Homemade gadgets for home and garage. Homemade tools for the garage, for storing tools in the garage

A garage press is assembled from scrap materials. No complex parts are needed; it is made practically from scrap metal scraps. We will need:

• Two sections of channel, 80 cm long each, with shelf dimensions of 50x30 cm.
• A piece of profile pipe with a diameter of 40 or 60 mm, 2.5 meters long.
• Iron plate 8 mm thick, dimensions 250x250 cm.
• Two corners, one of which is 300 mm long, with a cross-section of 50x50 mm, the second is 250 mm long, with a cross-section of 25x25 mm.
• The hydraulic jack is the main mechanism of the press.
• Two springs and bolts of different diameters for fastening. They are selected locally.

The base on which the press is located can be any plane, as long as it is strong and solid. Usually the press is installed on a workbench.

Homemade press on a workbench

First we make the side racks on which the entire mechanism rests. To do this, we take two sections of channel. From the bottom, for emphasis on each, corners are attached with the letter T. You can immediately make fastening points in them for subsequent installation on the base by drilling holes in four places on each edge. Then, using the same principle, a corner is attached to the upper part of the channel, and the pressing part of the press - a metal plate - is attached to it.

Now on the bottom of the support channels you need to make fastenings for the springs that return the press mechanism back. To do this, two holes are drilled and a bolt is screwed in from the inside. Then, using the same principle, two upper fasteners are prepared with bottom side pressure sheet.

Now all that remains is to make a stand for the improvised press. To do this, two profile pipes are cut, the length of which is slightly longer than the side supports from the channel. Connect them in such a way that they tightly grip the vertical posts of the press, but do not clamp them. A jack is installed under them, and holes are drilled in place for its fastening.

Improvised press on a stand

The homemade press is ready. For smooth movement, the side channel is lubricated with grease or oil. When the need arises to use it, the mechanism is installed on prepared mounts and the frame is tightened with bolts.

It’s easy to build an alarm system in the garage with your own hands; you don’t need any fancy “devices” for this. All that is needed is an old push-button telephone, a sealed contact, a spring switch, or better yet, a breaker and wires.

Do-it-yourself telephone alarm for the garage

The alarm is assembled as follows:

1. On your phone, you need to set up a one-click call and enter your number.
2. Then carefully disassemble it to connect the alarm wires.
3. If the “hang up” and “call” functions on the device are controlled by one key, then the first wire is soldered to it, and the second to the speed dial digit.
4. If these functions operate separately, then the third wire from the alarm breaker goes to the key.
5. If the button is used with two contacts, then they are soldered onto the call and dial function button.

Assembling a homemade garage alarm from a telephone

When making such homemade products, keep in mind that the breaker button will play a major role. It must be installed on the edge garage doors between their opening and closing parts. At the same time, it should be positioned so that rain and snow do not fall on it. And the phone needs to be hidden in an inaccessible place, for example, in the far corner of the rack you built. To do this, you need to solder long wires to the contacts in advance. When closing the garage, the breaker button is pressed by the garage door leaf, and at this time the alarm is in standby mode. When the gate is broken or opened, the contact opens and the circuit signal is sent to the telephone, which will dial the entered number.

Remember that DIY projects like garage alarms require a certain amount of secrecy. You don’t need to tell everyone what a craftsman you are.

It is simply impossible without such structures as racks with shelves. You can put all the little things, spare parts, tools on them and attach them homemade press in disassembled form. To ensure that such homemade products fit into the garage space, first determine the location for their installation. They are usually constructed on one side of a wall or at the end of a room. The width must be calculated so that there is free access to the car and the open doors do not touch the pillars.

To install shelving you will need:

• block with a cross section of 50x50 mm,
• sheets of chipboard or OSB for the construction of shelves,
• iron corners and nails.

The base of the rack must be strong, because the considerable weight of the laid out tools presses on the shelves. Carry out all the calculations in advance and only then start working.

The basis homemade shelving for tool

The block is attached to the ceiling first. To do this you will need self-tapping screws plastic stoppers. Using a hammer drill, holes are drilled along a pre-marked line in increments of 20–30 cm. Plugs are installed in them and the block is attached to them with self-tapping screws. Then the plumb line determines the installation location of the lower bar. Both the top and bottom bars should be located on the same horizontal line so that the racks are level and strong.

Now you need to install the vertical posts. For better stability of a rack with shelves, they need to be fastened every 40–50 cm. They are fixed with nails, which are driven in using the “oblique hammering” method or using iron corners. We measure the distance from the top bar to the bottom and according to the size we prepare the vertical elements of the shelving frame.

Now you need to install horizontal jumpers to support the shelves, but first you need to mark the places for their attachment. For this you will need a tape measure. From the floor, mark the distance to install the first row of shelves on the rack on each vertically installed block. Then measure the distance between each stand. We cut the bars to these sizes. Now they need to be secured. We insert one between the posts and secure it with screws from the end, two on each side. This way we install all the frame elements. Then, from the installed bars, the second row of shelves on the rack is marked with a tape measure. They are installed in the same way.

