An electric drill is a compact, lightweight, easy-to-use and transport machine. It is indispensable in the home workshop, garage and construction site. In addition to drilling operations, it can be adapted to perform turning, milling, grinding and other work. Many craftsmen use drills to create homemade machines and accessories for the home workshop. They are used in the garage for simple wood and metal turning work.
Workshop equipment
Not always with hand drill You can drill a precise hole. If such a need arises, use a stationary drilling machine. It is certainly accurate and safe, which is what is needed when processing solid elements with a large-diameter drill.
You rarely see such a machine in a garage or workshop, mainly because of the price, it is expensive, in addition, it is bulky, takes up a lot of space, and is rarely used. The drill on a tripod is a lightweight, easy-to-transport design that will fulfill all the requirements for a desktop drilling machine.
Stationary drilling device
A homemade machine based on a drill will ensure high drilling accuracy in any conditions - it can be installed on a workbench tabletop or on the floor. It consists of several elements. The main ones, of course, are the base and the column. The first part is responsible for the stability of the machine installed on flat surface. The second, in turn, allows you to smoothly and very accurately move the drill up and down when drilling.
The steel column does not deform even under the influence most pressure to ensure perpendicular drilling. In addition to high accuracy, it is worth mentioning operational safety. If the workpiece is securely secured in a vice on the workbench, then there is no risk of injury during drilling.
The drill-based desktop machine enables precise drilling of holes in complex shapes such as round, oval and 90 degree angles. A home master cannot do without it, where the tool is not used intensively. For the manufacture of a desktop vertical drilling machine based on a drill, you can use ready-made racks or tripods. They are quite suitable for use.
As the manufacturer guarantees, the vertical drilling stand will come in handy wherever there is a need to perform drilling operations during repairs. metal structures, wooden parts. The product is made from quality materials, provides stability and reliability of fastening, so that the quality of work is good. This type of product is great for reducing work time.
In private garages you can find homemade machines, where tripods from photographic enlargers and overhead projectors, jacks and automobile steering racks of a suitable design are adapted as a stand for a drill. There are machines made entirely of wood. The drill is a universal mechanism with which you can design home-made woodworking machines.
Woodworking Machine
Using a drill as an electric drive, you can assemble homemade machines and fixtures for the garage. For example, lathe on wood in a few days from a board and a handful of screws. Nobody makes drawings for making machines, everything is created according to an invented project.
In addition to the homemade drilling and turning equipment home workshop, you can make it yourself milling machine on wood. For the drive, you can choose an electric drill or manual frezer.
Bed for grinder
The grinder, like the electric drill, quickly entered our lives and took its place universal tool. With it, you can cut pipes, sheet metal and rods, stone and tiles, grind and polish. It has found wide application in car service centers when repairing car bodies. For ease of use, you can do cutting machine.
To make it cheaper and easier, they make it from wood. As in every machine, the base is made, the material can be chipboard measuring 400 x 400 x 20 millimeters. From below, attach the legs in the form of two slats 40 x 40 millimeters to the slab with screws. Attach a block 100 millimeters high and 50 millimeters thick to the top of the slab. Attached to the block with screws door hinge with long plate. The grinder is attached to the plate using a clamp. Everything, a homemade device for a home workshop that acts as a cutting machine is ready. For safe work A machine vise is installed on the base.
Garage sharpener
Emery, electric sharpener, sharpening machine - this is what the tool is called, without which the workshop cannot do, private garage, car service. The sharpener is the most necessary tool for car repair, metalwork manufacturing, tool sharpening, grinding metal surface crafts. It is not necessary to buy this useful mechanism; you can get by with a homemade one based on an electric drill. First you need to choose a place on the table and use two wooden brackets 40 millimeters thick and two screws to secure the drill.
To support your hand or tool, you need to make a rest. To do this, you can use thick-layer plywood 20 millimeters thick. The tool rest is attached to the table and placed under the emery wheel. In order for the chips to fall freely on the floor and be able to use emery wheels of different diameters, a rectangular hole is cut out in the tool rest with a width slightly larger than the thickness of the abrasive tool. To adjust the hand rest to different heights, you need to install a set of plywood plates and secure them with screws. Cover the upper plane of the tool rest with a steel plate. That's it, the useful power tool for the home is ready for use.
