Order in the garage means convenient open storage of all frequently used tools and compact storage of various little things "in reserve".
Often the garage and home workshop are combined, so all tools and supplies should have convenient system storage.
As soon as the storage system becomes not very convenient for regular maintenance, the garage again turns into a spontaneous warehouse.
To store tools in the garage, it is better to use open shelves. It is very convenient if these shelves are removable.
In the garage of the workshop, it is necessary to place not only the usual set of tools for a car enthusiast and a home craftsman, but, sometimes, a garden tool and camping equipment.
Make the most of the entire height of the room. In plastic boxes under the ceiling and on the floor, you can put those things that you use from time to time.
The garage tool storage system uses the entire wall area as a stand. Separate sections-shelves for storing tools and consumables are hung on horizontal rails.
Wooden guides are used here, but it is better to use metal pipes. If over time the guide, which we see in the photo, crumbles, a box with a heavy tool may fall right on your leg.
Such an organizer for storing consumables can be made by yourself from plywood sheets, which are connected by loops in the form of a book.
Lockable toolbox for the home craftsman will allow him to easily maintain correct order in the garage.
Metal nets are convenient for storing paint cans, fertilizer bags, etc.
The metal rails and metal shelves not only guarantee safe tool storage, but are also easy to clean.
It is inconvenient to keep a power tool in a branded suitcase; it is much more convenient to make such an open storage stand.
The owner in the garage has a lot of necessary little things and each of them has its own way of storing.
Most of the ways to store a tool are simple, but still effective.
Very convenient design for storage of consumables! The box with self-tapping screws that you use is fixed on a separate panel, and at the end of work, slide it into a common organizer.
Each owner has his own range of activities and a different number of tools. But a convenient organization of work always causes a desire to do something else. Take the time to clean up your garage.
Sliding panels like extra bed for storing tools. Make sure they will work securely without getting stuck in the grooves, otherwise this storage method will not be practical.
Simple and convenient. Store your tool wisely! If you don't have a garage and you store all your tools in a small box on the balcony, then even there you can organize a small working closet.
Let's continue for the happy owners of the garage. Before us is a convenient way to store clamps.
Some storage ideas can be found in stores that sell tools.
But in our garage, not only tools. We also have pipes, planks, necessary pieces of plywood and plastic.
It is not difficult to assemble such a ceiling structure from pipes in your own garage.
Large sheets of plywood and drywall are best stored this way - in an upright position.
For scraps of plywood, plastic, etc. you can make such a wall rack.
Even a dozen boards can create a mess in the garage. Let's make a simple storage structure.
Another convenient way to store long pipes and all kinds of planks in the garage.
A small workbench can also serve as a storage place for boards and pieces of plywood.
It is not necessary to clean up the garage in one day. All this can be done step by step.
For rational use spaces, communications and do-it-yourself garage accessories from improvised materials are used. It is necessary to involve the walls, the underground level in the process, to place machines inside the room, to organize normal lighting.
Homemade garage fixtures
For comfortable operation of the premises intended for storing cars, you should follow certain recommendations:
- the tool must be as accessible as possible;
- storage areas equipped with shelves / racks are much more convenient;
- workbenches, a viewing hole, home-made machines and do-it-yourself garage accessories expand the capabilities of the car owner;
- the cellar allows you to save the space of the site;
- the quality of lighting depends on the performance of work, minor repairs.
Organization of workspace inside the garage
Depending on the dimensions of the building, the area occupied by equipment, fixtures, communications should not be more than 10 - 20% of the size of the garage floor.
Storage areas, racks, workbenches
In 80% of cases, do-it-yourself garage fixtures are built to store accessories, tools, and car equipment. It should be noted that the most bulky parts of the car are sets of winter / summer tires, depending on the season.
Tire storage rules
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;
- triangles are attached to the wall, the wheels are installed perpendicular to the supporting structure, slightly falling between the jumpers.
Wheel storage brackets
This is the most economical option storage of rubber in the offseason. The most demanded by motorists are straight and corner workbenches. The lower space is usually filled with shelves or drawers; grinding machines and a vice are located on the table top.
Homemade garage workbench
An example of organizing a corner workplace
A folding workbench can be very convenient
Wood is a versatile material for both workbenches and shelving
It is easier to build a wooden workbench on your own, but it has a smaller resource than an analogue from rolled metal that needs to be welded. If in bearing walls during construction, corners for shelves were not laid; it is easier to make racks from rolled metal or lumber.
Homemade garage shelving
Use for glass bottle racks
Built-in wardrobes are very compact
Original hanging shelves are suitable for storing long items
The design and layout of shelving inside each garage is too individual to follow general guidelines.
Observation hole and cellar
An inspection hole becomes a necessary device for a garage with your own hands. Moreover, the owner does not have to do all the repairs himself. Underground communication can be used in the following cases:
- inspection of the running, steering, braking system before a long trip;
- an oil change that saves money and does not take much time;
- minor repairs, which allows the qualification of the owner.
Inspection hole in the garage
The entrance to the cellar is more convenient to arrange from the pit, as this will allow you to concrete several steps instead of using a ladder.
Cellar under the garage
The main nuances of these structures are:
- swelling of clay soils is harmful to underground structures;
- therefore, all elements of the pit and cellar are insulated with polystyrene foam from the outside;
- in the underlying layer before concreting, backfilling of the sinuses of the pits, sand or crushed stone is used;
- along the perimeter of underground structures at the level of the sole, drains are laid to collect and drain water.
The width of the pit should allow the driver to drive into it without lighting.
Lighting and ventilation
In garages, parallel lighting circuits are more often used. One lamp allows you to use a specific area, several devices are turned on during a major repair, a visit to the cellar. The minimum power consumption is provided by LED lamps. Daylight devices have a large resource.
Cars use poisonous, harmful fuels and lubricants, so do-it-yourself garage ventilation devices are becoming relevant, allowing you to create air exchange. The inflow is organized from below:
- garage - vents in masonry, protected by bars;
- cellar - a pipe from the garage or from the street.
Ventilation of the garage and cellar under it
The hood is mounted under the ceiling of the cellar, the roof of the garage or has the form of air vents in the main walls at the highest points.
Related article:
Do-it-yourself ventilation in the garage. From this publication you will learn why garage ventilation is so important, what air exchange schemes exist, and installation nuances.
Other Helpful Ideas
Useful do-it-yourself garage accessories can be made from used utensils, inventory, materials left after construction. For example, by gluing the lids of plastic jars horizontally / vertically, the owner gets a convenient transparent dish for equipment or hardware, which is always at hand.
Device for storing small parts, tools, hardware
Interesting PVC Pipe Screwdriver Storage Rack
Homemade machines
From a power tool, you can assemble home-made machines and accessories for the garage:
- drilling - a drill fixed with clamps in a fixture that moves with a gear along a rail;
Drilling machine from a drill
- cutting - clamped in a similar way with an angle grinder with a tool for metal or wood;
Cutting machine from angle grinder
- wood lathe - headstock from a drill, back from a cartridge, mounted on a frame made of a square pipe.
