I have one of these and haven't had any troubles with static, and is easy on the feet, catches primers and stuff. Keeps feet from cold concrete floor.
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I have one of these and haven't had any troubles with static, and is easy on the feet, catches primers and stuff. Keeps feet from cold concrete floor.
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Well if you plan on reloading in your skivvies a carpet remnant might still be the way to go. I have never had static discharge issues, but if you are worried about that there are cool little wrist bands that are used for assembling computers that work perfectly.
I have that type of mat at my work and it is nice for long term standing, but when I drop a little screw or something it takes forever to find it. Somehow they land nestled right up against the rubber and at the exact perspective angle to be hidden from sight wherever I am standing. And I love rolley chairs so that stuff would never fly in my man cave.
I think that I would get some old kitchen cabinets from craigslist and build a nice strong top for them out of the material of your choice, then find a large professional grade steel and particle board desk to mount all of your presses and stuff to. The old pressed steel teachers desks from the 70s and 80s are tanks and seem to hold up well while only costing about $20 - $50 on craigslist.
I look at my man cave a little differently. I CNC mill stuff in here, I reload, and have a full electronics repair shop and build computers in one tiny ass room. I spill solder, various epoxy, powder and tend to get dust and debris all over everything so having nice flooring or desks is not desirable. I just want to be able to take everything out when I move and not have damage to repair, but I don't want to tippy toe around when building my next project because I am afraid of damaging something. Just my 2c
Last edited by Danimal; 01-08-2014 at 08:53.
I did not go cheap nor easy on mine...but, if you hit Lowes or HomeDepot they have the inexpensive base cabinets on sale right now. That is what I used, topped with maple butcher block. Sears has some butcher block tops that are pretty inexpensive. The cheap and cool method is a few pieces of plywood with a 1x2 skirt around it. Put pennies, your favorite loads, photos (glue any paper or photos down) of "whatever you want" on the top and then do three or four pours of urethane on the top. Makes a cool personalized benchtop that is flat, oil resistant and can be repaired if you put a dent or nick in it.
For the floor, look at this: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss...%2Ctools%2C208 I used Allure vinyl planks, but they cost a bit more.
I'vt got a few boxes of various VCT tiles if you want them.
Habitat for Humanity Restore for base cabinets!
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