Many men are delusional about construction comfortable garage, but when the building is finally ready, they think about how to make it functional, practical, and spacious at the same time.
After all, a motorhome should be used not only for the purpose of storing a car, but also for placing gardening tools, tools, additional sets of tires, which will allow you not to clutter up your residential building with these items. Homemade products for the garage will allow you to endow such a small space with the described qualities: original solutions with a minimum of material costs further.
Arranging a motorhome is not just a one-time selection in the garage with your own hands, pieces of furniture, various storage systems, all kinds of tools, a home craftsman, but a system of measures aimed at rational planning of space, giving it high functionality, maximum level comfort.
It is important not only to select garage interior items, but also to arrange them correctly so that the space can be used comfortably and the space itself is filled with coziness.
A cool environment inside a garage building is not at all an unattainable dream, but a reality for many experienced car owners. How to do this if there is no big money?
You can think over, design and manufacture unique devices for the garage, which will allow you to rationally solve the issue of storing many items of different sizes, shapes, and purposes inside the building.
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Do-it-yourself homemade garage home products allow you to solve many issues related to storing specific items inside the motorhome:
- how to arrange tires and wheels so as not to maintain the possibility of free movement around the area;
- how to organize a workplace for the purpose of car repairs and plumbing work;
- where to store country tools, important for the economy;
- is it possible to make carriers without owning a drawing, or is it impossible to do without a homemade garage diagram when working;
- how to construct a compressor with your own hands: homemade for advanced craftsmen.
We will try to describe the topics raised in as much detail as possible below.
Tire and wheel storage
Not a single car owner will be spared the problem of storing out-of-season “shoes” vehicle. Where to put tires so that they do not clutter up the garage building? If you use the ideas of experienced car owners, decide this problem won't be difficult.
The choice of storage method for puller tires is influenced by the nature of their installation. Products with discs should be hung from luggage straps, chains, metal cables with a diameter of 4 mm, or stored lying down in stacks. Belt fastenings must be of high quality and reliable. They are installed under the ceiling on a wall surface and fixed to a beam located on top.
How to store tires in a garage?
You can also drive pins or hooks into the wall surface, the bend of which is not very large. The products are mounted in increments slightly larger than the diameter of the tire. Select the length of the pins so that such devices for the garage stick out above the tire by 1-2 cm, no more. They should be stuffed not just under the ceiling surface, but a little lower, so that the wheels fit in without difficulty.
Tires without rims cannot be stored in stacks: only while standing. It is better to organize separate shelves by welding a structure from a profiled pipe 20x20 or 30x30 mm. In addition, you can use a corner. You should avoid using a round pipe, as it is difficult to weld with an inverter welding machine.
Make cross members out of it so that the tires fit and hold up better.
Make the shelves in the following sizes.
Place the shelf on the wall where light will not fall on the rubber, otherwise it will deteriorate.
Important! When setting up a motorhome, it is important to adhere to safety rules. If a person is inside a building, the doors should open instantly, without obstacles! No tool storage facilities should overly clutter the garage, leaving no room for a person to pass through.
Workplace
Most homemade garage fixtures car owners are manufactured with the aim of equipping a comfortable workplace, as well as creating a well-thought-out tool storage system.
Various types of shelves and smart shelving are the most popular ways to solve this problem, but there are others. We will describe the sequence of actions, following which any car owner will be able to create a comfortable work area inside the motorhome.
Bearing removal device.
At the initial stage, we will determine where to place the workbench with tools.
There are several options:
- Use the entire width of the far wall for it.
This solution is relevant when the motorhome is quite spacious, characterized by sufficient length, with the ability to “steal” about 1.5 m of the main area. The positive side of this solution is the possibility of compact arrangement of products. Nothing will interfere with the passage along the vehicle in the garage building. The weak point of this idea is the fact that a person will have to travel a considerable distance to the workbench to pick up the tool when working outdoors. - Use one of the long walls.