Drill lathe
The advantage of the machines is more precise positioning of the tooling relative to the workpiece. The equipment turns out to be collapsible, the drill and angle grinder can be removed mono, used for its intended purpose.
Related article:
Lathe for metal for the garage. Types of machines, specifications, design, overview of popular models in a special publication of our online magazine.
Hydropress
The simplest design of a hydraulic press is obtained from an automobile hydraulic jack. For pressing out / pressing in bearings, pressing / compressing 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), at the bottom, transverse corners are added to give the frame stability.
Do-it-yourself hydraulic press from a jack
The stop is pulled up in the normal position to the upper crossbar of the frame by powerful springs. A hydraulic jack is installed between them, as necessary pressing the stop to the lower crossbar of the frame. The force of the press is regulated by a jack, the dimensions of the working area are selected depending on the size of the workpieces.
And finally, a few more examples of useful things for the garage.
Shelving on the ceiling
Pockets for storing cutting discs from disposable plates
Device for convenient use of threads and ropes
PVC pipe cuttings are the ideal material for creating convenient storage areas.
Convenient pull-out racks for tool storage
Interesting do-it-yourself homemade garage
Ready "motorhome" over time acquires a large number of tools. Ordinary homemade products for the garage bring practical benefits without cash overpayments. Any do-it-yourself machines will not be inferior in quality to factory counterparts. Let's take a look at some of the fixtures.
Knife sharpener
So, a useful device gets a hole for the stem in the bolt. The rod is made by hand from thin wire. The carving is done taking into account the length of the whetstones.
Bar Clip can be crafted from:
- organic glass;
- ebonite;
- saw clamp.
The upper part of the plate acts as a clamp. The surface with two drilled holes is applied to the frame. Then, closer to the knife, a common through hole is made. A thread is cut in the frame.
So, a home-made device with your own hands is almost ready. The second hole is made only on the plate away from the knife. Then cut the thread for the bolt (needed for tightening). A simple homemade mechanism for the garage allows you to sharpen knives on the go.
A bar made of artificial diamonds is affordable and very wear-resistant.
Pulley for adjusting the speed and load on the engine of the machine
- metal;
- textolite;
- plywood (something between wood and metal).
In plywood with a jigsaw, one small and two bigger size circle. The center of the molds must match the diameter of the shaft. So that there are no problems with further manipulations, the circles are glued together or sit on a screw and tightened with a nut.
Details of a useful device are tightened with screws. Then the pulley should be processed with sandpaper or a file, putting the structure on the drill chuck. The finished fragment of the machine can be additionally proliferated.
- Avoid vibration, make sure that the center of gravity falls on the axis of rotation.
- You can make a toothed pulley. At the central circle, small tubules are made to all stages of assembly.
- If necessary, a small pulley is made from a thick piece of plywood (one circle). A groove is made in the mold, the part is mounted on the screw. A narrow file is applied to the rotating circle.
Do-it-yourself vacuum forming of sheet plastic
- top and bottom frames;
- molding plastic;
- tie bolts;
- perforated MDF;
- opening for the vacuum chamber;
- plywood base with a hole in the middle.
In a fragment of MDF or plywood (50 by 50 cm), a hole is made for a PVC pipe with a three-inch diameter. A frame of bars (30 by 30 cm) is attached to the resulting base with glue. To obtain tightness, all cavities are smeared with sealant.
edge water pipe one end is glued to the base, and the other is attached to the hose of the vacuum cleaner. The whole structure is on its feet.
Certain holes are cut in the upper and lower frames to accommodate the vacuum chamber frame (strongly glued to the base). Cavities for fasteners are made along the perimeter of the frame at an equal distance.
Types of thermoplastic used:
DIY jigsaw
- A steel square with a bolt soldered into it is made by hand as a file holder block.
- The improved block is soldered to the old saw holder.
- Focus on the desktop. Plywood is chosen as the base. The narrow area of \u200b\u200bthe table in size repeats the parameters of the jigsaw.
- Furniture legs are mounted in the front plane of the table, a small wooden stand is fixed to the back plane of the working area.
- To create a lever, use only hard rocks tree.
- The lever hole must be created a little larger than the diameter of the stud (regulates the spring tension).
The described home-made craft should stand on a "sole" that will not interfere with the workflow. If necessary, a corner is cut in the area of the base plate.
A set of cutters for artistic turning with your own hands
A semicircular grooved chisel is used for rough turning. The part is made from strips of tool steel.
Universal cutting device is used for finishing parts. The tool is made from standard straight chisels.
Shape cutters:
- chisel-scraper.
a tool based on a straight chisel with one-sided sharpening levels the surface of cylindrical blanks;
a home-made device helps to thread and apply decorative risks to a wooden rod.
The cutting tool for soft wood species (aspen, linden) has a smaller sharpening angle compared to the sharpening angle of the device for processing boxwood, oak, birch.
Homemade extension cord with two outlets
The "proprietary" reel for the extension cord is made from two plywood discs that are bolted together. The fragments are separated by a duralumin tube and washers.
On one side of the reel, the bolts are recessed so that contact with the handle is without injury. On the other side, two holes for sockets are drilled at a certain distance. Socket boxes are attached with screws.
Proper storage and use of the tool
Each pipe is fastened with a plywood plate with self-tapping screws through the slot. To prevent the pipe fragment from loosening during operation, pieces of glazing beads are glued under the sides of the holder with PVA glue.
When it is necessary to hang the holder on the garage wall, the handle is inserted into the tube of the holder. The handle stand fits snugly into the slot and is fixed. With such additional equipment, the coil is mounted on the ceiling or on the bottom of the shelves.
To make the ram of the extension easily rotate, a small handle is mounted on the edge of the disk of the device, which consists of tubular sections of various diameters. A larger diameter pipe is put on a smaller hose and rigidly fixed with a flat screw.
DIY homemade for the garage: the best ideas with photos
Useful DIY garage crafts
Most often, during the initial arrangement, all the necessary furniture is ordered. But if you rent a room or do not want to take money out of the family budget for this, then you will be able to settle on your own, especially if you know how to hold basic tools in your hands. To help yourself and for inspiration, you can use the video from do-it-yourself homemade for the garage (youtube can please you with a variety of ideas), or you can take into account the tips for arranging, which will be the basis for a successful layout.
If you look at the photo that demonstrates the optimal set of useful furniture elements, then note the useful nuances for yourself. First, the location of any storage system must be located at a certain distance from the walls. It is believed that there should be at least half a meter between the machine standing inside the room and the rack for normal, comfortable work inside. If the shape of your car storage is more like a rectangle rather than a square (this happens quite often), then it is worth moving all the storage for tools and useful things into one zone along the far wall opposite the door. It is here that you can, with maximum convenience, put not only a table or a rack, but even a carpentry or lathe. It would be useful to mention that all the storage of your tools should be located inside the garage only if it is securely closed or is protected by tightly closed gates in the country. Otherwise, it is better to place there only the most necessary, preferably, not of particular value to the robbers.
