And any car enthusiast can make accessories for the garage with his own hands. Such homemade products allow you to use space wisely, choose a convenient place for your tools, and not put them anywhere, and not spend money on buying expensive professional equipment.
Tool storage rack
If you have a lot of tools and other tools in your garage garage fixtures, then the ideal place to store them would be a rack. With it, a lot of free space will be created in the garage, and the motorist will not waste a lot of time trying to find the right tool.
You can easily make a rack yourself. It is usually made of metal or wood, but the first option is too difficult to use at home, although it is more reliable, so car enthusiasts often opt for the second option.
To extend the life of the rack, you need to choose strong wood species for its manufacture, such as oak or beech. A rack made of this material can withstand a load of up to 180 kg. In practice, this weight is often exceeded. However, it must be taken into account that a rack on which tools weighing more than 300 kg are stored poses a danger to the motorist.
It’s easy to make a garage rack with your own hands using the following algorithm:
- The supports for the rack are made first. To do this, a 9 cm wide board is cut into pieces of different sizes.
- To make shelves you need a thicker board. It is cut into equal parts of the required width.
- On the board, which will be the basis of the rack, mark the points where the spacers will be located. There should be 3 cm from them to the edge of the board.
- The top support is attached with superglue, then the shelf is nailed to it. The same must be done with the remaining supports and shelves.
- Then the base of the rack is attached to the spacers using screws.
At the end, the surface of the rack is sanded sandpaper and apply oil varnish on it in two layers. It is attached to the wall using anchor bolts located under the top and bottom shelves.
Shelves
If it is not possible to install a rack in the garage, it can be easily replaced with shelves. They can be hung at any height and save floor space.
First of all, you need to determine where the shelves will be located. The selected area is divided into squares of equal size. At their corners there will be dowels holding the shelves. For more reliable fixation of shelves, it is better to use dowels with hooks at the ends.
Then holes for fasteners are made in the wall using a hammer drill. Hangers with eyelets are attached to a thin board. The distance between them depends on the markings made earlier. Self-tapping screws are needed to secure metal hangers.
In order to make the bottoms of the shelves, several boards are cut into equal parts. The walls are made of thicker boards. They are attached to the bottom using nails or glue. Finished shelves can be painted or varnished.
Now all that remains is to place the shelves on the wall. When installing, you need to ensure that the shelves do not warp and move easily along the guides. For convenience, wooden handles can be attached to the front walls.
The material for the shelves can also be plastic canisters. To do this, you need to cut off the side wall of the canister.
To make the work look neater, you should always cut off either only the right or only the left. Then the edges are processed with a file.
After this, the shelves are placed on the wall or used as drawers in the rack.
Tire bracket
A set of tires is the most bulky part of the car, so it makes more sense to make a separate bracket for storing them, rather than trying to find a place for them on a rack with other tools.
For a garage bracket, you need two triangular frames from a corner, which will be connected to each other by jumpers made of any rolled metal. The frames are attached to the wall. Tires are perpendicular load-bearing structure, slightly falling between the jumpers.
Universal drill machine
A car enthusiast needs a lot of different equipment, but it is very difficult to fit them into one garage. To save space, mechanisms are created that perform several functions.
From conventional drill you can make a homemade machine that works as a grinder, lathe, sharpener, or circular saw.
For the base of the machine, choose a board 2–2.5 cm thick. The drill is fixed on the part where the handle will be attached. The location for installing the drill is selected depending on the size circular disk, cutters, sharpening stone, grinding wheel.
To secure the drill, a rigidly fixed threaded rod and nut are used. Rigidity of fixation is achieved using epoxy glue and a two-millimeter pin. Next, a moving sole is created.
Further, saw blade with a diameter of 15 cm, on which there should be a protective metal casing, is placed on the drill chuck. A gap is made in the frame. If you plan to use a flat cutter rather than a disk, it will require an enlargement of the saw hole or another rectangular slot.
To create a cutting machine, a rotating bracket, a miter box, guides and a mechanism that will fix the workpiece are placed on a securely fixed surface.