Milling machines
There is an opinion among woodworking experts that the router is the most necessary tool for carpentry. It can even replace some power tools, e.g. circular saw, drill and even jointer. There are two main types of routers:
- submersible;
- edging.
The plunge cutter works as follows: the cutter is immersed in the material and moves along a given contour. The edge cutter does not allow the cutter to be immersed; its milling depth is set in advance and fixed. Based on power, milling cutters are divided into three categories:
- small from 500 to 1200 watts;
- medium from 1100 to 1900 watts;
- powerful from 1900 to 2400 watts.
Low-power milling cutters are lightweight, compact, maneuverable, easy to use and allow you to perform all the tasks of a home workshop - this is the best choice for home. Is it true, low power imposes its own limitations. The device has a diameter of up to 32 millimeters, there are restrictions on length. If you need to make boxes and frames, this machine is quite enough.
Using an electric drill or a router, you can make a useful attachment for a power tool with your own hands - milling table. This device will come in handy if you need to make profile products made of wood. For these purposes, you can adapt an ordinary table by strengthening the tabletop sheet metal two millimeters thick.
A router is attached to the tabletop under the table. A thrust board is installed on the table, which moves under set size and is fixed with clamping bolts. The cutter feed mechanism is a lift, made from a regular car jack, which is installed on metal brackets under the table. The finished homemade product is pleasing to the eye.
By changing cutters you can perform various milling jobs. In general, the device is a professional wood milling machine for the home workshop. It is convenient to select grooves, mill quarters on frames, and process the configuration of skirting boards.
Electric drill, grinder, hand router - tools on the basis of which you can create devices and multifunctional machines that greatly facilitate your work home handyman.
IN Lately Homemade devices and tools became widespread. Craftsmen quite often make them for their own needs with their own hands. This is due to the fact that some tools and machines needed for work are not produced commercially (or are produced in small batches), some are exorbitantly expensive, and some are simply inconvenient to use for a particular craftsman.
Homemade tools and devices solve many problems or are designed for one specific task.
Homemade tools and devices are capable of solving many different problems or they are designed for one specific task (highly specialized devices). homemade tool with your own hands will simplify the work in the workshop.
Making a lathe
The first thing you can do to set up your workshop is a lathe. Making it yourself is quite simple. Working on such a device, you can process wooden blanks, turning them into various decorative elements.
The main elements of the machine are a stand with supports and a bed. The stand and supports are usually made of timber or boards, while the assembly of the structure is carried out using self-tapping screws, glue or nails.
The front supports, to which some parts are attached to rotate the workpiece, are fixed on the frame according to the following algorithm:
- The first step is to attach the lower part of the support, to which a pair of sliding bearings are screwed. This is done as follows: take a wooden block (the length of the block must be equal to the length of the workpieces planned for processing), loops (made of metal) are attached to this block and, using a soldering iron, a metal tube (made of bronze, copper or brass) is soldered to the loops, after which the tube is sawn, and the bearings, which are obtained in this way, are installed on the lower part of the support and covered with a wooden cover (it is the upper part of the support).
- Next, a mandrel with one sharp end is inserted into the bearings. Needles are soldered (or welded) into it. A pulley should be attached to the opposite end (along the axis). It is connected by a belt to the electric motor shaft.
- After this, the rear support should be installed. It should be able to be installed almost anywhere. To ensure this, it must be equipped with a guide and special fasteners (bar or nut).
- After making the supports, they move on to making the stand. It is designed to support the cutter and can be installed at any point. To do this, it is equipped with a nut, which will allow you to move the stand along the length of the frame.
- When the above work is completed, all the parts are combined into one whole, after which the first launch is carried out. To do this, the workpiece is installed in the gap from the rear axis of the support to the mandrel. In this case, the support must be moved so that its needles enter the workpiece. After this, you can connect the electric motor to the network and process the workpiece with a cutter (or its equivalent).
An important point is the selection of electric motor power, which depends on the mass of the workpiece. For small workpieces (up to 30 cm in length and 10 cm in diameter), motors from an electric drill with a power of 30-400 W are suitable.
Safe work with an angle grinder
Sometimes it is necessary to accurately saw off a part of a workpiece from some material. A grinder is often used for this, but constant vibration does not always comfortable places processing complicates the work. In this case, a special machine for working with a grinder will allow to optimize the process. Such “precise” works include the following: cutting several parts from pipes, fittings, metal rods at once, as well as cutting wooden blanks and others of the same length. The difficulty for performing such work will be both marking and aligning the edges: you have to regularly visually control the cutting angle, while taking into account the thickness of the saw blade used relative to the marking to reduce errors. In this case, the saw constantly vibrates, which makes the edges uneven, increases the error in operation and can lead to damage to the disc. To solve these problems, a special machine should be made for the grinder.