Installation of frame elements of a homemade rack

Before installation, it would be better to calculate in advance the number of shelves on the racks and assemble the frame according to the drawn-up drawing or diagram.

Having assembled the outer frame, all that remains is to secure the bars to the wall to install the shelves. A line is marked on the wall, at the level of each row of cross beams on the frame. Then building level The horizontal position is checked and the timber is attached along the entire length of the structure according to the markings.

All that remains is to make the shelves for the rack and install them. We measure the distance from the wall to the edge of the frame and from one vertical post to another. We cut according to the dimensions obtained chipboard sheet, install it in place and fix it on top with self-tapping screws for reliability. We do all the shelves in the same way.

Shelves usually don’t have doors; you can hang a dark fabric curtain along the entire length. That's all, the place to store the necessary things is ready. All that remains is to model a homemade workbench and it will be completed in the garage.

It is impossible to make homemade items in the garage without having a workbench at your disposal. First, its support is assembled from corners or a profile pipe. It is better to connect these parts by welding. But if this is not possible, then bolted fastening is allowed. But for this you will have to additionally mark the joints and drill holes. The convenient height of the finished workbench is 90 cm from the floor. This will make it more convenient to carry out work at the workbench. But for some it is better to repair while sitting, in which case the height of the workbench will be different. The dimensions and dimensions for each garage are different. And it’s better to decide on them before assembly.

Having assembled the base, we move on to making the tabletop for the workbench. Recommended thickness is 7–7.5 cm. Can be made from a single sheet of multilayer plywood 100 mm thick. If this is not possible, we will do it differently. Let's glue together a table top from several sheets of regular plywood. Standard thickness– 1 cm and in this case 7 pieces will be enough. Having decided in advance on the size of the workbench (its upper part, where the table top will be attached), we saw off the plywood along it. You can use PVA glue for connection, but Moment or BF is better. It must be applied to each sheet separately and after waiting for 3-5 minutes, connect all the sheets.

Making a workbench top from plywood

After this, the glued sheets must be laid on a flat place and pressed down on top with a heavy load; everything should remain in this state for 24 hours. In order not to cut each sheet of plywood to size, you can first glue them together, and then cut out the table top for the workbench from the prepared material.

Now you need to cut off an iron sheet for the top covering of the working surface of the workbench, on which all work will be carried out (metal 4–6 mm thick is required). For accuracy, it is better to place it on plywood and trace the outline with an awl or nail. Then cut the sheet with a jigsaw equipped with a metal file. You need to fasten the tabletop with bolts, having previously drilled holes in it and on the workbench. After assembling the workbench, you can make small shelves and cabinets with doors in its lower part. Any plywood or pieces of chipboard left over after making the racks will be suitable for this.

Iron sheet for workbench top cover

A variety of homemade products make the life and work process of a car enthusiast much easier. There is no need to look in the corners to see where everything is, all the details are in their place. A simple-to-assemble alarm system will reliably protect the garage from burglary or car theft.

For a true car enthusiast, the garage is a second home. Or even the first one. Therefore, everyone tries to take its arrangement and equipment seriously. The functionality of every square centimeter of space 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. Regarding the arrangement in everyday life, we won’t talk today, but today we’ll try to save money on equipment.

What should be in the garage

In principle, there is no such device that cannot be bought. True, not everyone has the opportunity to spend tidy sums on purchasing Bosch equipment; by the way, it is useful to look through catalogs with Bosch or Intertool or Interskol equipment. The young but playful company Jonesway and the same company, repainted from green to brown, Ombra, have great experience and capabilities in this regard.

The catalogs contain a sea of ​​excellent working equipment, devices and universal pullers, mandrels for all occasions and, of course, tools that are difficult to look at without a stingy man’s tears. But the cost in catalogs is unreasonably high, as for a private owner. STO is certainly more favorable conditions, they make money with equipment and God himself ordered them to have the best tool. Otherwise, such a master is worthless.

Garage mechanic's wish list

Still, it’s worth making a rough list of what should be in the workshop, and then choose from it yourself. Here's what everyone would like to see:

1. A lathe, small, but with a minimal set of functions. Naturally, you won’t be able to make it completely yourself if you don’t have a strong and accurate frame. The price from a Chinese manufacturer will be no less than 23-28 thousand rubles. It is dangerous to buy domestic ones - many factories simply assemble equipment from Chinese components.
2. Drilling machine. A useful thing when you need to perform precise drilling or minimal milling work. You can make them, and they are inexpensive. A stand for a drill costs 3,000 rubles if you buy a ready-made one, and a fully functional drill costs 20-30 thousand.
3. A hydraulic press is an indispensable thing if you have to deal with shrinkage or pressing out of bushings, sleeves, and bearings. It is built on the basis of a hydraulic jack.
   