This idea suits a wide garage of short length. Place the table or workbench to the left of the entrance and on the side of the driver's door. It will be much easier to remove current equipment from the garage, but you will need to move along the car carefully. - Corner position of the table.
It is a good option, as it allows you to rationally plan the space of a free corner. Experts advise: you can increase the functionality of the work area by making one side of the table longer than the other. There will be plenty of space left in the garage for the car.
Next you need to understand what kind of table is worth constructing. You can use the option of boards covered with plywood. Such devices for the garage will cost little money, but at the same time they will be quite comfortable.
If the car owner knows how to weld, you can make your own frame from a corner, and then cover it with moisture-resistant plywood. You can also use more expensive materials if your budget allows it.
Where to store small tools? Install shelves and drawers under the table surface. The second option is more convenient, but it is much more difficult to make shelves. You can choose ready-made baskets made of plastic with thick walls.
On a note! You can use original idea and construct racks for tools from used canisters with a handle on top. Cut out one of the sides and use the canister as a box.
Tool storage
It is very important to organize the storage of tools for a garage, cottage, or car service. in such a way that everything lies according to the chosen order, is always at hand, and is quickly available for work.
You can prepare homemade closed boxes, but with such a storage system it is difficult to remember where a specific item is. If you do not return the tool to its place, after a while it will be extremely difficult to find it: you will need to open the structure and rummage through the contents of all the drawers.
There are several ideas for storing small items and tools rationally:
Metal mesh made of 2 mm wire with a 10 cm cage
It is attached to the wall surface by biting it off and bending some twigs. By creating unique hooks and adding crossbars to the cage, you can use it for storing small items. Stores sell special hooks that can be attached to the mesh if you don’t want to make them yourself.
Making a special shelf for screwdrivers
Take a board or plywood with a thickness of 15 mm. Sand the material thoroughly so that there is no residue left when you touch it. Next, drill one or more rows of holes of different diameters. If the width of the board allows, make some holes large. They will fit chisels and hammer handles.
On a note! Be sure to clean the resulting chips with sandpaper. Such a shelf is hung on the wall using a regular bracket.
Pliers, pliers and wire cutters
Creating a board for pliers, pliers, wire cutters. Such inventory is extremely difficult to store in a convenient way. Sometimes they are hung on a net, but this is inconvenient. It is better to attach a narrow board to the wall on which you place the tool. To achieve comfortable use, one side of the board needs to be ground down. Then in the cut it will look like an isosceles triangle, and the tool will fit more securely.
Rechargeable batteries
To store battery-powered tools, chargers and spare batteries, you should make a box with a cross shelf. Make cuts of different formats in the bottom of the box and insert power tools into it, and use the cross shelf and the box lid as regular shelves.
Homemade carriers for the garage
Even a well-lit motorhome has one drawback: under the bottom of the car it is dark, almost like night. To create illumination for this area, it is worth using portable carriers for the garage. These are the simplest, but very useful devices for the garage, which are easy to make with your own hands.
The design of the product is simple: a cartridge with a small screen and a hook are attached to the wire. An ordinary incandescent light bulb or housekeeper is inserted into it. To avoid accidentally breaking the light bulb, it is important to find a convenient place to hang the carrier.
It is also important to choose the location of the light bulb so that the light it emits is directed in the right direction. In other words, the system can be improved, and we will explain how later.
Unbreakable lamp socket
It is important to provide for every little detail in the garage: everything needed to repair a car must be safe. Therefore, it is worth modifying a regular cartridge, giving it unbreakable qualities. Make a kind of lampshade from a plastic bottle that will reliably protect the fragile bulb of an energy-saving light bulb.
You can also apply an LED lamp to such a lampshade, and the incandescent lamp will heat up and melt the plastic.