Such a machine consists of a pair of frames that have a common axis. The lower frame must be rigidly mounted on a stand (the stand can be a strong table, floor, metal sheets etc.). The upper frame must be movable and move up and down along a vertical axis; this can be realized by rotation similar to a pendulum or by vertical movement. The frame is made of reinforcement, metal rods, etc. The frame itself for attaching the grinder must be made firmly and reliably to prevent the tool from falling out; the dimensions of this frame are determined by the size and shape of the grinder that they plan to use on the machine.
A collapsible unit is welded into the lower part of the frame, which consists of a clamp (having the ability to move) and a clamp-angle. Measuring tools (meter, ruler) can be attached to the machine, which should be equipped with limiters for precise cutting of workpieces. This will allow you to set the desired size and not move it when putting it on. large quantity blanks The accuracy is quite high and is about 1 mm.
Before starting the machine, you should lay the workpiece according to the markings, then use clamps to fix it to the surface of the machine. After this, the grinder is launched, which is pre-fixed to the movable frame of the machine. Starting can be done using a standard starting device on an angle grinder or you can mount more convenient starting devices (for example, a pedal type). This machine has a number of positive advantages: no yews are required to fix the workpiece, the evenness of the cut is controlled, due to the installation of the grinder, your hands are statically freed, the workpiece processing time is reduced, and work safety is increased.
Drilling machine
Often car enthusiasts need to drill various parts, however, it is not possible to accurately do this in a garage. For this purpose, it is recommended to make a special drilling machine that will allow you to make holes strictly at the specified points with high accuracy.
Making such a machine is quite simple. In this case, a conventional electric drill, slightly modified, can be used as a drilling mechanism. To modify it, you should hold down the start button on the drill itself in the “start” position, and turn on a button-switch or toggle switch in the power circuit (remember that the contacts of such a switch must be rated for 220 V).
To make a machine, in addition to a modified drill, you will need: a jack, steel clamps, wooden blocks for supports, a working surface (table), bolts, a base for the structure (metal plate), and a wire for connection.
Making the machine is quite simple. To do this, the drill is fixedly fixed to the jack (its upper part) with steel clamps, and it is necessary to place pads between the drill and the clamp so as not to damage the drill body and to ensure ventilation. Next, they mount on the table metal plate, which will be the basis. The base is fixed in place with bolts, and it must be in the shape of the letter “P” for fixation from the heel of the jack.
The jack is fixed to the base using a bolt no smaller than M8. The jack must be fixed motionless on the surface - to do this, the heel should be secured to the surface of the table (or base) at least one more point.
Clamps or a vice can be used as working clamps. The working base can be equipped with two rulers, which will greatly simplify the marking of the part.
In this case, the location of the rulers should be similar to the abscissa and ordinate axis.
They work on such a machine as follows. On work surface The part is fixed (using clamps or a vice).
After which markings are applied to it (or markings can be applied in advance), then the drill is started with the drill already installed. Then the jack with the drill running is carefully lowered onto the workpiece.
How to make tool handles
For various types of tools, it is often necessary to make handles (for chisels, knives, files, etc.). For these purposes you will need wooden block small size from your preferred type of wood. You will also need brass or steel pipes and glue (epoxy).
The first step is to cut the workpiece from the timber the right size(under a specific hand). It is better to do this with power tools - the cut will be smoother. Next, the workpiece is sanded with sandpaper.
After this, a metal bolster ring made from a pipe is put on the tool, and markings are applied along the shank of the tool to the block on the sides and ends. Next, following the markings, drill a hole for the shank. In this case, the drill should be taken according to the smallest width. After the hole is drilled, it is widened and shaped into a shank using files. At the same time, it is periodically placed on the handle to control the axis.
Next, the glue is mixed according to the manufacturer’s recommendations and applied to the shank, bolster and the edges of the hole for the shank, after which the shank with the bolster attached is placed on the handle. After this, allow time for the glue to dry and proceed to finishing handle in the shape of a hand (grip). This is done using sandpaper. The handle is then varnished.