4. Emery. Necessary thing. Thread a tool, sharpen a drill, adjust a part to size, sharpen a spatula or knife, universal device, so it’s better to buy a high-quality sharpener, which can cost 3-4 thousand, depending on the options. And the options can be quite useful. For example, a flexible sleeve for turning a sharpener into a full-fledged drill for grinding or manual milling.
   
5. Racks, shelves, boxes for storing tools and accessories.

This should be an approximate set additional equipment, not counting welding, two or three grinders and two or three drills and screwdrivers of different power.

Homemade devices

An elementary frame for an angle grinder can become a universal homemade machine. There are a lot of applications, it can be made from anything, even a durable wooden frame. it will become useful in cases where it is necessary to process small detail carefully and with both hands, without clamping the part in a vice. Of course this design has limitations, but as a small grinder or cutting machine, she will do an A+ job.

We do not indicate the sizes; the designs and sizes of grinders are different. The photos show the essence of the device, and it is not difficult to assemble. It’s worth working on attaching the grinder to the frame so that it can be quickly and securely fastened and quickly removed. This device is especially valuable for angle grinders with adjustable speed.

As a base we use a sheet of chipboard of suitable size, which is fastened with hinges, as in this design, or with latches, or you can use a screw fastening.

The drawing of a small lathe, which is presented, may be useful for those who occasionally have to deal with turning work, but there is no point in buying a tabletop one. This project, of course, will not satisfy those who need high accuracy and high spindle speeds, but it is suitable for minimal turning work. Instead of a spindle made from an M10 bolt shown in the drawing, use a ready-made spindle or a 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 for any rolled metal, we get something similar desktop machine for metal turning.

Various small items are often folded in plastic buckets and boxes in the form of a kind of assortment. Therefore, finding the right small tool, drill or nut is quite problematic. Jars for mustard, mayonnaise and other products with metal or plastic cover, which is firmly attached to the can.

To organize convenient access, you will have to sort through everything, separate the cutlets from the flies, the 10-point bolts from the 6-point nuts, and sort everything into jars. The covers are screwed to shelves or any horizontal surface, and now finding the necessary fasteners will not be difficult.

Magnetic containers can be used for horizontal storage of loose fasteners. Convenient thing. The fasteners will not fall apart, they are always visible, and containers can be arranged as space requires. The main thing is to fix the thin magnetic tape in in the right place, and glue large metal washers to the bottom of the containers themselves.

We showed more creative ideas that come to the minds of inventive craftsmen regarding organizing and storing tools and accessories in the photo. Use your imagination and reinvent the wheel. And your garage will be the ideal place for comfortable repairs of your favorite car.

It's nice to see when a person made everything and other household items with my own hands. To simplify the process of cutting metal or sawing elements from wood, they build homemade machines and devices for the home workshop. This solution saves not only time on manufacturing products, but also money on purchasing ready-made ones. Let's look at a few practical and interesting options below.

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How to use homemade machines and tools for your home workshop

The use of homemade machines and devices for the home workshop is aimed at solving several problems:

• Simplifying the metal processing process. When creating household items, a metal cutter or press is often required.
• Improving wood processing. Even to build small shed or make it wooden, others are needed.

Buying a ready-made tool is quite expensive, so the use of homemade machines and devices for the garage is becoming more and more relevant every day. Among the most common options home tool highlight:

• carpentry workbench;
• device for quickly sharpening knives;
• device for sharpening metal drills;
• drilling machines;
• press;
• cutting disc machines.

Here are a few photos of do-it-yourself tools and devices from “homemade” people:

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Practical DIY tool shelves

Before creating devices and with your own hands, determine the storage location of all devices, so that later you do not have to search throughout the workshop or where everything is. It’s not difficult to make a shelf for tools with your own hands; the main thing is to decide on its dimensions and material of manufacture.

The easiest way to make shelves is to assemble them from wood. Don't forget to cover finished design protective varnish or to prevent wood from rotting and swelling.

You can create a combined version from a metal support and wooden shelves. Here are detailed instructions for creating such a homemade model:

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	Assembling the frame. To do this, prepare two side frames consisting of 4 corners. Connect the elements using . Then, tighten the 2 frames together using 4 corners.
	When the frame is completely assembled, proceed to making the shelves. They can be made from wood or metal, as well as from other dense materials at hand. It is enough to cut the canvases of a suitable size and attach them to a metal base.
	If desired, you can make the rack movable by attaching four small wheels. Or install it firmly in a designated space in the garage.

You can find others interesting projects and drawings for making tool shelves. Watch the video on the topic:

And also do it yourself useful devices For household:

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We make a carpentry workbench with our own hands according to the drawings: video instructions and photo examples

Among the common do-it-yourself devices is a workbench. Durable and dimensional, allowing you to securely fasten the workpiece, useful for high-quality cutting of wood and creating from it various elements.

The device package includes:

1. Working surface. Hard is used for it to increase the service life of the device. The thickness must be at least 6 cm.
2. Supports. Collected from wooden beams or metal plates. The main task is to ensure the stability of the entire mechanism.
3. Vise for securing the product. If the table is long, you can install two vices at once.
4. Tool box. Useful recess or retractable design, providing quick access to necessary small parts.