To create a plastic lampshade, you will need to do the following:
- find a translucent bottle with medium-thick walls;
- arrange a window in it 1/4 of the diameter of the bottle itself;
- cut the neck so that a lamp can be mounted inside the product, but in such a way that the screwed-in bulb presses it against the socket;
- assemble the design, try it.
Carrying LED Recessed Light
We continue the section “tips from a garage homemade product.” Another way to modify an ordinary carrier for working in a garage pit is to replace the incandescent lamp with a flat LED recessed lamp operating from a 220 V network. We’ll tell you how to do this from a regular product below.
Drawing of an LED lamp.
You will also need a cord with a plug, a piece of plastic window sill, slightly larger in size than the lamp itself, for mounting the light device.
The car owner chooses the dimensions at his own discretion, and the sequence of work is as follows:
- on one side, cut a hole in the window sill, the diameter of which is smaller than the diameter of the lamp body;
- remove the standard mount of the device;
- pass the wiring through the cells of the window sill, bring it out into the organized hole;
- connect the lamp;
- glue it to the base;
- cut strips of plastic from the window sill and seal the sides with them;
- Bend a bracket from a piece of tin, screwing it to the lamp with self-tapping screws.
Bottom line
The main idea when arranging a building for a car or a country house, which should be adhered to in your work, is rational space planning. Place items so that they are all at hand and stored in order.
Interesting and useful homemade products to the garage. Then the dacha or garage will always look neat, and it will be cozy to be inside the building.
Any car enthusiast can make a variety of accessories for the garage with his own hands using inexpensive materials and the simplest tool. Such homemade crafts by the home craftsman turn the campervan into a full-fledged workshop.
Ready-made “motorhomes” are gradually acquiring a wide range of different tools. Ordinary DIY homemade products for the garage have obvious benefits without requiring an overpayment. Any machine made by yourself will not be inferior to similar factory solutions in quality. Let's explore some of the devices.
For of this device A strong sheet of metal is required. A part of the corner is welded to the upper part of the metal from below, and a threaded bolt is also fixed. A nut must fit into the bolt thread, changing the sharpening angles and serving as a hinge for lateral movement. Having placed the sheet in a vertical position to the main nut, weld a similar nut.
Thus, a very useful solution can be to obtain a hole for an intrusive body in a bolt. These DIY homemade items for the garage are made of very thin wire.
The carving is made taking into account the length of the whetstone.
To make a clamp for a bar, materials such as organic glass, ebonite and saw clamp can be used.
The upper parts of the plate are used as a clamp. Surfaces with a pair of drilled holes are applied to the bed. After this, a through-type hole is made to the knife. Threads are cut in the frame.
Thus, the home-made solution will be almost ready-made. The second of the holes is made exclusively on the plate, which is further from the knife. After this, you need to cut the thread for the bolt you need to tighten. The simplicity of the mechanism of such a homemade thing for a car will allow you to sharpen the devices in camping or other unusual conditions.
The bars, which are based on artificial diamonds, are reasonably priced and wear-resistant.
Simple homemade crafts advantageous in that the parts are manufactured with my own hands, allowing you to achieve the parameters required for the shaft of the above-mentioned motor. The basis for the pulley can be:
- metal;
- textolite;
- plywood.
Using a jigsaw, one small circle, as well as two large circles, are cut out in plywood.
The centers of the cut shapes must correspond to the shaft, namely its diameter. Afterwards the circles are glued or mounted on a screw, and then tightened with a nut.
Afterwards, the parts are tightened with screws, and the pulley is processed using sandpaper or a file, placed on a drill chuck.
It is important to know:
Vibrations should be avoided and the center of gravity aligned with the axis of rotation.
You can make a toothed pulley. Near the central circle, compact tubules are made for all stages of assembly.
If necessary, compact pulleys can be made from a solid piece of plywood.
To do this, a groove is made, and the part is placed on the screw. Afterwards, a narrow file is applied to the circle.
