Material to be fabricated. The center wood left from the 2" hole saw can be care-
fully removed with a small wood chisel. Again, if you have a drill press you can chuck up a router bit and very carefully remove unwanted material. If you plan to use a router bit to remove excess wood, drill the pilot hole left from the hole saw to accept a short piece of ½" wood dowel rod. Mount the dowel rod peg into a scrap piece of wood, which you will securely clamp to the drill press table. Next, with the cutter at a relatively high RPM, slowly plunge the router bit no more than ¹⁄₁₆" deep while rotating the 2"x4" block counterclockwise around in a circle to remove the excess wood. If you use a router bit, care must be taken to remove a little wood at a time. Don’t attempt to remove more than ¹⁄₁₆" depth or ¼" increase in radius per each cut working from the center out. To provide convenient access for removal of any run-
away grains of powder, I drilled through the ½" powder trick- ler hole and then on through the plywood base. Additional ½" holes were drilled in the back corners of the scale mounting and bullet corral areas to ease removal of stray powder grains. In drilling these ½" clean-out holes, start with a ⅛ " drill and increase with several larger bits in progression. With the fi nal ½ " bit, drill from one side halfway through and then from the other to prevent splintering. Now to tidy up after a load-
Cutting a notch for scale power plug clearance.
ing session I can hold my organizer over a waste can, tap it a little, and any stray grains of powder are disposed of, not collecting on my loading bench. As a fi nal touch, stain the wood and apply several coats of clear varnish. The longer this little organizer is in service, the more it has become an invaluable asset. I certainly would not want to do without it now. Everything I need is close at hand, making reloading much more effi cient. Note the little area at the left of the powder scale and the right of the bullet corral. I use this space for any bullets that I consider culls. They will be used for fouling shots. We all acquire various reloading accessories through
the years. I remember acquiring a case trimmer and calipers, balance beam powder scale, powder measure, and many years later an electronic scale. Many items followed over the years. We all know how expensive some of these grown up toys are. Isn’t it great for once to be able to have an effi cient tool that cost you very little cash, with some labor added? A fringe benefi t presents itself when you have reloading
friends over and they comment on how handy your organizer is. You can state with pride that you made it! Good shootin’ and make ’em all Xs or clean kills.
Cutting clearance notch.
Finished project
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