If you provide for the installation of windows with your own hands in a separate room, which is located on the territory of your suburban area, then it is better to make them, the so-called attic type, that is, located in the roof, moreover, choose a place just above such a work area. In summer and spring, such an arrangement of windows will help you save on lighting, there will be enough sunlight for all types of work, and besides, you can also ventilate the room, because ventilation can not always cope well, especially if you are going to work out inside, like in a workshop.
With a total shortage of money or for the love of art, you can also make an original storage system using old empty canisters. Any motorist accumulates quite a lot of them in a year, and if you ask your neighbors, then there will be enough of such an interesting locker for each compartment. Of course, there is nothing complicated here, and to perform such do-it-yourself homemade for the garage video- Lessons are not needed. You need to take a plastic canister, wash it well so that no traces of its contents remain. Armed with metal scissors, a knife or other tool, we cut off the front cover from the canister, but so that the sides remain and the contents do not overflow. To make the structure more stable, you can fix it on the back wall with self-tapping screws, but we will, of course, drive them not into the wall, but into a wooden rail, which we attach to dowels.
Do-it-yourself homemade for the garage photo
The same option as shown in the photo can be used in homemade products for summer cottages, because there, too, you often need to equip a workshop, and even less space is allocated for it than remains in the garage. For such a design, you will need to build a frame from wooden boards, and make notches along its upper and lower edges, where the cells will be inserted. Most likely, the inspiration for this design was the classic hives that are used in breeding bees, the system here is exactly the same. Sheets that are inserted inside have a perforated surface and the presence of these small holes will allow you to screw carnations inside, hang hooks to hang tools and useful devices as conveniently as possible so that they do not fly off when pulling out and pushing in.
Exactly the same perforation can be inscribed in a furniture set. With such a complete set of everything you need for a home craftsman, you can build a lot of useful homemade for the garage with your own hands, video who are online. In terms of popularity, such resources may soon overtake popular hand-made projects, because men, no less than women, want to make the space around them, their kingdom, beautiful, functional, and comfortable.
Interesting do-it-yourself homemade for the garage
We are accustomed to either simply throwing out tires that are completely worn out, or we can make crafts from tires for the garden with our own hands. Having exhausted the last winter set for a swan or a flowerpot, this year you may well single it out for yourself by making a whole furniture set. Frankly, for this purpose, you will need not only car tires, but also bicycle tires, because they can be used to construct backrests, turning a stool into an armchair.
Practice making such furniture and soon you will be able to completely replace your coffee table with such a table in the living room with your own hands, tire crafts not only look beautiful, but can also become part of the original design concept.
A table and chairs are great, there will be somewhere to sit, but with the question of how to cook a delicious barbecue, our next idea will help here. The fact is that an ordinary folding brazier may not maintain the required temperature of the coals for a long time, and if you like to sit around the fire for a long time, you should make something more ambitious. We will modernize the garden wheel crafts a little and present to your attention a brazier made on the basis of a wheel rim. In order for the rim to maintain the set temperature well and prevent the coals from cooling down, it must be lined with bricks, but for the maximum decorative effect of such a homemade product, it is better to file them a little with a grinder to fold them in a circle. The bottom must be covered with any available material that does not support combustion, for example, crushed stone of a fine fraction.
Do-it-yourself homemade garage drawings
If you plan to spend a lot of time in your impromptu workshop, then among the ones you are interested in do-it-yourself homemade for the garage - heating, lighting, ventilation, that is, the arrangement of a full-fledged comfortable stay inside for a long time. Some people prefer to install infrared heaters, but in terms of the cost of electricity, this will not be a very rational option. good option can be water heating, but it is best to design it in garages that are located next to a residential building.
You can place solid fuel boilers of any design inside any type of garage, even make your own metal stove using a welding machine. But do not forget that with this type of heating, the interior decoration should be made of non-combustible materials, and the ventilation should be done with high quality, even at the stage when we build the roof with our own hands, in order to remove all combustion products from the room in a timely manner.
DIY homemade machines for the garage
If you have a need for some specific work, then you can use special machines, for example, a pipe bending machine, which can be useful not only for motorists, but also for motorcycle owners.
DIY Garage Tools - Turn your caravan into a home workshop!
Necessary tools and materials
Any car enthusiast is able to make a variety of garage accessories with their own hands, using inexpensive materials and the simplest tool. Such home-made crafts of a home craftsman turn a caravan into a full-fledged workshop.
Garage workbench - it's hard to do without it!
If you plan to self-maintain your car in the garage vehicle, as well as to carry out a variety of repairs and do your own crafts, it will be difficult to do without a workbench. It is usually made of wooden boards, which are mounted on a reliable base (metal profiled pipe or wooden thick beam).
It is allowed to make a desktop from metal blanks. It is easy to cut them to the required dimensions and assemble them into one solid structure using steel corners and hardware (universal self-tapping screws, screw connections, bolts, and so on) or using welding machine.
The manufacture of a wooden or metal workbench always begins with a detailed design drawing. You must correctly evaluate the working space of your garage and fit the desktop into it as harmoniously as possible. It is advisable to provide for the presence of shelves and drawers (drawers) on the workbench. They allow you to keep all sorts of tools close at hand. It is recommended to install a small vise on the countertop.
Making a metal workbench
If your garage has shelves or racks (or you want to mount them), experts advise installing a workbench next to them.
Then you will get an excellent work area where you can do any homework, producing original and useful homemade crafts for the home.
- Assemble the tabletop from boards with geometric parameters suitable for you (for example, 200 by 10 by 5 cm), connecting wooden products to each other with metal ties and good glue. For a standard workbench, suitable for any garage, it is enough to take 20 of these boards.
- On the countertop, make special grooves (on 5 and 16 boards in a row) for stops. The groove parameters are 2.5 by 2.5 cm.
- After the glue has dried, the countertop must be planed so that a perfectly flat work surface is obtained.
- From bars 80 by 10 by 10 cm you make legs for a workbench. Grooves should be provided in the front supports. You will insert brackets into them, which you will then connect to the beam (longitudinal).
- Assemble the base of the underframe from two frames made of boards 10 by 5 cm, and fix it to the support. The frames are cut into the legs of the workbench by about 2.5 cm, and then they are bolted.
- Attach the supporting walls (rear and side) to the resulting structure. They can be made from centimeter plywood or chipboard sheets.
Now you need to connect the top frame to the tabletop. This operation is carried out without problems with the help of bolts. Do not forget to apply drying oil to the done wooden workbench and varnish it. On such a table, you will make any crafts with special pleasure!
Shelving is a must for the garage!
The motorhome of any vehicle owner over time turns into a kind of warehouse where a variety of items and tools are stored. They all need to find a comfortable place so that each fixture is easy to find. A hand-made rack allows you to efficiently organize the storage of tools.
You can make such a design from metal and wood. In the latter case, use solid wood - beech or oak. Shelves and drawers from them are able to withstand quite serious loads. According to accepted standards, the rack must hold a pressure of at least 150–160 kg. At the same time, it is not recommended to load home-made structures with things that generally weigh more than 500 kg.
Wood rack
Let's see how you can quickly make a garage rack, spending a minimum of money on the purchase of materials. The scheme of work is as follows:
- Take a board 9 cm wide, cut it into pieces different sizes(18–30 cm). We will use these segments as supports for the rack.