The cutting mechanism is combined with a circular saw on the base. Grinding and machine tools are made using the same method.
Inspection hole
Sooner or later, any car will need repairs. And so that its owner does not need to crawl under it, an inspection hole is dug in the floor of the garage.
The first thing you need to do is make chalk markings in the place where the car is parked. It should be taken into account that the length of the pit should be 1 meter greater than the length of the car. The width should be sufficient for comfortable work, but less than the distance between the wheels. The depth of the hole depends on the height of the garage owner. You need to add 20 cm to it.
After calculating the size of the hole and marking, you can dig a hole. The thickness of its walls depends on the material with which its walls will be lined. When using brick, this figure should be 20 cm, when pouring cement - 12 cm, when installing building blocks - 22 cm.
The walls of the pit need hydrophobic impregnation, which will protect them from moisture. Impregnation is applied to the inside of the material with which the walls are lined.
In the front of the pit, steps are made of cement. To make steps same size, you need to calculate the lifting height and calculate their number.
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. As for the arrangement in everyday life, we won’t 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 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 earn money with equipment and God himself ordered them to have 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:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 a small part 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, it will work perfectly.
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 a metal or plastic lid that is firmly attached to the jar are perfect for storing small items.
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.
For horizontal storage For loose fasteners, you can use magnetic containers. 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.
For the rational use of space, communications and do-it-yourself garage accessories from scrap materials are used. It is necessary to use walls and an underground level in the process, place machines inside the room, and organize normal lighting.
Homemade gadgets for the garage
For comfortable operation of a room intended for car storage, you should adhere to certain recommendations:
- the tool must be as accessible as possible;
- storage spaces equipped with shelves/racks are much more convenient;
- workbenches, inspection hole, homemade machines and DIY garage accessories expand the capabilities of the car owner;
- the cellar allows you to save space;
- The productivity of work and minor repairs depends on the quality of lighting.
Organization of work space inside the garage
Depending on the dimensions of the building, the area occupied by equipment, fixtures, and 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 vehicle components. It should be taken into account that the most bulky parts of the car are sets of winter/summer tires, depending on the season.
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;
- the triangles are attached to the wall, the wheels are installed perpendicular to the supporting structure, falling slightly between the jumpers.
Wheel storage brackets
This is the most economical option for storing tires in the off-season. The most popular among car enthusiasts are straight and corner workbenches. The lower space is usually filled with shelves or drawers; sharpening machines and a vice are located on the tabletop.
Homemade garage workbench
An example of organizing a corner workplace
A folding workbench can be very convenient
Tree - universal material for both workbenches and shelving
It’s easier to build a wooden workbench yourself, but it has a shorter lifespan than its rolled metal counterpart, which needs to be welded. If in load-bearing walls During construction, corners for shelves were not included; 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 arrangement of shelving inside each garage is too individual to follow general recommendations.
Inspection pit and cellar
A necessary accessory for a DIY garage is an inspection hole. Moreover, the owner does not have to carry out all the repairs himself. Underground communications can be used in the following cases:
- inspection of the chassis, steering, and brake systems before a long trip;
- oil change, which allows you to save money and does not take much time;
- minor repairs that can be carried out by the owner's qualifications.
Inspection hole in the garage
It is more convenient to make the entrance to the cellar from a hole, as this will allow you to concrete several steps instead of using an extension ladder.
Cellar under the garage
The main nuances of these designs are:
- swelling of clay soils is harmful to underground structures;
- therefore, all elements of the pit and cellar are insulated from the outside with expanded polystyrene;
- sand or crushed stone is used in the underlying layer before concreting and backfilling of the pit sinuses;
- Drains are laid along the perimeter of underground structures at the base level to collect and drain water.
The width of the pit should allow the driver to enter it without lighting.
Lighting and ventilation
In garages, parallel circuits of lighting fixtures are more often used. One lamp allows you to use a specific area, several devices are turned on during a major renovation or a visit to the cellar. Minimum consumption electricity is provided by LED lamps. Daylighting devices have a great resource.