Owners of private houses and lovers of crafts dream of creating a carpentry home workshop. They buy interesting power tools and try to make their own carpentry tools. For these purposes, they use an electric drill, a circular saw, and a jigsaw.
Experts advise beginners not to buy cheap tools. You need to focus on average price options. In addition to tools, it is necessary to provide shelves and cabinets for storing materials and various small things.
Carpentry equipment
"Advanced" craftsmen have good vise workbenches, rare machines and tools that are very necessary for making furniture:
The ubiquitous grinder
Every man has a power tool called an angle grinder. Actually it's Grinder, with which they perform abrasive cutting of metal, stone, ceramic tiles and other materials. For this purpose, a special abrasive disc thickness from 0.7 to 2.5 millimeters. The diameter of the cutting disc is from 115 to 180 millimeters, it all depends on the hardness of the material being processed.
The peculiarity of this machine is the high speed of the electric motor, for example, the Whirlwind UShM-125 has 11 thousand revolutions per minute. It is this indicator and low weight, only 2.5 kilograms, that excites the minds of home craftsmen to adapt it to perform unusual types of metal-cutting work.
Homemade grinders are available in every garage and home workshop, moreover, each master makes a device for his own needs.
Cutting machine
A home-made option for the workshop is proposed - a cutting machine suitable for cutting corners, pipes, square profiles, fittings. The design of the device is simple:
- Desktop;
- spring return brackets;
- platform for attaching an angle grinder;
- emphasis
For this purpose, special protection is made, similar to the standard casing that comes with the tool. It has a slide, two handles and a rotating device. The slide looks like a plate measuring 200 x 120 millimeters, with a slot for the saw blade to exit.
The plate is attached on one side to the casing on a hinge, the other to a steel strip with a 9 mm wide slot for sliding along an M8x1.5 pin, which is on the casing for fixing with a wing nut.
Two handles are welded to the casing to hold the sawing machine during operation. It is very convenient to cut and saw thin lumber, and the high speed of the machine on the joiner makes it easy to cut material up to 30 millimeters thick.
Vertical drilling model
The frame can be made from pieces of angle 50x50 millimeters and a steel sheet 5 millimeters thick. To do this, weld two corners along the edges of the sheet along the entire length; they will serve as legs. Table size 350 x 200 millimeters. Weld a bracket on top with square pipe 80 mm high for mounting a stand.
The stand or guide for the drill is made of a square pipe three millimeters thick. A section is welded into the upper hole water pipe eight millimeters long. A cable tensioning mechanism is inserted into it. The height of the stand is 700 millimeters. The rack is inserted into the bracket and crimped with four bolts - two each on two sides of the square pipe.
The carriage is a movable unit on which the drill is attached. It is made of 50x50 corners, welded together, height 170 millimeters, the eyes are made of a strip three millimeters thick. An axle is inserted into the eyes, around which the cable is wound.
A continuation of the axis is the handle that drives the carriage.
The carriage drive consists of an axis on which a cable and a handle are wound. One end of the cable is fixed to the bottom bracket. The upper end of the cable is fixed in the pipe at the upper end of the rack. A special bracket is attached to the carriage with seat for an electric drill. The drill itself is tightened with a special clamp made of a strip 2 mm thick and 40 mm wide.
Homemade turning device
There are a lot of homemade designs of wood lathes. They are united by the presence of four main nodes:
- drive unit;
- bed;
- tailstock;
- handyman
The only difference is in the choice of drive. Whoever has something from electromechanical devices is installed on the product:
- electric drill;
- Bulgarian;
- milling cutter;
- electric motor from a washing machine.
You can improve an already made metal-cutting structure by adding additional functions. For example, you can place a drill press horizontally on a workbench or table. The drive is an electric drill. The tailstock will be a work table in which a hole is drilled along the axis of the drill in the chuck and a thread is cut for screwing the fixed center.
Additionally, install a hand rest, securing it to the movable bracket of the rack. The workpiece is fastened with one end in a trident clamped in a drill chuck, and the other end in a fixed center. For a small number of simple parts - a quite good homemade woodworking machine with devices and equipment for the manufacture of shaped parts obtained by turning.
The list of tools and mechanisms for a workshop or garage is limited only by the area of the room and the financial capabilities of the owner. Despite the fact that many products are made from waste, the costs of purchasing parts and tools required for assembly are quite significant.