Garage homemade gizmos with extensive functionality do not require a lot of drawing work or calculations. The design can be created without any problems:
- frames above and below;
- molding type plastic;
- bolts, couplings;
- medium density perforated board;
- the presence of an opening for the vacuum chamber;
- a plywood base with a hole in the middle.
A hole is made in MDF or plywood “fifty by fifty centimeters” for a PVC pipe with a diameter of three inches. The resulting base is supplemented with glue for a frame made of “thirty by thirty centimeters” beams. The entire cavity can be sealed using a sealant.
The edge of the water supply pipe is glued to the base at one end, and connected to a vacuum cleaner hose at the other, and then the structure is placed on legs.
Holes are cut in the area of the upper and lower frames to accommodate the frame for the vacuum chamber. In the area of the frame perimeter, recesses are made for the elements for fastening.
Thermoplastic plastic can be:
- polystyrene;
- polycarbonate;
- acrylic;
- polyethylene;
- plexiglass.
Curious DIY garage items are mostly made from “junk.” Our case is a broken manual electric jigsaw manual type, which in no case should you rush to throw away. It can serve as the basis for a desktop modification.
If you cannot adjust the speed while working with the machine and the saw holder breaks, simple methods solutions to the problem will fix everything.
Actions include the following steps:
- production of a steel square with an integrated bolt.
- the modified block is soldered to the old file holder.
- choose plywood as the base.
- furniture legs are mounted in the front plane, and in the case of a small stand made of wood, a small stand made of wood is fixed to the rear.
When creating a lever, you need to use hard wood.
The hole in the lever must exceed d of the pin that regulates the spring tension.
The above-described item should have a “sole” that does not interfere with work processes. If necessary, you can cut the desired angle in the support area.
In special It is not often possible to find an extensive “assortment” of incisors in stores. Therefore, you can try to make very useful tools yourself.
Reyer.
It is a semicircular grooved chisel designed for rough turning.
The rail is made from steel tool strips.
Meisel.
This universal cutting tool is essential for finishing operations. The tool is made from quite ordinary chisels.
Shaped cutters
Scraper chisel.
The thing is based on a straight chisel with a one-sided sharpening. The tool is capable of leveling the surfaces of cylindrical workpieces;
Comb cutter.
Solutions that help with carvings and decorative designs.
Cutting tools for soft woods like aspen and linden have smaller sharpening angles compared to tools for processing harder woods like oak.
Branded extension cord reels are made from a pair of plywood disks fastened with bolts. The fragments are separated by a duralumin tube and washers.
On one side of the coil, the bolts are recessed in order to contact the handle without injury. On the other hand, you need to make a couple of holes for sockets with a drill.
Correct storage and use of tools
Working with an extension cord left on damp, damp ground or floor will be dangerous. Therefore, it is important to make holders made from segments plastic pipes.
Each of the plastic pipes is secured to a plywood plate using self-tapping screws passing through the slot. To prevent pipe fragments from becoming loose during operation, pieces of glazing beads are glued below the sides of the holder using PVA glue.
When you need to hang a holder on the walls of your “motorhome”, the handle is inserted into its tube. The handle post is inserted more tightly into the gap and fixed. With this configuration, the coil is mounted on the ceiling or near the bottom.
In order for the extension ram to work without any complications, the edge of the disk is equipped with a small handle consisting of tubular-type sections with different diameters. Pipes of rather large diameters are placed on smaller hoses and firmly fixed with flat screws.
You can come up with other useful things that will be useful not only when repairing a car, but also in life.
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.
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 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. 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 largest number of homemade projects for the garage is 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 the workplace will be located. 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 there welding machine and checking 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 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. Plastic boxes and baskets are also suitable. 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 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 homemade projects for the garage bring satisfaction - create useful thing out of the trash - a pleasant feeling.
Tool storage
The most difficult task— organize 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 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 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 are also useful homemade products for the garage that allow you to organize the storage of 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 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.