Cars use toxic, harmful fuels and lubricants, so do-it-yourself garage ventilation devices that allow you to create air exchange are becoming relevant. The influx is organized from below:
- garage - vents in the masonry, protected by bars;
- cellar - pipe from the garage or from the street.
Ventilation of the garage and cellar underneath
The hood is mounted under the ceiling of the cellar, the roof of the garage, or has the form of vents in the main walls at the highest points.
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Other useful ideas
Useful accessories for the garage with your own hands can be made from used dishes, equipment, and materials left over from construction. For example, by gluing the lids plastic cans horizontally/vertically, the owner receives convenient transparent dishes for equipment or hardware, which is always at hand.
Device for storing small parts, tools, hardware
Interesting rack for storing screwdrivers made of PVC pipe
Homemade machines
From power tools you can assemble homemade machines and accessories for the garage:
- drilling - a drill fixed with clamps in a device that moves with a gear along a rack;
Drilling machine from a drill
- cutting - an angle grinder clamped in a similar way with equipment for metal or wood;
Angle grinder cutting machine
- wood lathe - the front headstock is made of a drill, the back headstock is made of a chuck, mounted on a frame made of a square pipe.
Drill lathe
The advantage of the machines is more accurate positioning of the equipment relative to the workpiece. The equipment turns out to be dismountable, the drill and angle grinder can be removed and used for their intended purpose.
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Hydropress
The simplest design of a hydraulic press is obtained from a car hydraulic jack. To press out/press in bearings and press/compress parts, you will need to build a frame and a removable movable stop. The frame consists of 4 channels welded to each other. At the top, the structure is reinforced with stiffening ribs (kerchiefs), and at the bottom, transverse corners are added, giving the frame stability.
Do-it-yourself hydraulic press from a jack
The stop is pulled in the normal position to the top crossbar of the frame by powerful springs. A hydraulic jack is installed between them, pressing the stop against the lower crossbar of the frame as necessary. The press force is regulated by a jack, 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 near the ceiling
Storage pockets cutting discs from disposable plates
Device for convenient use of threads and ropes
Trimmings PVC pipes- ideal material for creating convenient storage spaces
Convenient pull-out racks for storing tools
Interesting DIY projects for the garage
Over time, a finished “motorhome” acquires a large number of tools. Conventional homemade products for the garage bring practical benefits without overpayments. Any machines made by yourself will not be inferior in quality to their factory counterparts. Let's look at some devices.
Knife sharpening device
Thus, the useful device receives a hole for the rod in the bolt. The rod is made by hand from thin wire. The carving is made taking into account the length of the sharpening bars.
The bar clamp can be created from:
- organic glass;
- ebonite;
- saw clamp.
The upper part of the plate acts as a clamp. Surface with two drilled holes applied to the bed. Then a common through hole is made closer to the knife. The thread is cut in the frame.
So, the homemade do-it-yourself device is almost ready. The second hole is made only on the plate away from the knife. Then cut a thread for the bolt (needed for tightening). A simple homemade mechanism for the garage allows you to sharpen knives on the go.
The artificial diamond stone is affordable and very wear-resistant.
Pulley for adjusting the speed and load on the machine motor
- metal;
- PCB;
- plywood (something between wood and metal).
One small and two bigger size circle. The center of the molds must correspond to the diameter of the shaft. To avoid problems with further manipulations, the circles are glued together or seated on a screw and tightened with a nut.
The parts of the useful device are tightened with screws. Then the pulley should be processed with sandpaper or a file, placing the structure on the drill chuck. The finished machine fragment can be additionally polished.
- Avoid vibration, make sure that the center of gravity is on the axis of rotation.
- You can make a toothed pulley. Small channels are made at the central circle before 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 and the part is placed on a screw. A narrow file is applied to the rotating circle.
Do-it-yourself vacuum molding of sheet plastic
- top and bottom frames;
- molding plastic;
- coupling bolts;
- perforated MDF;
- opening for the vacuum chamber;
- plywood base with a hole in the middle.