- Make shelves from a more powerful board - 19 cm thick. To do this, you will need to saw it into pieces of the desired length.
- Mark the board for the base of the structure, indicating on it the location of the spacers (they are usually removed from the edge of the base by 2.5–3 cm). Now you need to attach (it is advisable to use construction glue) the top spacer and nail to it (with ordinary nails of suitable sizes) the top shelf of the rack. Then repeat these manipulations with other shelves and spacers. At the very last turn, the lower expanding element is attached.
- Turn the assembled structure over, tighten the base of the rack with spacers using screws.
The building for storing various tools and things is almost ready. You only need to process the rack with sandpaper and then apply oil varnish to the wood (it is better to do two layers), and then attach the self-made structure to the wall with anchor screws. The places where the rack is attached to the wall are under the lowest and highest shelves.
Useful technical homemade products for the garage - a press and a cyclone vacuum cleaner
A home-made clamping device, which is sometimes impossible to do without at home, is very simple to do. You will need:
- hydraulic jack;
- metal platform;
- profile pipes with a section of 6x6 and 4x4 centimeters (each will require two pieces).
The press is done in this way:
- Attach two vertical guides (pipes 4 by 4 cm) to the base of the structure.
- Weld between them (at the very top) a piece of pipe 6 by 6 cm.
- Install another 6 by 6 cm pipe so that it moves without difficulty along the mounted guides.
Homemade garage press
The use of such technical homemade products is elementary - you lay them on work surface press the products you want to connect, cover them with a thick plywood sheet, lower the jumper pipe with the jack placed on it. You only need to apply pressure to the jack to glue two products or your own crafts for ages.
But with the help of the next homemade product - a cyclone vacuum cleaner, you can always put things in perfect order in the garage. It is made from a dense plastic or (which is better) from a metal container. It must be airtight. The scheme for making homemade products for effective garbage collection in a motorhome is as follows:
- Make two holes in the lid of the container. Place the first at the edge, the second - in the central part. The diameters of the holes must correspond to the sections of the hoses that you will connect to the device. One hose is brought to the hole from the edge, it is designed to collect debris, the other is needed to connect a conventional vacuum cleaner.
- In the inlet pipe of the described homemade product, you need to install a plastic elbow. It will ensure the process of swirling (cyclone) air in the tank. Due to this knee, the efficiency of such a homemade product increases, which easily and quickly sucks in small stones, lumps of dirt, sawdust and other solid contaminants. All of them will be collected in the tank that you connected to the vacuum cleaner.
A device for making strong rope from plastic bottles
When heated, the material from which bottles for mineral water and various drinks are made can shrink. This gives us the opportunity to make an excellent rope out of such containers. With its help, you can very firmly connect various parts and assemblies in the caravan and in general in the household.
Rope from a plastic bottle
To make a device for making homemade cords, you need to stock up on two bolts with washers and nuts, metal washers, a piece of thin board or plywood, a stationery blade and an electric drill. We make the device like this:
- In the middle of the board or plywood, place two washers, mark their centers.
- Drill holes in the marked centers with a drill.
- Drill holes from the reverse side (this is a mandatory procedure to ensure that there is no twisting and rotation when using the device).
- Screw in the bolts.
The use of this craft is simple. It is necessary to put several washers on the protruding sections of the bolts (their number determines the thickness of the rope to be cut). Then, a clerical knife should be placed on top of the washers (you can even use a piece of it) and strengthen the structure by mounting a few more washers and tightening the nuts until they stop. After that homemade device must be fixed with clamps on a garage workbench or other work surface.
Next we take plastic bottle with a volume of two liters, cut out the bottom of it, cut a strip (very small) of the required length and install our “blank” under the knife. The tape must be pulled with one hand, while holding the container to be cut with the other. From one bottle of 2 liters you will get about 25 meters (linear) of excellent rope with high shrink characteristics.
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It is rare that a garage serves exclusively for storing a car, but even such a garage eventually acquires a bunch of homemade products necessary for its maintenance. Often it is the garage that serves as a home workshop for its owner. What to fill it with to make life easier for the car owner and, of course, save on car repairs and maintenance.
We will talk about homemade for the garage and home craftsman, which you can make with your own hands.
The very first, in my opinion, what needs to be made in the garage is a place to store all kinds of little things and tools. It can be racks or shelves that will successfully fit into the garage interior and help to restore order in it. They can be built from wooden boards or metal corners that you have left during the repair or construction of the house.
And with the help of magnets, you can easily clean up small parts.
A garage for storing garden supplies is very useful, if space permits, of course, because. not always on suburban area allocate a special room for such things. The photo below shows how easy it is to do this with planks and hooks.
It is also convenient to store tourist and sports equipment in the garage (after all, not everyone in a city apartment will have extra space for storing bicycles for the winter).
Very save space in the room here are such fixtures on the ceiling:
And most importantly, a special place in the garage is given to tires. Real home craftsmen can easily make tire holders with their own hands.
And if there is a welding machine, then such holders can be built from metal corners.
And saves space, and the garage is not cluttered. And you can safely carry out masterpieces in the manufacture of homemade products for the repair and maintenance of your car.
Stands and mini racks in the garage
The jack is a regular tool in the vehicle configuration, but it is strictly forbidden to carry out even minor work under the bottom of the car when it is hung on the jack. And sometimes it is necessary to raise its entire front or back.
In this case, you can not do without goat stands.
Sometimes coasters are made in the form of mini-flyovers, which the car runs into.
In addition to the general requirements listed below, an important element of such stands is the travel limiter in front of the structure.
It is not so important what they will be made of, but the requirements are the same:
- stable wide support;
- margin of safety for the estimated weight of the car;
- minimum clearances between moving elements for height-adjustable stands.
On the video - the simplest coasters with a check-in:
Very often, just such homemade products are not at hand in the garage during repairs that do not require the involvement of service specialists.
After all, they are removed from the shafts not only bearings, but also gears, they will also help to press out and press silent blocks and so on.
A factory-made bearing puller is quite expensive, and making this device yourself is not so difficult:
Even if you don’t have welding, and you need a puller urgently, then between the strips of the puller body from the video, you can clamp an elongated nut with stop samples. Or use a design with a powerful plate with drilled holes, as in the photo, where the nuts can work just against the stop and without welding. But a small weld that can secure such elements is also useful to have in the garage.
Homemade welding from a microwave oven transformer for a garage
This is one of the most suitable transformers for conversion into a welding machine. The primary winding in it is used standard, only the secondary is redone. Moreover, the wire can be used even thinner than in the video offered to you, but preferably with a cross section of 8 - 10 mm:
It just increases the number of turns. From transformers from low-power microwaves, welding is obtained with a power of 0.5 kW, a current of about 250A and an output voltage of about 2V. They are able to weld 2 sheets of steel with a thickness of 1-1.5 mm.
Such devices can be doubled, increasing the power ratings.
But it is not necessary to cut the case - you can saw off the protruding turns of the secondary winding and remove it, and simply drag the new wire into the resulting windows.