In its simplest form, it is a cartridge attached to a wire; a small screen with a hook can be 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. 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. Once a suitable vessel has been found, some small change remains:
Everything is simple, but such a lamp allows you to brightly illuminate required 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. You need a flat recessed LED lamp that can be turned on at 220 V. These models are called “tablets” because of their shape. You also need a cord with a plug and a piece of plastic window sill to install the 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. Low-power garage compressor for inflating tires and other small work You can make it yourself from scrap 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. 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 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.
The word “motorist” today is not just a term denoting the owner of a personal vehicle. Being a motorist is a lifestyle. The modern garage is the stronghold of the home handyman.
Peculiarities
The specificity of arranging a garage space is that the layout, ceiling height, number of floors, garage area, and the number of cars “living” in it are purely individual. There is no recipe for all occasions - everyone decides for themselves what they like.
You just need to take care of:
- dryness and heating of the room;
- good ventilation;
- protection from thieves;
- arrangement of desktop and storage systems;
- good lighting.
Depending on the dimensions of the building, the area occupied by equipment, fixtures, and communications should not be more than 20% of the garage area. And the distance from the side rack to the parked car should be no less than the width of its doors.
A garage is a multifunctional space. To properly delimit it, define work zones. This way you can understand whether you have enough space to accommodate everything you need. It is better to sort out the things that have accumulated in it in advance and throw out everything unnecessary.
Naturally, a garage without a workshop area is unthinkable. A workbench placed against the far wall will be useful for repairs and for practicing hobbies. Place tools and finished crafts on the shelf directly above your workspace.
It is convenient to store hardware, dowels and other small items in transparent jars with lids glued to the shelf. Another little trick - a magnetic strip glued to the furniture will help save a lot of space.
Where and how to place the tools?
Order in the workshop is impossible without proper placement of tools.
Place the essentials on a shield or hanging shelves above your workspace so that everything is at hand. Convenient to store necessary tools vertically on plywood boards with holes drilled in them. Heavier utensils will sit comfortably on the shelves.
PVC pipe holders are easy to manufacture and convenient.
Homemade rack
Wooden and metal racks will be the best option for a garage, since plastic ones break quickly and cannot support heavy objects.
Racks are:
- stationary – fixed to the wall for stability;
- collapsible - if you have not yet decided where it is better to place the rack, it can always be disassembled and mounted in another place;
- mobile - on wheels so that you can move without unloading;
- console - for storing long items.
The advantage of wood furniture is its relative ease of manufacture. It can be installed using a standard carpenter's kit, without the help of specialists. Wooden rack It’s easy to make any size and shape, and a broken shelf can be easily replaced without dismantling the entire structure. In addition, making a rack from wood is cheaper than from metal.
To the disadvantages wooden product include its fire hazard and stationarity.
It is better to immediately install a wooden rack “completely”, since it will become loose when moved.
The most inexpensive and easiest wood to process is pine. It does not rot or crack when dry. But pine also quickly deteriorates. If you don't want to replace your furniture every five years, choose harder wood. Oak and larch are harder and also do not rot.
For maximum functionality, the rack should be installed along the entire length and height of the wall. Just be sure to leave a gap of 5–10 cm between the wall and the rack to make it convenient to install.
We make the width of the shelves such that it is safe to walk past the rack with the car parked in the garage. You should not make the shelves too deep, as they will be inconvenient to use. The optimal size is 50-60 cm.
We cut out the supports from timber with a cross-section of 10 by 10 cm, and the crossbars from thinner timber - 5 by 5 cm in cross-section. The distance between the racks is about a meter and no more, so that the shelves do not bend or break under the weight of the equipment. We make the shelves from timber or a thick plywood sheet. Markings for attaching the crossbars are applied to the wall according to the height of the future shelves. Be sure to measure the evenness of the marked level and tape measure.