To assemble a carpentry workbench for your workshop yourself, you should choose a drawing and purchase materials for the work.

DIY carpentry workbench drawings

Before purchasing materials to assemble your own workbench, you should think about a detailed drawing. It should include the dimensions of the machine itself; it is advisable to note the dimensions of the materials used and their quantity.

For example, finished drawing A DIY folding workbench may look like this:

Whatever model you choose to create, take into account several features of the workbench that ensure ease of cutting wood:

• height and length of the master’s arms: the height and width of the tabletop depend on these parameters;
• which hand is working: place the vice on the right or left;
• what blanks will be made: choosing the shape of the table;
• how much space in the room do you allocate for the workbench?

Taking into account all these parameters, it will be easier for you to decide on the drawings of the carpentry workbench and the dimensions of the machine. Here are some interesting examples:

Instructions for assembling a wooden workbench with your own hands

You can buy a wooden workbench in a store or through online catalogs, but it’s cheaper to make it yourself. Let's take as a basis a simple option with typical tabletop dimensions: length - 150-200 cm, width 70-120 cm.

The manufacturing work will include several stages:

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	Make the top cover from thick ones to make a shield with a width of 70 to 200 cm. Fasten the elements with long nails, and you need to drive them in with outside, and carefully bend the inner one. The working surface of the workbench is made only of wood or.
	Sheathe the lid along the lower perimeter with a 5 by 5 cm beam. This will make it more convenient to attach the vertical supports. The location of the supports depends on the size of the tabletop. It is better to make them from thick rectangular timber at least 120 by 120 mm.
	The carpentry workbench must be installed correctly. Be sure to secure it firmly. If it will be mounted outdoors under a canopy, dig holes for supports. Indoors, use other fastening methods.

When the structure is assembled, install a vice on it. To fully understand how to assemble a carpentry workbench with your own hands, watch the video:

Making a carpenter's vice for a workbench with your own hands

Professional “homemade workers” assemble not only tables for work, but also vices with their own hands according to drawings. Any design of such a clamp will include several elements:

1. Supports, where each one has a sponge for clamping.
2. Moving jaw.
3. Metal guides. The sponge moves over them.
4. Lead screw for moving elements.
5. Collar. Necessary for rotating the screw.

When making a homemade vice with your own hands, you can use various available materials. For example, there is a design option made from a profile pipe. To do this, prepare several pieces of pipe different sizes, steel stud with coarse thread and double nuts.

Instructions for creating a bench vise from a profile pipe:

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	The largest pipe acts as a body. Supports are soldered to it from below. A 3-4 mm steel flange is put on the back side. A hole is drilled in the center for running nuts, and opposite the front support there is a rear sponge.
	There is a front steel flange on the internal moving part. A stud is mounted in it, with lock nuts attached to it. Thrust washers are placed on both sides of the flange. The last element is a movable tube attached to the front jaw.

And also watch the video “do-it-yourself vice at home”:

DIY metal workbench drawings

A metal workbench does not differ much from a carpenter's workbench. The base is hard metal, not wooden frame. A vice is attached to it, and the entire workbench is designed to withstand the force of a sledgehammer.

Do-it-yourself metal workbenches can have one, two or three cabinets, and also not have shelves or drawers for small parts. In terms of strength for working in a garage, you can make a regular table made of metal up to 5 mm thick and a reinforced structure where sheets from 10 to 30 mm are applicable.

Here are some useful drawings for making metal workbench for your workshop:

How to make a device for sharpening knives with your own hands: drawings and photo examples

No home is complete without a knife in the kitchen. Correct without special devices It’s quite difficult to do: you need to maintain the right angle and achieve the ideal sharpness of the blade.

For each knife, a certain sharpening angle must be observed:

1. A razor and scalpel require an angle of 10-15⁰.
2. Cutting knife bakery products– 15-20⁰.
3. Classic multifunctional knives – 25-30⁰.
4. For hunting and hiking, take a device with a blade angle from 25 to 30⁰.
5. If you want to cut hard materials, then sharpen at an angle of 30-40⁰.

To ensure the desired angle, it is worth buying or making a sharpening device. For example, you can assemble a sharpener with your own hands.

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To assemble such a machine, you will need a motor from a washing machine with a power of 200 W. Completely for creating a sharpener from an engine from the Progress of work on creating such simple device will be as follows:

• Sand the wood blocks sandpaper, removing burrs. Make markings depending on the desired angle.

• Attach a stone to the drawn line to give the blade a sharp edge. To do this, attach it to the block and mark its width. Then, make cuts on the markings, up to 1.5 cm deep.
• Attach abrasive stones to the resulting recesses so that the grooves coincide. Then, install the sharpening stone by screwing it onto the bolts.

There are many ways to make a homemade knife sharpener. Choose the one that suits you and try to create a convenient and useful tool for your home.