Also, it is not necessary to place the electrodes opposite each other. You can place them side by side, with a gap of 2 - 3 mm. With such an apparatus, it is possible to weld the wing to the body and do much more.
You just need to modify the holder a little and make it removable.
And for small things, this version of mini-welding using a standard battery from a car is quite suitable:
Compressor from an old refrigerator in the garage
Despite the apparent weakness, this is a fully functional unit. With his help, you can pump up the wheels, and with a little refinement, tint the car. It is no weaker than most car compressors powered by a cigarette lighter, but unlike them, it can work much longer.
The main problem of the direct use of this compressor is the presence of a thermostat in the connection diagram as part of the refrigeration unit. It should be disabled:
But installing an automobile fine filter on the outlet hose that captures oil droplets is inefficient; it is better to use more powerful filters with sedimentation tanks for this purpose. The starting relay should be used regular. The compressor is powered by 220V, which makes it tied to the mains, but in a garage it is a very useful device.
To inflate the wheels on the outlet hose, you should put a gun with a pressure valve and a pressure gauge, because this little thing can create pressure up to 16 atm.
And if you plan to use such a compressor to produce small painting work, then you can not do without a receiver.
Any hermetic container capable of withstanding a pressure of 4 - 7 atm, into which 2 threaded or comb fittings can be inserted, can act as its role. The installation of a pressure gauge in such a system is mandatory.
You can also use it as a receiver car wheel or even a camera. A more stationary version of such a receiver is shown in the video:
But you can not spoil the disk, but make the system simpler.
The pumping hose is connected to the system through a spool, and the mechanism for shutting off air in the spray gun works on the outlet branch.
Of course, you can also use .
But in this case, a stopcock should be inserted in front of it. But the wheel can also be pumped up with a mechanical pump, with a small air flow, such pressure will be enough.
The simplest devices for recharging the battery
Having a full-fledged car charger is good, but sometimes quite expensive, especially since cheaper devices can also perform its function. So with a full charge of a car battery with a capacity of up to 75 ampere-hours, a laptop charger can handle it.
Moreover, there is no need to make any alterations, but it is enough to include a 12-volt car lamp with a power of 55 watts in the circuit and periodically monitor the degree of charge of the battery with a multimeter.
When the indicator reaches 13 - 13.5V, you should stop charging - the battery is fully charged. In addition, it is extremely important not to reverse the polarity. This use of the adapter does not harm him at all.
In general, without any alterations, chargers for 12-volt cordless power tools do a pretty good job of recharging, and most of them also have LEDs that signal a full charge of the battery.
An old computer power supply is also able to slightly recharge a dead battery to a level sufficient to start the car. It has an output voltage of 12V, and for a full charge it needs to be up to 14V, but minor alterations can provide this voltage.
Tire fitting and balancing - homemade products for the home master
Creating devices for self-mounting and balancing in your garage is real, and will constantly save quite a lot of money. And you don't need a lot of tools to do it.
- universal tire fitting machine;
- balancing device.
Some craftsmen carry functional parts tire changer, but in a garage it is better to combine them on the contrary.
You will need a paw with a lever to tear the tire off the disc and a fixed stand with holes for mounting the disc and a central thrust pin. The disk can be fastened in various ways, but since you most often have 1 - 2 cars for personal use, it is reasonable to make fastenings for specific wheels. The easiest way is to drill holes for the bolts in place. The number of levers for removing and placing a tire on a disk can be large, or you can get by with one - double-sided.
This is exactly what the home master did in the video:
Of course, it would be more convenient to fix such a machine to the base, but on the other hand: when assembled, it will not take up much space in the garage, but it will perform its main function anyway.
And yet we do not bead the wheels as often as they require balancing. According to the rules, it should be done at least every 10 thousand kilometers, but this procedure at the service station is quite expensive and therefore few people can withstand the established frequency. And its quality does not always meet our expectations, because complex computerized machines are even more expensive to set up and maintain, and our running cars suffer from this.
There are 2 types of balancing:
- static;
- dynamic.
Fixtures for both are not difficult, but you will need a good turner and a quality bearing for one of them. Often, static balancing is enough if you mainly drive at a speed of no higher than 120 km / h. You need to carve a hub for mounting the wheel of your car, it is advisable to do this from one fastening of the part or carefully balance it later by drilling blind holes in the right place.
And the process of static balancing is clear from the video:
The listed accessories for the garage, which are not difficult to make with your own hands, are not the only ones of their kind, there are many other homemade products that simplify the “garage” life of the home master. If you share your options for such devices with us, we will be sincerely glad.
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With proper arrangement of space, a garage can serve not only for parking a car, but as a workshop for its maintenance. In addition, a properly planned space will easily accommodate the tools required for this, provide storage for technical fluids and wheels in the off-season. The functionality of the room will allow you to expand the accessories for the garage with your own hands, which you can make from improvised material or purchase in specialized stores with subsequent refinement to suit your needs.
How to organize the interior space of the garage
Considering the fact that the number of things in the garage will increase over time, it is worth rationally using walls, floors, basement(if available) by equipping them with the maximum number of shelves, hooks, racks. For skilled people, a workplace is determined, equipped in accordance with needs.
Storage of bulky items
All items that occupy the space of the garage are conditionally divided according to several characteristics: large and small, required constantly or used once or twice a year. Depending on this, before starting the arrangement of the space, they work out a list of large things that are not often used, which include:
- winter, summer wheels;
- bicycles;
- skis.
Garage bike rack option The list may be longer, perhaps the owner of the garage loves locksmithing, then in his arsenal there will definitely be long pipes (plastic and metal) of various sections, bars and boards. For compact, orderly storage of bulky items, garage home-made or purchased fixtures are used, for example:
- Acquire wall holders for bicycles that allow you to store them in an upright position, which provides significant space savings;
- For rubber sets, special shelves are equipped, on which each wheel lies separately. They are placed in any convenient place, for example, under the ceiling, along the wall or, capturing the corner space, or suspended from the ceiling or wall on an appropriate support, having previously been cleaned of dirt and packed in special cases. This method of storing tires is only suitable for kits on disks. Considering cases when tires without disks are stored, a rack is welded from metal, on which the tires stand vertically in one row. Place the device under the ceiling or on the floor, securely fixing it;
- With the help of homemade mounts, they provide a compact arrangement of skis, ski poles and other sports equipment.
Attention! A place should be provided in advance in the upper third of the wall for storing a removable trunk.
In addition, craftsmen make various suspended ceiling structures that are parallel to the floor to accommodate long objects, such as pipe cuts or beams.
Devices for small things
For many craftsmen, the number of different-sized screws, nuts, bolts, washers is measured by a bunch of boxes and buckets, in which it is extremely difficult to find the right part. To resolve the issue, such devices for the garage have been invented that allow you to organize small things and ensure a quick find desired part, For example:
- special portable boxes with compartments. Convenient option, allowing not only to store, but also to transfer the required parts if necessary. It should be noted that the cost of the boxes is relatively high, so the ideas below will help reduce costs;
- craftsmen sort small nuts and other parts into jars with twist-on lids, while the lids themselves are securely attached to hanging shelves. It remains only to screw the jar into the lid and the details will always be in sight, at hand.