A hole is made in a piece of MDF or plywood (50 by 50 cm) for a PVC pipe with a three-inch diameter. A frame of beams (30 by 30 cm) is attached to the resulting base with glue. To achieve tightness, all cavities are sealed with sealant.
The edge of the water pipe is glued to the base with one end, and the other is connected to the vacuum cleaner hose. The entire structure stands on legs.
Certain holes are cut in the upper and lower frames to accommodate the vacuum chamber frame (firmly glued to the base). Along the perimeter of the frame, cavities for fastening elements are made at equal distances.
Types of thermoplastic plastic used:
DIY jigsaw
- A steel square with a bolt soldered into it is made with your own hands as a file holder block.
- The improved block is soldered to the previous saw holder.
- Attention is paid to the desktop. Plywood is chosen as the base. The narrow table area is the same size as a jigsaw.
- Furniture legs are mounted in the front plane of the table, and a small wooden stand is fixed to the rear plane of the working area.
- To create leverage, use only hard wood.
- The lever hole must be created slightly larger than the diameter of the pin (it regulates the spring tension).
The described homemade craft should stand on a “sole” that will not interfere with the work process. If necessary, a corner is cut in the area of the base plate.
Do-it-yourself set of cutters for artistic turning
A semicircular grooved chisel-cutter is used for rough turning. The part is made from strips of tool steel.
A universal cutting device used for finishing parts. The tool is made from standard straight chisels.
Shaped cutters:
- chisel scraper.
a tool based on a straight chisel with one-sided sharpening levels the surface of cylindrical workpieces;
a homemade device helps to fill threads and apply decorative marks to a wooden rod.
Cutting tools for soft wood (aspen, linden) have a smaller sharpening angle compared to the sharpening angle of a device for processing boxwood, oak, and birch.
Homemade extension cord with two sockets
The “branded” extension cord reel is made from two plywood disks that are bolted together. The fragments are separated by a duralumin tube and washers.
On one side of the reel, the bolts are recessed to ensure contact with the handle 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 attached to a plywood plate with self-tapping screws through a slot. To prevent the pipe fragment from becoming loose 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 holder tube. The handle post fits tightly into the slot and is fixed. With this additional equipment, the reel is mounted on the ceiling or on the bottom of the shelves.
In order for the extension ram to rotate easily, a small handle is mounted on the edge of the device disk, which consists of tubular sections various diameters. A larger diameter pipe is placed on a smaller hose and firmly fixed with a flat screw.
DIY crafts for the garage: the best ideas with photos
Useful homemade products for the garage with your own hands
Most often, during the initial arrangement, all the necessary furniture is ordered. But if you rent a room or don’t want to take money out of it family budget, then you will be able to set up your home 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 homemade products for the garage with your own hands (YouTube may please you various ideas), and you can also take into account tips on arrangement, which will be the basis for a successful layout.
If you look at the photo that shows the optimal set of useful furniture elements, you will notice 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 indoors 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 to one area along the far wall opposite the door. This is where you can place not only a table or shelving unit, but even a carpentry or lathe with maximum convenience. It would be worth mentioning that all storage of your tools should be located inside the garage only if it is securely closed or is protected by a tightly closed gate in the country. Otherwise, it is better to place there only the most necessary things, preferably those that are not of particular value to robbers.
If you plan to install windows yourself in 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, and choose a place just above such a working area. In summer and spring period this arrangement of windows will help you save on lighting, sunlight will be quite enough for all types of work, besides, you will also be able to ventilate the room, because ventilation cannot always cope properly, especially if you are going to work inside, like in a workshop.
If you have a total shortage of money or out of love for art, you can make an original storage system using old empty cans. Any motorist accumulates quite a lot of them over the course of a year, and if you ask your fellow neighbors, there will be enough for each compartment of such an interesting cabinet. Of course, there is nothing complicated here and to perform such homemade garage DIY video-lessons are not needed at all. You need to take a plastic canister and 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 of the canister, but so that the sides remain and the contents do not fall over the edge. To make the structure more stable, you can fix it on the back wall using self-tapping screws, but we will, of course, drive them not into the wall, but into wooden slats, which we attach to dowels.