How to make a device for sharpening a metal drill with your own hands

They make their own not only a sharpener for blades, but also a machine for sharpening drills for metal. Here are a few drawings useful for work:

Ready-made home machine The simplest and most common version of such equipment for the garage is a converted drill. To work you will need:

• base frame;
• rotation mechanism;
• vertical stand.

For the rack, they usually use either boards. The drill is lightweight, so there is no need to use metal. In this case, the frame must be made massive in order to reduce vibrations during operation of the device.

To correctly connect the bed and vertical stand, as well as assemble all the equipment into one whole machine, pay attention to the video instructions:

DIY drawings with dimensions for a drilling machine

To correctly make any machine or practical device for private use, you should first make a drawing with dimensions. Only then begin preparing materials and assembling the device.

Here are some examples of do-it-yourself drilling machine drawings from a drill:

You can also do homemade vice For drilling machine. Below is a video instruction for assembling such a device:

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A variety of accessories for the private garage, designed and manufactured on our own, allow for better and more efficient vehicle maintenance. Their creation requires minimal financial costs. Wherein homemade equipment in most cases, its capabilities are in no way inferior to expensive factory analogues.

Stand for electric drill - simplify the drilling process

In a private garage, over time, more and more different tools and equipment used to service the vehicle appear. The owner should ensure their convenient and rational storage so that the most necessary devices are always at hand, and rarely used ones are hidden away. To solve this problem, you need to draw a basic sketch and create shelves or. There are many ready-made options for such designs on the Internet. And it’s not at all difficult to come up with a shelving system yourself.

More problems arise when you need some rare homemade items for the garage. For example, many car owners use when servicing their car and performing various works around the house electric drill. Often, with its help, it is necessary to make perfectly even holes with axes strictly perpendicular to the plane of the workpiece. Anyone who has tried to achieve such a result knows that it is not at all easy. As a rule, the holes are skewed. A drill stand can solve this problem. To build it with your own hands, you need to stock up on:

• rod or calibrated tube;
• a platform from a milling cutter (manual), which has not been used for its intended purpose for a long time due to its wear and tear;
• sheets of plywood.

It is also permitted to use another suitable platform as a base for the stand. The main thing is that it is level and has areas where you can install new long guides. The function of the latter in our case will be performed, as you already understood, by metal rods or calibrated tubes. The process of building a rack is truly simple. Let's describe it.

First we cut a box from a sheet of plywood. It must be done precisely according to the geometric parameters of the available drill. Then it is necessary to secure our power tool as securely as possible for drilling holes in the box prepared for it. Fixation is best done using special wing nuts. After this, we make two holes in the box and pass tubes (rods) - guides - through them. We mount a handle on top of them. With its help, we will move the drill to drill holes vertically.

Advice. If you want to control the drilling depth, it is advisable to additionally equip the design with a quick-release clamp. It will act as a movement limiter for the drill. All the work described was done by a more or less experienced home handyman they won't call the slightest problem. And in the end we will get easy-to-use and very useful homemade equipment.

Mini knife sharpening machine - reliable and compact

Now let's try to make a device that will allow you to sharpen kitchen and any other knives. We proceed like this:

1. 1. Take an unnecessary sheet of metal (in any garage it is sure to be lying somewhere in the corner and waiting in the wings).
2. 2. We fix a threaded bolt in its lower part, and weld a small corner on top of the metal plate.
3. 3. Place a nut on the bolt thread. It serves as a hinge for the lateral movement of our device. With its help you can change the sharpening angle of knives.
4. 4. We weld another one to the described nut. We got a ready-made hole for the rod in the bolt. It is easy to make from thin wire.

The clamp in the machine will be the top part of the sheet. We make two holes in it. We apply a clamp to the frame. Then we cut another hole. It must be end-to-end (common to the plate and clamp). Next, we make carvings in the bed, taking into account the length of the bars for turning. They are optimally made from artificial diamonds. There is no more wear-resistant and at the same time inexpensive product in nature. And we’ll make clamps for the beams in a couple of minutes from a piece of ebonite or plexiglass.

All that remains is to drill additional hole on the plate, placing it away from the knife, and cut a thread for the bolt with which the tightening will be performed. Compact and quality tool ready for sharpening! We put it on a shelf in the garage and use it as needed. Machines made according to the described scheme can be taken with you even on a hike. These garage sharpeners weigh little and take up minimal space.

Crane beam for the garage - let's make vehicle repairs easier!

Maintenance and simple car repairs in home garage are significantly simplified if there is a crane in the room. Look at the photo below. It shows how convenient and useful a garage structure can be constructed without much effort.

We will make the transverse rod from a pipe with a cross-section of 10 cm, the supports for it from pipes 11 cm. Important! Racks homemade design It is recommended to make it from square profile pipes with dimensions of 10x10 cm. They will provide the device with good stability. We attach the rod to the supports with M16 bolts (you can use other fasteners), fix the bevels and the base using a 10x10 cm corner.