Securely screw the boards with self-tapping screws to the wall every 40-50 cm. Attach boards of opposite crossbars to the fixed crossbars. Vertical boards attach to the horizontal ones, being careful not to screw them to those nailed to the wall. We put the workpiece aside and cut the crossbars for the shelves. We hang them on the frame every meter. We secure the assembled workpiece and measure the final size of the shelves, cut it out and secure it with self-tapping screws.
Anyone who does carpentry will need a mobile rack for storing lumber.
To assemble it you will need:
- square;
- screwdriver;
- electric jigsaw;
- clamp;
- self-tapping screws;
- 4 furniture casters;
- 4 boards 2.5 meters long.
Decide on the parameters of the rack and draw up a working drawing. Measure and cut the parts the right size. Make two identical side parts, like a stepladder. The distance between the crossbars is equal to the height of the shelves.
Assemble the base frame. It must be strictly rectangular. To align, secure the pieces to the table at a 90-degree angle using a clamp and square. Attach the wheels to the base. Secure the side elements at a slight angle, like a stepladder.
A simple rack made of two boards will do a great job of storing long garden tools.
You only need:
- mark the hole of the holders according to the given dimensions;
- drill through holes on a carpentry machine;
- carefully cut out the inclined part;
- paint or varnish the finished holders and hang them in the place planned for the shelf.
Metal furniture can withstand heavy loads and last longer than wood. To save time and effort, you can order ready-made racks, but it’s cheaper to make them yourself. You don't have to buy new metal, just use what you already have. For example, water pipes, which you got by chance, but were not useful on the farm.
Most often the frame is welded from profile pipes and corners.
This is done like this:
- We mark the position of future shelves on the vertical posts. Make sure they are equal to each other. The distance between the lower shelves is greater than between the upper ones. At the top it’s time to reserve a place for a high shelf for storing light oversized items.
- For the base slats, take a corner 5 by 5 or 5 by 7 cm; it will protect things from accidental falling or sliding. The span between the vertical posts is no more than a meter.
- We weld the corners, control the level of all corners - they must be straight.
- We check the diagonals of the welded frame, and install crosshairs from reinforcement at the back for additional structural rigidity.
- Coat the welded joints with an anti-corrosion agent, prime and paint the furniture with wear-resistant paint.
The upper shelves are used for lighter items; they are covered with plywood; it is advisable to cover the lower ones steel sheet. It is better to reinforce shelves for storing particularly massive objects with several stiffening ribs.
It is also possible to store various small and not very heavy things in a plastic rack. It is easy to assemble from empty canisters.
This option will be useful to anyone who does not have enough space in the garage or the finances to install a rack. And small things will stop scattering around the room in disarray.
To do this, you need to take the canisters and wash them well so that no traces of their contents remain. The same canisters can be used as dividers or pull-out shelves on a finished rack, but then you need to cut off the side so that the handles remain.
A rack made of PVC pipes is also suitable for storing lightweight items.
Making hanging shelves
For the home craftsman, a garage shelf can be more than just a storage area for tools, but also a place to display finished work.
You can assemble the hanging shelf yourself using the same scheme as the rack. It is even easier to install a shelf from corners - metal or wood.
Baskets hung on the wall can also serve as hanging shelves.
It is worth plastering the walls in advance before installing the shelf. This will prevent condensation from appearing on the walls after installing the shelves.
You can attach the shelves in any place where no one will cling or hit them:
- above the windows, if any;
- above the workplace;
- under the ceiling.
Today the market offers various new products such as shelves with a lifting mechanism that can be hung near the ceiling and lowered down when needed.
It’s easy to make a suspended ceiling structure yourself by assembling shelves from thick sheets of plywood or fiberboard on studs.
For this you will need:
- large anchors (4 pcs.);
- hex nuts-couplings for the coupler (4 pcs.);
- simple nuts (12 pcs.);
- hairpins (4 pcs.);
- large diameter flat washers (8 pcs.);
- Grover washers (4 pcs.;
- drill;
- perforator;
- spanners;
- screwdriver;
- level;
- electric jigsaw.