If financial opportunities are available, they acquire compact storage systems for hardware, nuts and other parts, different in size, differing in fastening capabilities.
Tool storage
The working tool is divided into large-sized and small-sized, respectively, home-made devices for the garage will be different. In most cases, the owners prefer to store a cutting machine, puncher, and other large tools using “native” drawers. Therefore, for their convenient location along the wall, a rack is made from improvised materials, taking into account the total load on the shelves (for home-made structures, the weight should not exceed 150 kg).
Attention! The stores offer a wide variety of models of shelving, made of both wood and metal, withstanding loads of up to 500 kg or more. At a relatively low cost, it is convenient to purchase a ready-made shelving in the garage for the desired size, fixing it against the wall.
For small tools such as wrenches, screwdrivers, pliers and others, organize the space depending on their number:
- sets are stored in purchased boxes, placed on a rack;
- for single items, they either equip cabinets in which each tool is fixed in the corresponding niche, or prepare a perforated surface (as in a store) mounted on the wall and determine a specific place for each of the tools.
Some craftsmen place their instrument using designs from plastic pipes in which holes of the appropriate diameter are made.
Homemade machines for garage work
For a comfortable experience repair work provide a place for a workbench (to save space, it can be made folding). To begin with, they work out a drawing of the table, thinking over the presence of retractable shelves, then they make it from boards or metal sheets, equipped with a vise and grinding machine.
In some cases, craftsmen cannot do without home-made machines and other devices made independently and improving the quality of the manufactured item.
Press from improvised tools
Homemade garage press One of the most popular do-it-yourself gadgets in the garage is the press. To create it, you will need a hydraulic jack, a metal surface that will serve as the basis for the moving part of the press, springs and profile pipes or a channel to create a frame. Further:
- create a frame by welding channels and reinforcing the structure with transverse stiffeners, transverse corners are also welded downwards for stability;
- the movable platform is attached to the upper frame with springs, a jack is installed.
The efforts of the press are regulated by a jack.
Homemade Holder for screwdriver Depending on the needs of the garage owner, other useful home-made machines are made, for example, drilling, made on the basis of a drill, fixed with clamps and moving along the rail with the help of a gear or cutting, or turning.
In addition to the above devices, you should take care of the location of work clothes, provide for the presence of a fire extinguisher or sand (based on fire safety rules), consider ventilation and lighting systems.
Thus, having shown a little ingenuity and thriftiness, you can make do-it-yourself garage fixtures, thereby ensuring compact storage of things and freeing up enough space for minor car repairs and work related to servicing one or another home appliance.
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DIY garage accessories
For a true car enthusiast, a garage is a second home. And then the first. Therefore, everyone tries to take its arrangement and equipment seriously. The functionality of each square centimeter of area is also very important. This will allow you to work in a spacious room, and tools and spare parts will be stacked and arranged correctly and in perfect order. As for the arrangement in the domestic plan, we will not talk today, but today we will try to save on equipment.
What should be in the garage
In principle, there is no such device that could not be bought. True, not everyone has the opportunity to spend tidy sums on the purchase of Bosch equipment, by the way, it is useful to look through catalogs with Bosch equipment or Intertool, or Interskol. The young but frisky company Johnsway and Ombra, repainted from green to brown, have great experience and opportunities in this regard.
The catalogs contain a sea of excellent working equipment, fixtures and universal pullers, mandrels for all occasions and, of course, tools that are difficult to look at without a mean male tear. But the cost in the catalogs is unreasonably high, as for a private trader. Service stations, of course, are in more favorable conditions, they earn money with equipment and God himself ordered them to have a better tool. Otherwise, such a master is worthless.
Garage Craftsman Wish List
Still, it is worth making a rough list of what should be in the workshop, and from it already choose accessories for the garage that you can build yourself. Here's what everyone would like to see:
This should be an approximate set of additional equipment, not counting welding, a compressor, two or three angle grinders and two or three drills and screwdrivers different power.
Homemade fixtures
An elementary frame for a grinder can become a universal home-made machine. Applications - mass, made from anything, up to durable wooden frame. it will be useful in cases where it is necessary to process a small part carefully and with two hands, without clamping the part in a vise. Of course, this design has limitations, but as a small grinder or cut-off machine, it will work for five.
We do not indicate the dimensions, the designs and sizes of the grinders are different. The photos show the essence of the device, and it is not difficult to assemble it. It is worth working on fixing the grinder to the frame - so that it is quickly and securely fixed and quickly removed. Such a device is especially valuable for angle grinders with adjustable speed.
As a base, we use a suitable size chipboard sheet, which is hinged, as in this design, or latched, you can use a screw mount.
DIY lathe
Drawing of a small lathe, which is presented, can be useful to those who occasionally have to deal with turning work, and it makes no sense to buy a desktop one. This project will certainly not satisfy those who need high precision and high spindle speeds, but for minimal turning work it will do. Instead of the spindle from the M10 bolt shown in the drawing, use a finished spindle or drill chuck.
Designed for processing wooden and plastic parts, the diameter of the part is up to 50 mm, and the length is up to 200, but can be revised if necessary. If we take it as a basis, then replacing wooden base on any rolled metal, we get a semblance of a desktop machine for metal turning.
Tool Storage
Various trifles are often folded in plastic buckets and boxes in the form of a kind of assortment. Therefore, find the right small tool, drill or nut is quite problematic. For storing small things, jars of mustard, mayonnaise and other products with a metal or plastic lid that is firmly attached to the jar are perfect.
To organize easy access, you will have to sort through everything, separate the cutlets from the flies, the bolts by 10 from the nuts by 6 and sort everything into jars. Covers are screwed to shelves or any horizontal surface, and now it will not be difficult to find the necessary fasteners.
For horizontal storage of loose fasteners, magnetic containers can be used. Convenient thing. Fasteners will not crumble, always in sight, and containers can be arranged as space requires. The main thing is to fix a thin magnetic tape in the right place, and glue large metal washers to the bottom of the containers themselves.
More creative ideas that come to mind inventive craftsmen regarding the organization and storage of tools and fixtures, we have shown in the photo. Use your imagination and reinvent the wheel. And your garage will be the perfect place for a comfortable repair of your favorite car.
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How to make homemade garage fixtures: 2 workshops
Home-made devices can be made from improvised materials Car repair is a complex and responsible task that requires practical knowledge and the availability of special equipment. This equipment includes a whole list of tools that are not cheap. That is why even those motorists who know how to fix their four-wheeled friend give it to a car service for repairs. If you decide to get your own garage accessories, but do not want to spend a lot of money on such purchases, you can do some of the list of necessary things with your own hands.
So that your garage can become a place for car repairs. It needs to be equipped with a large number of different tools. Some of them will have to be purchased in specialized stores, but others can be made with your own hands.
Having all the necessary fixtures and machines for the garage, you can open your own small car service. Such a garage business will bring you good income.
Garage accessories are easy to do with your own hands. In fact, there are many master classes for the manufacture of such homemade products. Let's see which tools are made on their own most often.