Sometimes it is cheaper to get a service from a specialized workshop than to do the work yourself.
DIY making various crafts, furniture, do-it-yourself repair cars are popular not only because of the innate ability of our people to create. This is also a good saving for the family budget.
However, such a hobby requires special equipment. Every home has basic hand tools, including electric ones. Drill, screwdriver, grinder, manual Circular Saw, jigsaw.
These devices make the work of a home craftsman easier, but with their help it is impossible to perform the work professionally. The home workshop should be equipped with compact machines.
Review of homemade machines for the home workshop - video
Such equipment is offered in abundance by specialized stores.
Equipping workplace With such an arsenal, you can make anything you want. But the high cost of the tool negates the savings in the production of crafts.
There is only one thing left - to make the machines yourself. Homemade equipment can work no worse than the factory one. In addition, constructive know-how can be contributed to expand capabilities.
Homemade machines for a home woodworking workshop
Wood lathe
It can be made from existing tools. Enough strong table, or just a massive board mounted on legs. This will be the stand.
A clamping spindle is not necessary for wooden workpieces. As well as a separate drive motor. There is a simple comprehensive solution- electric drill.
If there is a speed controller - generally great. Fixed in the cartridge feather drill on wood. It needs to be modified: sharpen the working edge in the form of a trident.
The next required element is the tailstock. In metal lathes, it is necessary to support long blanks. When processing wood on a machine without a clamping spindle, the tailstock is a locking element. She presses the blank against the trident and supports it on the axis of rotation.
Typical tailstock design in the illustration. 
The cutter in such a machine is not fixed in the support. Wooden blanks are processed with a hand chisel, which rests on a tool rest.
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D la rational use spaces, communications and do-it-yourself garage accessories from improvised materials are used. It is necessary to involve walls, an underground level in the process, place it indoors, and organize normal lighting.
Homemade gadgets for the garage
For comfortable operation of a room intended for car storage, you should adhere to certain recommendations:
Storage areas, racks, workbenches
In 80% of cases, do-it-yourself garage fixtures are built to store accessories, tools, and vehicle components. It should be taken into account that the most bulky parts of the car are sets of winter/summer tires, depending on the season.
It is more convenient to store wheels on brackets of the following design:
- two triangular frames from a corner, connected by jumpers from any rolled metal;
- the triangles are attached to the wall, the wheels are installed perpendicular to the supporting structure, falling slightly between the jumpers.
The main nuances of these designs are:
The width of the pit should allow the driver to enter it without lighting.
Lighting and ventilation
Parallel circuits are more often used in garages lighting fixtures. One lamp allows you to use a specific area, several devices are turned on during a major renovation or a visit to the cellar. Minimum consumption electricity is provided. Daylighting devices have a greater resource.
Cars use toxic, harmful fuels and lubricants, so do-it-yourself garage ventilation devices that allow you to create air exchange are becoming relevant. The influx is organized from below:
- garage - vents in the masonry, protected by bars;
- cellar - pipe from the garage or from the street.
The hood is mounted under the ceiling of the cellar, the roof of the garage, or has the form of vents in the main walls at the highest points.
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Other useful ideas
Useful devices for the garage with your own hands can be made from used dishes, equipment, materials left over after construction. For example, by gluing the lids of plastic cans horizontally/vertically, the owner receives convenient transparent containers for equipment or hardware, which are always at hand.
Homemade machines
You can also assemble accessories for the garage from power tools:
- drilling - a drill fixed with clamps in a device that moves with a gear along a rack;
- cutting - an angle grinder clamped in a similar way with equipment for metal or wood;
The advantage of the machines is more accurate positioning of the equipment relative to the workpiece. The equipment turns out to be dismountable, the drill and angle grinder can be removed and used for their intended purpose.
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Hydropress
The simplest design is obtained from a car hydraulic jack. To press out/press in bearings and press/compress parts, you will need to build a frame and a removable movable stop. The frame consists of 4 channels welded to each other. At the top, the structure is reinforced with stiffening ribs (kerchiefs), and at the bottom, transverse corners are added, giving the frame stability.
The stop is pulled up in the normal position to top crossbar frames with powerful springs. A hydraulic jack is installed between them, pressing the stop against the lower crossbar of the frame as necessary. The press force is regulated by a jack, dimensions working area are selected depending on the size of the workpieces.
