My reloading bench is taking over the garage

[Alan]

I started with a small setup and now I've got primers here, powder there, bullets everywhere, brass in buckets. My wife's car barely fits anymore. She's not thrilled. How do you guys organize all this stuff? My system is basically organized chaos right now and it's getting out of hand.

 

[sgcardinal]

The only winning move is not to play.

I don't even have a garage, so I don't have any room to start on the reloading journey.

 

[Buggy]

  My stuff started spreading out in the exact same way until I finally just forced myself to organize it. Once everything had its own spot, it honestly felt so much less overwhelming.

 

[sgcardinal]

My post from Jan 27, 2026 did NOT age well. I did start reloading. I still have quantities of things that I can keep organized - the things that stay indoors in a closet and the things that go outdoors in a locked shed. Ended up getting a foldable Black & Decker workmate and a some Inline Fabrication mounts for the press, trimmer, and vise I use. So far so good.

 

[buddyb]

I have 1 of the Harbor Freight roll around tool boxes with the wooden work tops and another old wooden cabinet full of reloading gear.

 

[chili]

I know how you feel. I have a very crowded bench and a cabinet in the garage. PLUS, a desk with stuff piled around it and on it in the room over the garage. That doesn't even take into consideration my bullet casting gear.

 

[Dave29461]

Like a creeping mold. The first two photos are after I thought I had it under control…like the last two photos