Screw this. The garage is insulated but it’s not kept heated. My house doesn’t have room to bring my stuff inside with two kids living at home. Just because I can turn on a propane heater and get the air comfortable quickly doesn’t mean that every component, die, or piece of brass heats up quickly. I have zero interest in cold fingers. From now on that propane heater will be used for things that can’t wait.

I bought this house about four months before I got married with the intention of building equity and buying something bigger when we started a family. That was 26 years ago. A familiar story to many here I’m sure.

So this reloading in the winter BS is over until I move to a bigger house or one kid ventures out on his own. The cold just sucks for hobbies.

I keep the temp out in my shop set at about 40-45 all the time. If I'm going to be out there reloading or something else, I'll crank it up some for an hour or so and everything is comfortable.

I reloaded in the garage for the first couple years, but it's uninsulated and unheated. It was horribly cold in the winter, and then stuff started rusting.

I ended up clearing some space in our basement. It's stone and mortar walls with a partial dirt floor, and I have to stand with my head between the floor joists otherwise I'm too tall to stand up straight. But it's dry and doesn't get much colder than 50 degrees down there, so it beats the garage.

Some day my kids will move out and I'll move everything into their room upstairs...which is still about an inch to short for me to stand up in. But it'll be an upgrade from the basement.

92, take some free advice; start reloading while sitting down. You will not regret it. My wife works for an industrial furniture company. Every now and then models change and a few chairs will see the dumpster if nobody takes them home. I’ve gotta tell ya, I sit in one damn nice chair when I reload. Mrs. 92 won’t be asked for as many back rubs either so it’s a win win!

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Originally posted by 400m:
92, take some free advice; start reloading while sitting down. You will not regret it. My wife works for an industrial furniture company. Every now and then models change and a few chairs will see the dumpster if nobody takes them home. I’ve gotta tell ya, I sit in one damn nice chair when I reload. Mrs. 92 won’t be asked for as many back rubs either so it’s a win win!

I've tried, but I have an L5-S1 disk herniation that will flare up if I'm not careful, and I've found that standing when operating the lever is a lot easier on my back. Now standing and working at a normal height counter is really awful, because the world is designed for midgets, but I custom-built my reloading bench so the top is at a reasonable height (about 52").

I prefer to operate all my loaders(3) from a sitting position.

I purchased a Craftsman padded stool several years back from Lowe’s and it allows me to reload in a semi-sitting position. Having had back surgery several years back I find this to be more comfortable than standing or sitting in a supported office chair with a back - but this is what I found works best for me.