First, we cut out shelves of the required size from a plywood sheet. They can be reinforced at the edges with a metal profile.
We retreat 5-7 cm from the edge of the tile and make holes into which we will thread the pins. This indentation is needed to prevent the edges of the shelves from crumbling during use. To prevent the shelf from bending from long-term use, it is better to install supporting studs every 60-70 cm.
Through drilled holes We make markings on the ceiling in the place where we will hang the shelf. According to the markings, we drill holes for the anchors, remove dust from them, drive the anchors to the end and tighten the nuts.
Now we connect the studs to the anchors using coupling nuts. We strengthen the connection with ordinary nuts.
- Screw a nut onto the stud fixed to the ceiling, followed by a washer;
- string the shelf onto the ends of the pins;
- We fix it with a Grover washer and a control nut, or better yet, two lock nuts.
The ceiling shelf will make it easier to use the garage. It has only one drawback - a movable design. It is better to fix the shelf with an iron corner. We attach one edge to the wall, the second to the base of the shelf. Now it will not become loose and will last longer.
DIY tool storage shelf
Shelf-shield – more compact alternative a regular hanging shelf, it will help organize tools inside the garage so that they are all in sight.
It’s quite easy to put together a panel shelf from plywood and wooden blocks.
Process description:
- cut out a board of the required size from plywood and mark the position of the shelves;
- put together shelves with side walls along the length of the shield;
- secure the shelves to the panel with self-tapping screws;
- Then there are two options: we install the bracket on the back wall and hang it on hooks built into the wall or fix it on the support posts of the desktop.
A metalworking workbench would be better suited not to a wooden shelf, but to a metal shield with holes, on which it is convenient to hang both shelves and tools on hooks.
How to make a workbench yourself?
A workbench is a must-have item for a garage workshop. It can be used to sort out machine parts, solder radio equipment, and cut out with a jigsaw.
The manufacture of a workbench usually begins with a detailed design drawing.
Measure the area of your workspace and the height of your workbench.
Optimal height the workbench is usually 90 cm, but this is not an absolute value and depends on the height of the master and whether he prefers to work standing or sitting.
To make your own workbench, you will need:
- jigsaw or hacksaw;
- drill and set of drills for wood and metal;
- screwdriver;
- carpenter's square;
- roulette;
- level;
- spanners.
When choosing wood, check that it is free of cracks and knots.
Before getting started, prepare:
- bars 10 by 10 cm for legs;
- two thick plywood sheets;
- boards with a section of 5 by 15 cm;
- bolts (take furniture bolts with a square head so that they do not turn);
- nuts and washers;
- self-tapping screws
Draw a drawing based on your measurements, indicate the exact dimensions of the parts so as not to make a mistake.
First, we make the top frame with a spacer in the center. We strengthen 6 supports on the frame. Place the leg in the corner of the frame and drill two through holes through the leg and the side board. Then secure with long bolts. Measure thirty centimeters from the bottom edge of each leg and secure horizontal boards at this height for greater stability of the structure. They will also become the base of the lower shelf or drawers.
Screw the tabletop flush with self-tapping screws. Cover the finished tabletop with a layer of hardboard. For greater wear resistance, you can replace hardboard with a steel sheet.
We measure the gap from the central to the end supports, and according to the measurements we install the shelf. We cut out the grooves for the support legs with a jigsaw or hacksaw. Instead of the bottom panel, you can install drawers. To do this, you will have to buy additional guides, handles and more plywood sheets. Screw the guides with self-tapping screws to the supports and install the knocked-down drawers on them. Make sure the sizes match.
Instead of a shelf, you can install drawers. Above the workbench, install a shield or hanging shelves with a reserve for new tools that will appear in the future.
If metalwork work is involved, only a metal workbench is suitable.