What homemade tool is suitable for a garage car service:
- First of all, it is a car lift. Not a single car repair shop can do without this equipment. The price of such a finished device is high, but if you wish, you can make it yourself. Today we will talk about the technique of creating such accessories.
- A hydraulic press is also needed for the garage auto repair shop. Such a device helps to compress unnecessary details. You will be pleased to know that you can make it yourself with minimal investment.
- Useful accessories such as a spotter comb are also important. Such equipment is easy to manufacture, and in ready-made is very expensive.
For a car service with your own hands, you can make metal shelves that can be moved
These are not all the fixtures that you can make for your garage with your own hands. However, it is precisely the described useful homemade products that we will make today in our master classes.
Garage Accessories: Room Improvement
Before we start describing how to make garage accessories, we suggest putting things in order in the auto repair shop itself. After all, each tool should have its own place, so it will be easier for you to work.
Homemade tools are very practical, but do not always look aesthetically pleasing, so it is better to remove them from prying eyes. But, for example, such a device as a drilling machine and jacks can be put in a prominent place.
You can't make a drilling machine with your own hands. In this case, the main thing is to choose suitable tool Right.
Now more about the organization of the workspace. If you decide to make a car repair shop in the garage, and make money from it, then you will have to prepare the space accordingly.
How to organize tool storage space in the garage:
- First of all, we advise you to make some wooden boxes. In some of them, you can make a shelf with holes for screwdrivers.
- It is also necessary to make mobile racks for heavy tools. This will allow you to change the location of these shelves, putting them in a convenient place for you.
- So that in the process of work, you do not have to constantly run after the tool, you can use a special belt that will fit the essentials. Such devices can be bought or made independently.
These homemade tool storage spaces will help you organize your garage space. Thanks to this, everything you need will always be at hand. This will save you a lot of time.
Do-it-yourself garage fixtures: making a lift
A lift is needed for every auto repair shop. This device helps to keep the machine in an elevated position for the time you need. Due to this, access to all hard-to-reach areas is opened.
Of course, you can buy a lift in specialized stores. However, the price of such products will unpleasantly surprise you.
The lift for the car repair shop can be made by hand. You don't even need to be a welder to do this. Therefore, you can easily cope with such work.
In order to assemble the lift, you will need:
- Worm gearbox, the load capacity of which will start from 300 kg;
- Steel corners with dimensions of 7.5X7.5X0.8 cm - 2-3 pieces;
- Some number of bolts;
- You will also need a steel plate, at least 1 cm thick;
- Two iron chains, at least 2 cm thick;
- Steel cable with half a centimeter section;
- Metal hook;
- Two dowels in the form of an asterisk.
From such materials it is easy to make a lift without spending a lot of effort. The main thing is to perform all actions accurately and efficiently.
To make a good garage lift, you need to use high-quality metal
How to make a car lift:
- Steel corners need to be attached to opposite walls. In this case, they should be located on the same level.
- A plate is attached to the corners. This is done with eight bolts. Thanks to this connection method, the plate can be moved relative to the engine.
- A worm gear can be installed on the plate.
- One of the keys, the one with a larger diameter, must be fixed on the gearbox drive shaft.
- One hole must be made on the plate. A chain is passed through it and closes into a ring.
- On the output shaft of the gearbox, you need to install a smaller key.
- A couple of holes need to be drilled in the lift plate.
- Pass the second chain through the drilled holes. One of its ends is thrown over a smaller key, and a hook is hung on the other.
This completes the manufacture of the lift. You just need to test it in action. Spending a little time on such work, you can save an impressive amount.
How to use a garage tool such as a lift
Using this lift is quite simple. However, in order not to damage anything, you must follow a few rules.
How to use a homemade lift:
- Unscrew the bolts that connect the machine's engine to its frame;
- Loops of a steel cable carefully lead under the engine. Throw the ends of the rope onto the hook.
- Move the chain carefully. Gradually, the cables will stretch, which will set the engine in motion. Perform all actions slowly and smoothly.
- When the engine is raised to the required height, the lift can be stopped. The gearbox will hold the structure.
- In the place where the car flocked, it is necessary to put a table that can withstand the weight of the engine.
Please read the instructions before using the lift.
Using a lift will greatly facilitate your work in the workshop. Therefore, it is worth spending time and making it yourself.
Garage machines: we make a hydraulic press
The hydraulic press is often used in auto repair shops. It is necessary for installation and repair work. Such a device works on the principle of a jack.
Such a device can be very expensive. Some models can cost several tens or even hundreds of thousands. It is because of the cost of a factory product that a hydraulic press is often made by hand.
There are several positive aspects of making a hydraulic press with your own hands. Let's get to know them in more detail.
Why making a DIY hydraulic press is a good idea:
- A homemade hydraulic press can be made specifically for the work you need. This applies to both its size and its performance.
- You can assemble such a jack from improvised materials. Therefore, the price of such an assembly will be low.
- You can be sure of the quality of the assembled product. If necessary, it can be repaired.
The hydraulic press is made of a jack, channels, two metal corners, bolts and springs.
From time to time the hydraulic press should be inspected for worn or damaged parts.
The assembly of the structure is carried out according to the scheme. All elements are fixed by welding and bolts. It is very important to position the jack in correct position.
Homemade garage fixtures: making a comb
We want to tell you about the manufacture of the comb. This spotter tool can be used to smooth out dents in doors. It can be purchased in specialized stores, or do it yourself.
How to make a comb for a spotter with your own hands:
- Take a metal strip and make three holes in it. The first should be at a distance of 1.5 cm from the edge, the second at a distance of 2.5 cm, and the third - 3.
- Now between the two holes (which are closer to the edge), you need to saw through the jumper with a file. After finishing this work, instead of two round holes, you should get one oval one.
- From the third hole we make a cut to the edge. You should get a notch for the washer.
- Now we cut out a kind of semicircle above the hole made. As a result, you should get a hook with an oval hole and a rounded notch. Make four more such details.
- Take a tube with a diameter of 1.5 cm. At a distance of 2 cm, drill a hole with a diameter of 8 mm. After two cm, cut off the tube.
- On the other tube, make a semicircular recess, our workpiece should ideally fit into it.
- We weld the tube with a notch to the workpiece so that the hole is on top. A nut must be welded to this hole.
- We take another tube, weld a washer on one side, and put our hooks and workpiece on the other. The comb is ready.
Such a comb is no worse than a purchased one. It does its job well and is inexpensive.
Do-it-yourself garage accessories (video)
Garage accessories are not difficult to make with your own hands. To do this, you need to apply only diligence and ingenuity. Dare!
Examples of do-it-yourself garage fixtures (photo)
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Homemade machines and accessories for the garage. Read the article!
By making home-made machines and accessories for the garage with your own hands, you significantly save your own and family budget. Homemade shelving, various furniture, workbenches and even some tools - all this can be done independently.
Self-made garage machines are needed to solve the following tasks:
- Simplifies the process of processing metal products,
- There are new opportunities for grinding and processing wood,
- A machine in the garage allows you to save on the purchase of an electric saw and other woodworking tools.