We buy a lifting cable at the nearest construction store. We take the rollers for it from the elevator door drive mechanism. Notice! The rollers need to be well secured. This operation is best performed using a narrow (5 cm) metal strip. Lifting of objects on the crane beam will be ensured by a worm hand winch. And don't forget to attach another set of rollers to vertical posts. They will allow you to move the crane beam throughout the garage without any problems.

DIY compressor - homemade for advanced drivers

Workbenches, hanging shelves and others useful crafts Any car enthusiast can build it for storing equipment. It is more difficult to make machines and special equipment yourself. But when the right approach to really cope with such tasks. Let's assemble a compressor that can be used for blowing vehicle components and mechanisms, painting a car, and monitoring tire pressure.

We will need a 10-liter air receiver (a device with a slightly larger or smaller volume is suitable), a refrigeration unit (old, not used for a long time), and also:

• adapters;
• inexpensive filter regulator (feel free to purchase the cheapest one);
• oxygen pressure gauge for the receiver;
• fastening clamps;
• hose (approximately 200 cm) designed for 20 bar pressure.

The compressor assembly process is simple. The receiver has outputs at the bottom, middle and top. The bottom one is necessary for draining oil and condensate, the middle one is for installing a pressure gauge. The flow is supplied to the consumer through the upper compressed air. We connect all the required elements to the outputs of the device and secure them with clamps. We connect the filter regulator to the receiver panel. Next to it there will be a button to start the unit. Maximum pressure regulator on homemade device should not exceed eight atmospheres, the minimum is two.

It is advisable to additionally equip the compressor with an emergency valve. This inexpensive item will be fully guaranteed safe operation homemade device.

We will place the completed compressor near the wall on a rack or shelf. It will not interfere when moving around the garage, while at the same time being always at hand for the home craftsman. Advice. The old compressor must be thoroughly cleaned of rust before use. And then buy an aerosol can of paint and paint the unit.

Pulley for adjusting the speed of homemade machines and other crafts

We will briefly describe other popular tricks that are easily made from used tools and unnecessary things. Let's make, for example, a pulley for any machine in the garage. The material for its assembly can be textolite, metal, or plywood sheets. The last option is the simplest:

1. 1. We cut out two larger and one smaller circles in a plywood blank. The diameter of the holes made must correspond to the cross-section of the shaft installed on the machine.
2. 2. Place all the circles on the screw, use a nut to tighten them firmly. Instead of this fastener, it is allowed to use good glue. It will securely fix all the elements into a single structure.
3. 3. Additionally, we tighten the details of the craft with screws.
4. 4. Use a file or sandpaper to process the homemade pulley, apply a couple of layers of drying oil to it.
5. 5. After drying, place the made device on the chuck of any mini-machine (for example, an electric drill). And we use the tool for our own pleasure, because now we can choose its rotation speed and control the load on the electric motor of the unit.

If necessary, it is possible to make a toothed pulley. To do this, it is enough to cut narrow grooves (tubules) in a small circle. This part of the operation must be completed before assembling the pulley.

if you have electric jigsaw, which is not used because the file holder is broken, does not need to be sent to a landfill. There are little tricks to give your instrument a second life. On its platform it is possible to assemble a simple tabletop jigsaw. We take a square of metal and solder a bolt into it. We get a new file holder! Solder it to the old holder.

Then we make a stationary desktop. We take a plywood sheet and cut it to the size of the jigsaw. To the rear plane work surface we attach a stand made of wood (we use hard varieties), install it on the front furniture legs. Next, we mount the working structure on a suitable base plate. Use a refurbished and improved jigsaw to your health.

A garage is more than just a place to park a car. It is also a workshop, a place of relaxation, and a club of interests. Therefore, the arrangement of the garage should be convenient and thoughtful. On small area you need to place a lot of things, and they should be convenient to use. Homemade products for the garage will help with this. What people don’t do with their own hands. From a simple shelf to a complex device. You can make all this yourself. But you need to know how. Several ideas for modernizing a garage and a plan for their implementation are in the article.

Homemade garage: ideas for arrangement

Setting up a garage is a long process. You won’t be able to do everything right away. You have to constantly modernize, change, and create something new. In this case, they mainly use homemade products for the garage. It requires less money and it’s also fun - making something out of garbage the right thing-it costs a lot.

Tire and wheel storage

Every car owner is faced with the problem of storing out-of-season “shoes” for the car. Where to put the tires is a sore point. In general, the way tires are stored depends on whether they are mounted on rims or not.

So tires with rims can be hung or stored lying down - in the form of a stack, stacking them one on top of the other. To hang tires, you can use luggage straps, chains, or a metal cable with a diameter of 4 mm or more in a polyethylene sheath. Fasten the belts to the ceiling, wall, or beam located above.

Another affordable way- drive pins or hooks with a small bend radius into the wall. The distance between the hooks is slightly larger than the diameter of the tires. The length of the pins should be such that they do not protrude beyond the tire. You can fill them almost to the ceiling so that the wheels fit.