Do-it-yourself garage crafts photo
The same option as shown in the photo can be used in homemade projects for the dacha, where you also often need to set up a workshop, and even less space is allocated for it than is left 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 for breeding bees; the system here is exactly the same. The sheets that are inserted inside have a perforated surface and the presence of these small holes will allow you to screw nails inside, hang hooks to hang tools and useful devices as conveniently as possible so that they do not fly off when pulling out and retracting.
Exactly the same perforation can be included in a furniture set. Having such a complete set of everything necessary for home handyman, you can build many useful homemade products for the garage with your own hands, video with whom you are online. In 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 DIY crafts for the garage
We are used to either simply throwing away tires that are completely worn out, or making crafts from tires for the garden with our own hands. Having spent last winter's set on a swan or a flowerpot, this year you can easily allocate it to your loved one by making an entire furniture set. Frankly speaking, 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 a chair.
Practice making such furniture and soon you will be able to replace yours. Coffee table on such a table in the living room with your own hands, crafts made from tires 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 what to cook a delicious kebab on, our next idea will help. The fact is that an ordinary folding barbecue may not maintain the required temperature of the coals for a long time, and if you like to sit near the fire for a long time, you should make something larger. We will slightly modernize crafts made from wheels for the garden and present to your attention a barbecue made on the basis of a wheel rim. In order for the rim to maintain the set temperature well and not allow the coals to cool, it needs to be lined with bricks, but for maximum decorativeness of such a homemade product, it is better to file them a little using a grinder to fold them in a circle. The bottom must be filled with any available material, which does not support combustion, for example, fine crushed stone.
Homemade products for the garage with your own hands drawings
If you plan to spend quite a lot of time in your makeshift workshop, then among those you are interested in DIY DIY for the garage - heating, lighting, ventilation, that is, the arrangement of a fully comfortable stay inside for a long time. Some people prefer to install infrared heaters, but from the point of view of the cost of electricity it will not be very rational option. A good option might be water heating, but it is best designed 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 potbelly stove out of metal using welding machine. But do not forget that with this type of heating, the interior decoration must be made of non-combustible materials, and the ventilation must be done efficiently, even at the stage when we are building the roof with our own hands, in order to promptly remove all combustion products from the room.
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 camper into a home workshop!
Required tools and materials
Any car enthusiast can make a variety of garage accessories with his own hands, using inexpensive materials and the simplest tools. Such homemade crafts by a home craftsman turn a motorhome into a full-fledged workshop.
Garage workbench – it’s hard to live without it!
If you plan to carry out independent maintenance of your vehicle in the garage, as well as perform a variety of repairs and 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 (profiled metal pipe or thick wooden beam).
It is also possible to make a desktop from metal blanks. They are easy to cut to the required sizes and assembled into one durable structure using steel corners and hardware (universal screws, screw connections, bolts, etc.) or using a welding machine.
The manufacture of a wooden or metal workbench always begins with drawing up a detailed design drawing. You must evaluate correctly working space your garage and fit your desktop into it as harmoniously as possible. It is advisable to provide shelves and drawers (pull-out) on the workbench. They will allow you to keep all kinds of tools at hand. It is recommended to install a small vice on the tabletop.
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 kind of home creativity, producing original and useful homemade products for the home.
- Assemble a tabletop from boards with geometric parameters suitable for you (for example, 200 by 10 by 5 cm), connecting wooden crafts between 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.
- Make special grooves on the tabletop (on the 5th and 16th boards) for the stops. The parameters of the grooves are 2.5 by 2.5 cm.
- After the glue has dried, the tabletop must be planed so that a perfectly flat working surface is obtained.
- Use 80 x 10 x 10 cm bars to make legs for the 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 table from two frames made of 10 x 5 cm boards 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 secured with bolts.
- Attach to the resulting structure supporting walls(back and side). They can be made from centimeter plywood or chipboard sheets.