As a rule, any of the racks or power tools is quite expensive in the construction market. That is why the owners of garage boxes come to the idea of creating some fixtures on their own. The most popular options for homemade homemade tools are:
- Manual or semi-automatic carpenter's workbench for metal;
- wooden or metal workbench;
- Drilling machine for garage;
- Homemade construction press;
- Various variations of shelves, racks and organizers for tools;
- Hoist or winch for lifting heavy parts and things.
How to make drilling machines in the garage with your own hands?
Drilling machine for garage Thanks to this homemade device, you can perfectly cope with the manufacture of any number and diameter of holes for metal and wooden objects right in the garage workshop. The simplest and at the same time reliable option for manufacturing a machine is to use a drill with a bed. To make the device you will need:
- Metal frame in the form of a base;
- A small mechanism for imparting rotation to the drill;
- low vertical post for attaching a drill.
In the form of a rack, it is best to use trimmings from chipboard or unedged boards. Due to the low weight of the drill, there is no need to use a metal profile. At the same time, it is better to use a cast-iron base for the bed - it will allow you to avoid any vibrations during the operation of the equipment. In the video you can see how to make homemade machines for the garage with your own hands.
How to make a carpentry vise in the garage?
To create a vise with your own hands, you will need correct sequence connect the following elements:
- Several supports, each of which will be a sponge for clamping the product,
- One metal clamping jaw,
- A set of steel guides that are used for smooth movement of the sponge,
- Lead screw design
- An element called a crank that sets the screw in motion.
The first support from the pipe will act as a kind of body. It will be necessary to solder other supports to it from below and install a steel flange. Especially for the movement of the running nut, we drill a hole and, on the contrary, weld the sponge. For the operation of the equipment, it remains only to install a stud in the holes, fix it with nuts and insert a movable tube next to it. As a result, making a vise for a garage with your own hands is not particularly difficult.
Forge in the garage with your own hands
If you decide to make a forge in the garage, then you don’t need to buy expensive components for this - everything can be made from improvised materials. The main for the forge will be the old gas stove. We install it in the chosen place, having previously overlaid the base and the construction box with refractory bricks (chamotte) and smeared all the cracks with clay.
The next step is to make a grate. For a mini forge in the garage with your own hands, you can weld it from an old piece of steel. It is advisable to choose a metal of at least 10-15 mm. Further, furs are made for pressurization, the block of which can be quickly put together from thin-walled plywood and several pieces of board.
The last step is to prepare the fuel. Coal can be bought at the store or made by yourself in a trench using a large duralumin pan. To do this, load the chopped firewood, close it tightly with a lid and smear the cracks with the edges with a clay mixture. In the trench, you make a firebox and heat the coal “until ready”. As a result, you get a full-fledged forge in the garage, made by yourself.
Now, from improvised materials and tools, you can easily make things useful for the garage space on your own. If you have any questions - write them in the comments!
The garage is the second home for motorists. This building serves not only to shelter the car in bad weather, but also a place to store all kinds of tools, often it is a “mini-workshop” of the owner, where almost any repair can be done. Each owner equips his garage for himself. Some do not take the equipment of the room very seriously, and it begins to bring more problems than good. But still, most motorists try to adhere to certain requirements that are important to fulfill for more convenient maintenance of their car. So, arranging a garage with your own hands requires compliance with certain requirements.
Primary requirements
Arranging a room for a garage implies that it will be warm and dry enough there.
Your car should not freeze even in very severe frosts. If possible, you can provide a system for quickly warming up the garage.
It is very important to securely protect the premises from foreign intrusion. When furnishing your garage, remember that access to tools or equipment that will be located in the garage should be as convenient and easy as possible. Therefore, it is better to think in advance about the location of storage places.
In general, this is only the very minimum of requirements that it is desirable to take into account for your own comfort. You can also complete and equip the garage with additional facilities for the repair and maintenance of your car as you wish. A workbench with tools and a viewing hole can be a great addition to the equipment of the room.
How to install shelving and shelves
For the most comfortable arrangement of the garage, quite a lot of space is required, and this is often a problem. Storage of working tools and equipment also takes up quite a lot of space. Therefore, when arranging the garage yourself, try to adapt as much space as possible for shelves or cabinets, but so that they do not interfere with free movement around the room. Shelves can be hung wherever you will not cling to or hit them, above tables, windows, shelving and so on.
The distance to the machine when hanging shelves on each side must be at least 1 meter.
Quite often it is convenient to equip a wall that is farthest from the gate for a variety of shelves and equipment. It is there that the main working tools, compressor, workbench and so on are located. Everything is at hand and does not interfere with moving around the room.
A large number of shelves in the garage is a big plus, but it is also worth considering small locker, where one could hang work clothes and fold some rags.
How to equip a viewing hole
The question of presence or absence viewing hole pretty individual. First you need to decide - how high is the need for arranging such a pit. There is no point in its equipment if you use the flyover on the street more often.
If you decide that you need such a pit, then you need to consider that the walls and bottom must be concreted. The edges of the pit should be reinforced with iron corners. It is also worth considering how and how you will close the viewing hole during its non-use.
A drainage hole is needed in the corner of the pit, all the water that accidentally falls down will collect into it. The hole must be made of such a size that it is convenient to scoop out the accumulated water from it. In order not to accidentally step into the hole during car repair, it must be covered with a grate.
In the pit, you can place small equipment that can be useful for repairs; niches can be prudently made in the walls so that it is convenient to put the tool used. Also take care of lighting the viewing hole, install a lamp or equip a place for a portable lamp.
Necessary equipment
For routine wheel change or disc replacement, carrying out the most ordinary work under the hood of a car, a standard set of tools and a jack are enough. But to do more complex work- Requires special equipment.
Crafting table
For the manufacture of a workbench, it is best to use wood and metal. The working area is best covered with a piece of metal, protecting the wood from rapid wear. It is better to make a workbench in two or three levels in order to arrange as many necessary things as possible.
For ordinary body repair, you will need a welding machine with either tungsten electrodes that are in a protective gas environment, or a carbon dioxide machine that welds metal with wire.
Such an apparatus is used to purify the air of vapors, drops of oil, water and other small particles that may be present in it. This is very handy device used when painting a car, and contributing to the uniform distribution of paint over metal.
Washing
Of course, this is not a professional car wash. But just about the one that everyone can equip in their garage. To do this, you just need to bring a hose or pipe to supply water to the garage and drain it into the sewer. Keep in mind that electrical wiring and lighting will need more careful protection.
High-quality ventilation and lighting
It is very important to create high-quality ventilation in the garage, it will not only save the room from unpleasant and harmful odors, but also protect it from the formation of dampness and excessive dustiness.
Ventilation openings are usually made on both sides of the gate at a low height and covered with bars. The same holes are made on the opposite wall, but already under the ceiling.
Of course the most better lighting- this is natural, so if possible, you should think about having a window. If this is not possible, then make several lighting zones: above the work area, general and portable, with which you can highlight the most necessary.
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An example of arranging a garage inside, you can see below:
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Also, to equip the garage, you will need to buy metal tool cabinets, shelving, workbenches and other garage equipment that will fit into the interior of the garage.