Tires without rims can only be stored standing up. Special shelves are made for them. They are usually welded from profiled pipes. 20*20 mm, maximum 30*30 mm. You can also use a corner. It is inconvenient to weld a round pipe, but cross members can be made from it - the tires fit and hold better in this case.

The width of the shelf is 4 times the width of the tire, plus a margin of 10-15 cm for some freedom. The height of the rear wall is slightly higher than the outer diameter of the wheel. The design is simple = from the side it resembles a right triangle. Having it, welding such a shelf will not be difficult.

A shelf for storing tires is an excellent homemade product for the garage. This is a factory option with a completely inhumane price tag. But you can borrow an idea - the crossbars can be rearranged depending on the size of the tires... you never know. A shelf for tires in a garage with limited space. No tires - you can fold the shelf

Such shelves are usually hung on the wall. But the place must be chosen so that light does not fall on the rubber - this will deteriorate it. Not the most complicated DIY projects for the garage, but very useful.

Workplace

Probably the most a large number of DIY projects for the garage are related to the equipment of the workplace and tool storage systems. Moreover, this is not the only way to solve this problem. First of all, you need to decide where it will be located workplace. There are three options:

• The entire width of the far wall. If the garage is of sufficient length and it is possible to “steal” about 1.5 meters. The advantage is that everything is located compactly, at hand, and does not interfere with walking along the car. The disadvantage of this solution is that you have to carry tools far away if work is carried out outdoors.

  Tabletop and many drawers. The main thing is to remember where everything is

• Along one of the long walls. This arrangement is chosen if the garage is wide but not long enough. It makes sense to place the table and workbench to the left of the entrance - on the driver’s side. But this is not critical. The disadvantage of this arrangement of the workplace in the garage is that you have to move with some caution, but it is more convenient to bring/take out tools outside.

  The main thing is to place the tools correctly

• Occupying one of the corners. This is an intermediate option. Moreover, one of the sides can be made longer, the other shorter.

  Placing a desktop in the corner of the garage and placing a sofa next to it is not a solution to the problem. Occupying two adjacent sides is a great idea.

A table or workbench for a garage is made of boards and covered with plywood. Inexpensive, quite reliable. If you have a welding machine and verification skills, you can weld a frame from a corner or profiled pipe. Sheathing again is better moisture resistant plywood. The result is a smooth, abrasion-resistant surface. You can, of course, use it, but the laminating layer is quickly damaged.

To prevent the space from wandering around, you can install shelves or make drawers under the countertop. Boxes are more convenient, but making them is still a hassle. It is quite possible to make shelves and put boxes made of plywood on them. Also suitable plastic boxes and baskets. But the walls must be thick.

There is, by the way useful idea— make a rack for storing tools from used canisters. Find ones that have the handle on top. Then everything is simple - one of the sides is cut out and in the future this canister is used as a box.

It’s not necessary to make a whole rack - it’s still difficult to remember where and what is located. But you can use the same principle to make drawers for shelves. By the way, you can stick inscriptions or pictures on the ends (with pictures, identification is faster). Such homemade projects for the garage bring satisfaction - create useful thing out of the trash - a pleasant feeling.

Tool storage

The most difficult task is organizing tool storage in the garage. We must make sure that everything is in order, but at the same time, is at hand and in sight. Moreover, closed boxes are suitable only for very organized people who always put the taken item back in its place. Otherwise, you will constantly rummage through drawers, forgetting where everything is. There are several ideas for convenient storage small items and tools. This is completely simple homemade products for the garage.

A simple solution will help you quickly solve the problem. metal grid. A reinforcing mesh made of 2 mm wire, a 10 cm cage, is suitable. Attach it to the wall, bite off some rods, bend them, make hooks, crossbars, etc. out of them. You can buy special hooks that are attached to the mesh (available in stores that sell commercial equipment); ordinary double-sided hooks, which can be bought or made from wire, are also suitable.

A grid on the wall is a way to quickly organize tool storage

It is convenient to store screwdrivers on a special shelf. Take a board or plywood, 10-15 mm thick. The board must be sanded well so that there are no splinters. Then drill holes of different diameters in one or two rows in the plane. If the board is wide enough, you can make larger holes for chisels or even hammer handles. Clean all the chips again. Now we need to come up with a wall mount. You can use a regular bracket. Screwdrivers, chisels, and other similar materials are inserted into the holes. Convenient, fast, everything is in sight.

There is also useful homemade products for the garage, which allow you to organize storage hand tools. Pliers, pliers, wire cutters, etc. placing it conveniently is problematic. Can be hung on a net. It’s convenient to remove, but not to hang. But there is a simple solution - attach a narrow board and put the tool on it. To make it sit comfortably, grind down the board on one side. When cut, it should look like an isosceles triangle.

