bench sanders... upgrade them over time. (buy better used stuff, American made if possible, avoid Home Depot Chinese trash at all costs)
You can do it in a small space.
There are two vintage benchtop drill presses in the back right corner, the table in the middle is a full size Rockwell lathe, the bandsaw on the bench has since been mounted on the end of the lathe to save bench space.
My Unisaw is on locking wheels and can be spun around to the front of the garage or even outside if I'm playing with full sheets of something
The classic 20lbs of
in a 5lb bag, but it works for me
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rfd
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Waaaay back in the early '60s I had Lee Loaders for several different cartridges. That was it. They served me well. These days I have a large loading bench, multiple presses, dozens of dies, powder measures, an incredibly accurate digital powder scale, brass trimmers, vibratory and ultra/sonic brass cleaners, a brass annealer, 4 casting furnaces, sundry other tools and many Many MANY hundreds of cartridge loading components ... and a partridge in pear tree. 
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That’s the evolution right there! Funny how the basics still matter most, no matter how advanced the setup gets.Waaaay back in the early '60s I had Lee Loaders for several different cartridges. That was it. They served me well. These days I have a large loading bench, multiple presses, dozens of dies, powder measures, an incredibly accurate digital powder scale, brass trimmers, vibratory and ultra/sonic brass cleaners, a brass annealer, 4 casting furnaces, sundry other tools and many Many MANY hundreds of cartridge loading components ... and a partridge in pear tree.