Now you need to connect the top frame to the tabletop. This operation can be carried out without problems using bolts. Don't forget to apply drying oil to the made wooden workbench and coat it with varnish. On such a table you will make any crafts with special pleasure!
A shelving unit is a must for the garage!
Over time, the motorhome of any vehicle owner turns into a kind of warehouse where they store various items and tools. They all need to find a convenient place so that each device is easy to find. A self-made rack allows you to efficiently organize the storage of tools.
You can make such a structure from metal and wood. In the latter case, use solid wood - beech or oak. Shelves and drawers made from them can withstand quite serious loads. According to accepted standards, the rack must maintain 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.
Wooden shelving
Let's see how you can quickly make a garage shelving unit while spending a minimum of money on purchasing materials. The work flow diagram is as follows:
- Take a board 9 cm wide and cut it into pieces of different sizes (18–30 cm). We will use these pieces as supports for the rack.
- Make the shelves from a thicker board - 19 cm thick. To do this, you will need to cut it into pieces of the required length.
- Mark the board for the base of the structure, indicating on it the locations of the spacers (they are usually spaced 2.5–3 cm from the edge of the base). Now you need to attach (it is advisable to use construction adhesive) the top spacer and nail the top shelf of the rack to it (with regular nails of suitable sizes). Then repeat these manipulations with other shelves and spacers. Lastly, the lower expansion element is attached.
- Turn over the assembled structure, tighten the base of the rack with spacers using screws.
The structure for storing various tools and things is almost ready. You just need to sand the rack and then apply an oil varnish to the wood (it’s better to do two layers), and then attach the homemade 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 homemade clamping device, which is sometimes impossible to do without in home-made projects, is very simple to make. You will need:
- hydraulic jack;
- metal platform bed;
- profile pipes with a cross section of 6x6 and 4x4 centimeters (two pieces of each will be required).
The press is done this way:
- Attach two vertical guides (4 by 4 cm pipes) 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 a technical homemade product is elementary - place the products you want to connect on the working surface of the press, 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 together for centuries.
But with the help of the following homemade product - a cyclone vacuum cleaner, you can always restore perfect order in the garage. It is made from thick plastic or (which is better) from a metal container. It must be sealed. The scheme for making a homemade product for effective garbage collection in a motorhome is as follows:
- Make two holes in the lid of the container. Place the first one at the edge, the second one in the central part. The diameters of the holes must correspond to the cross-sections of the hoses that you will connect to the device. One hose is connected to the hole from the edge, it is intended for collecting debris, the other is needed to connect a regular 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 effectiveness of such a homemade product increases, which easily and quickly absorbs small stones, lumps of dirt, sawdust and other solid contaminants. All of them will collect in the tank that you connected to the vacuum cleaner.
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 excellent rope from such containers. With its help, you can very firmly connect various parts and assemblies in a motorhome and in the household in general.
Rope made 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 utility blade and an electric drill. We make the device like this:
- Place two washers in the middle of the board or plywood and mark their centers.
- Drill holes in the marked centers with a drill.
- Drill holes with reverse side(this is a mandatory procedure to ensure that there is no twisting or rotation when using the device).
- Screw in the bolts.
The use of this craft is simple. You need to put several washers on the protruding areas of the bolts (their number determines the thickness of the rope being cut). Then place the washers on top stationery knife(you can even use a piece of it) and strengthen the structure by installing a few more washers and tightening the nuts until they stop. After this, the homemade device must be secured with clamps on a garage workbench or other work surface.
Next, we take a two-liter plastic bottle, cut out the bottom, cut a strip (very small) of the required length and place our “blank” under the knife. You need to pull the tape with one hand, and hold the container being cut with the other. From one 2 liter bottle you will get about 25 linear meters of excellent rope with high shrink characteristics.
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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. You need to place a lot of things in a small area, 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 is also a pleasure - making the right thing out of garbage is worth a lot.
Even in a small area you can fit everything
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.
Tire storage methods
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.
