Mine always revolve around spilling powder somehow. Once while pouring it into the hopper, again while pouring back into the container. A couple times bumping the tray of freshly charged cases and knocking powder from some, leading me to have to restart the measuring and charging process. That’s the most frustrating mistake so far.
Are you consciously seeking a cure for spillage? I think I spilled for years before focusing on a cure. Wide mouth pwdr containers are fine to pour INTO, but difficult to pour FROM into an RCBS thrower. (for example)Originally Posted by Travis21
I found cheap plastic funnels at auto parts stores that helped me hit the holes when pouring. (And learned how to prevent them from accumulating a static charge.)
I don't bump the charged cases tray if I feed them from the opposite side of the press from the bullets.
Obviously an uncluttered bench reduces trip hazards and I had to quit accumulating tools, trays and such.
I used to lay my calipers on the edge of the bench within easy reach but realized when a third of it is hanging off the edge I bump it and it becomes a lever.
It would flip and land on the floor, in my container of completed rounds or ON the tray of charged cases.
Another item I bumped was my Ohaus balance. I built a simple plywood box in "shed" style (3 sides, flat roof) that sits at the back of the bench. Truly only spent 4 minutes making it!
It's a 'garage' and my balance sits on a piece of cardboard with the front edge bent up into a lip I can grasp to slide the balance in and out of the garage's open front. Stuff that used to sit
on the bench now sits on the garage's flat roof. Nothing falling (horrors!) from the shelves on the wall ever lands ON my balance.
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Actually it was the funnel that caused spillage. I was filling the hopper with the funnel and started going a bit too quick so it backed the funnel up and spilled over the sides. I’ve never actually spilled it when pouring directly from bottle to hopper.
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