Another simple storage idea battery tool, chargers and spare batteries for them. Make a shelf as in the photo above. Cuts are made in the lower part different formats, and the top ones are used as regular shelves. The idea is that everything is in one place, quickly taken out/installed in place. These garage DIY projects will make your workspace comfortable. It will be easy to maintain order.

Homemade carriers for the garage

Even with very good lighting in the garage itself or on the street during the day, visibility under the bottom of the car is very low. To illuminate the front of the work, portable lamps are used. These are the simplest DIY projects for the garage. With them you can begin the epic of arranging and equipping your garage space.

In the very simple version This is a socket attached to a wire and can have a small shield with a hook attached to it. This is such a simple thing. The light bulbs used are ordinary ones - incandescent or economy ones with a standard socket. Everything is not bad, except that these light bulbs break very often, you need to figure out how to hang them so that they shine in a specific place. In general, the design needs improvement. There are several modification options.

Unbreakable lamp socket

This lampshade is from plastic bottle perfectly protects the fragile flask energy saving lamp. You can also use an LED lamp, but an incandescent lamp will not work - it gets too hot. The design is simple - a cord with a plug and a cartridge at the end.

The main task is to find a plastic vessel with walls made of translucent milky plastic of medium thickness. Transparent will not work - it will not scatter light, too thin walls will not save the lamp from impacts. After you have found a suitable vessel, some small change remains:

Everything is simple, but such a lamp allows you to brightly illuminate exactly the desired area, the rest of the space is filled with even light that does not hurt the eyes.

Carrying LED Recessed Light

The simplest and most common homemade products for the garage are portable lamps. Without them, it is inconvenient to work not only in, but even just on a workbench. Need a flat built-in LED lamp, which can be switched on at 220 V. These models are called “tablets” because of their shape. You also need a cord with a plug, a piece plastic window sill- to install a lamp. The size of a piece of window sill should be more lamp. You choose the specific sizes yourself. The next steps are:

That's it, the homemade carrier is ready. This option is for floor installation. The movable leg allows you to change the angle of inclination. To make it turn over less, you can attach a couple of weights inside the body (in its lower part).

Attach the carrying cord to the ceiling

Convenience comes from little things, and very simple homemade products for the garage help with this. For example, you can remove the cable from a portable lamp that always gets tangled under your feet. Carrying is usually done with a cheap cable. It is not the most flexible, does not fold well, and its coils on the floor get under your feet. In general, it is inconvenient to use. You can protect yourself and carry it by hanging the cable from the ceiling. The solution is simple but very effective.

You can make this “suspension” to the ceiling for carrying with your own hands in an hour

• Two anchors with a ring at the end.
• Cable tie.
• Clamp clamp.
• Metal cable. The length depends on the size of the garage - it needs to be from one wall to the other.
• Steel/plastic rings or steel wire and a piece of pipe to make these rings.
• Carrying with a long cable - its length is approximately double the length of the garage.

The cable is stretched along the long side of the garage. It’s more convenient - not far from the “working” wall, where the workbench or other equipment is located. A little work:

Well, that's all. You can use it. With such a device, the carrier can be carried to any end of the garage without the cable getting tangled or caught. Convenient, takes little time.

DIY garage compressor

A compressor is needed in any garage. And, by the way, this is not the most difficult homemade product for the garage. A low-power compressor for the garage for inflating tires and other small jobs can be made with your own hands from auxiliary materials. For example, from a compressor from a refrigerator. For this you will need:

• refrigerator compressor;
• a sealed cylinder with thick walls (you can use a fire extinguisher flask or a small gas cylinder);
• safety valve at 8 atm;
• pressure gauge;
• fitting;
• oxygen hoses with couplings (select the length based on the size of your spare parts);
• base for the compressor - a thick board or piece of plywood will do.

In order not to pump any nasty stuff into the tires, it is advisable to also install a filter to separate oils, dust and other contaminants. Scheme homemade compressor shown in the photo.

The compressor must have a starting device. We plug it into the network, see which tube the air is sucked into, and mark it. You can put a car filter on it - clean air will be pumped in.

We assemble an oil separator receiver from a cylinder and a safety valve. To do this, we cut two fittings into the cylinder - for air inlet and outlet. We place a safety valve on the inlet hole and connect the compressor outlet to it using an oxygen hose.

We install another automobile oil filter at the outlet of the oil separator receiver to completely remove the oil. We connect the filter to the pressure gauge, and from it comes a hose, which is connected to the tire through the appropriate adapter.

Assembly is complete. But in order to carry this device comfortably, everything needs to be secured in some way. You can weld the frame to size, attach wheels and a handle for easy transportation. One of the compressor options for inflating wheels is described in the video. There is no receiver, but its functions are performed by an oil filter. You can do it this way, but with a receiver the design is more reliable.

Since the compressor in the refrigerator is low-power, it may take a long time to inflate the tires. You can make it more powerful by installing two compressors that will start simultaneously. Accordingly, the pressure will build up twice as fast. But such an installation requires a more robust security group. Such homemade products require a little more equipment, since the circuit is still more complicated.

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