Cable in a polyethylene sheath, anchors with a ring and clamps for tightening
Luggage straps are best attached to rings in the ceiling or hooks on the walls
Drive pins of sufficient length into the wall, but such that the pin does not stick out beyond the tire
Not only a pin will do, but also a hook with a small bend radius
Another available method is to drive pins or hooks with a small bending 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. Round pipe It’s inconvenient to cook, but cross members can be made from it - the tires fit and hold up 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. Height back wall- slightly above the outer diameter of the wheel. The design is simple = from the side it resembles a right triangle. Having an inverter welding machine, welding such a shelf will not be difficult.
Tire storage shelf - a great 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
Just welded and painted
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 largest number of homemade projects for the garage is related to the equipment of the workplace and tool storage systems. Moreover, shelves and racks in the garage are 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:
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. Again, it is better to sheathe it with moisture-resistant plywood. The result is a smooth, abrasion-resistant surface. You can, of course, use laminated chipboard, but the laminating layer is quickly damaged.
U-shaped workbench for garage
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.
You can put boxes on the shelves
By the way, there is a useful idea - to 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.
Useful and simple homemade products for garage
It is 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 DIY projects for the garage bring satisfaction - creating a useful thing from garbage is a pleasant feeling.
Tool storage
The most difficult task— organize tool storage in the garage. We need to 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 of small items and tools. These are very simple DIY projects for the garage.
An ordinary metal mesh will help to quickly solve the problem. 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 in the plane different diameters in one or two rows. 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.
Idea for storing screwdrivers in the garage
There are also useful homemade products for the garage that 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.
Storing hand tools in the garage
More simple idea for storing cordless tools, chargers and spare batteries for them. Make a shelf as in the photo above. In the lower part, cuts of different formats are made, and the upper parts 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.
The most common type of garage carrier. Homemade ones are usually made very similar
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 plastic bottle lampshade perfectly protects the fragile bulb of an energy-saving lamp. Can also be used LED lamp, but incandescent will not work - it heats up too much. 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 a garage pit, 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 window sill piece should be larger in size than the 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 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. The diagram of a homemade compressor is shown in the photo.
Homemade compressor diagram
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.
Homemade compressor for the garage based on a compressor from a refrigerator
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 it performs its functions 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.
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.
DIY pipe bending machine
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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 a small shed or make a wooden one, 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. Do not forget about the need to coat the finished structure with a protective varnish or to prevent rotting and swelling of the wood.
You can create a combined version from a metal support and wooden shelves. Here detailed instructions to create such a homemade model:
| Image | Sequencing |
 | 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 make useful devices for yourself with your own hands. 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 quality cutting wood and creating various elements from it.
The device package includes:
- Working surface. Hard is used for it to increase the service life of the device. The thickness must be at least 6 cm.
- Supports. Collected from wooden beams or metal plates. The main task is to ensure the stability of the entire mechanism.
- Vise for securing the product. If the table is long, you can install two vices at once.
- Tool box. A useful recess or pull-out design that provides quick access to needed 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 standard sizes tabletops: length – 150-200 cm, width 70-120 cm.
The manufacturing work will include several stages:
| Image | What need to do |
 | 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:
- Supports, where each one has a sponge for clamping.
- Moving jaw.
- Metal guides. The sponge moves over them.
- Lead screw for moving elements.
- 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 from 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:
| Image | What need to do |
 | 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 the running nut, and opposite the front support is the rear jaw. |
 | 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 plans for making a 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:
- A razor and scalpel require an angle of 10-15⁰.
- Knife for cutting bakery products – 15-20⁰.
- Classic multifunctional knives – 25-30⁰.
- For hunting and hiking, take a device with a blade angle from 25 to 30⁰.
- 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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Ask a Question“If you don’t use sharpening every day, then 1000 rpm is enough for a high-quality result and a long service life of the device.
"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 with sandpaper, removing any 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 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 drill sharpening on metal. Here are a few drawings useful for work:
Ready home machine The simplest and most common version of such equipment for a 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 make homemade vices for drilling machine. Below is a video instruction for assembling such a device:
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