To assemble it you will need:
- “grinder” with cutting and grinding discs;
- level;
- electric jigsaw;
- measuring instruments;
- small rack beams made of profiled pipes - for the frame part;
- steel strips - for welded spacers in the corner area;
- profile pipes with a wall thickness of 3-4 mm;
- corner;
- one and a half centimeter thick plywood and drawer guides;
- drill;
- screwdriver
We weld the frame first. To prevent the frame from moving, the beams should be welded spot welding, spread out on a flat surface. Welding seams are made in turn on one side and the other at the joining points.
We mount racks and a horizontal beam on the back side to the base. Check that all corners are even. If the corners are not straight, they can be corrected with a hammer.
A tabletop is assembled from boards and impregnated with a fire-resistant compound. We tighten the bars with screws and glue them. A steel sheet is placed on top.
The shield for placing tools is mounted on vertical rack parts; the cabinets are equipped with wooden boxes. Treat wooden elements with a fire-resistant compound.
If your garage space is very small, build a folding workbench. You will need a tabletop, a board along its length, screws, dowels, a drill, a screwdriver, legs and door hinges.
First, secure the board to the wall at the level of the future tabletop. Screw the door hinges to the board with self-tapping screws. Secure the tabletop to the door hinges so that it goes down. When raised, it will be held by the legs.
It would be ideal to carve grooves for the legs in the tabletop using a chisel so that they do not slip off.
For car owners, property on wheels is a matter of great concern. Today the castle is no longer the most reliable protection from car theft.
If you have an old push-button telephone still working. Make a simple electronic alarm out of it. When intruders break into the garage, the smart GSM alarm system will call you or send you a pre-dialed SMS.
The alarm is soldered from:
- wires;
- push-button mobile phone with a quick call function;
- magnet;
- closed sealed contact;
- toggle switch or key switch.
The mobile phone should be hidden more reliably. Also take care of timely recharging or power your phone from the network.
We install an alarm system:
- set up speed dialing to the desired number;
- remove the front panel to provide access to the keyboard matrix;
- We solder one wire to the end call button, the second to the shortcut button, then we connect the wires to the reed switch. One wire must be with a switch;
- discreetly install a magnet and a reed switch on the gate leaves, so that the contacts close when opening;
- hide the phone and wires so that intruders do not notice them.
How to properly store tires?
A seasonal set of tires is not only a voluminous and bulky item, but also requires special storage conditions. Tire sets with and without rims are stored differently. It is better to hang tires on rims. In this case, it is not necessary to buy special hooks for tires. You can assemble pendants from scrap materials.
Prefabricated wheels can also be stored lying down, but tires without rims are stored only “standing up”, and, moreover, they are turned once a month.
A place for storing “lying” or “standing” tires can be equipped under the ceiling or on one of the shelves of the rack or under its bottom shelf. A ceiling rack for tires can be assembled from profiles and corners - you only need a drill and a grinder, and if you have a welding machine, it can be welded.
Ideas for useful gadgets
Garage workers come up with many interesting inventions to make their work easier.
For example, cyclone vacuum cleaner. Take a thick plastic or metal container (or 5 liter bottle), and make two holes in its upper part - one at the edge and the other in the center. The diameters of the holes must match the cross-section of the hoses that will be connected to the device.
The inlet pipe is on the edge. We will install a plastic elbow into it, which will provide cyclonic air movement. We insert the hose from a conventional vacuum cleaner into the central upper hole.
Such a vacuum cleaner will easily suck up small stones, sawdust, dried dirt, and all solid dirt will remain in the tank.
Another useful “homemade product” - a “bottle cutter”, can be made using a drill from scrap materials. All you need is a piece of board or plywood, a utility knife blade and a couple of bolts and nuts.
Mark the centers of the washers by placing them in the middle of the board. Drill the holes, and be sure to drill them from the back side so that the “bottle cutter” does not turn during use. Screw in the bolts.
The life hack should be used like this:
- We put several washers on the protruding ends of the bolts. The more there are, the thicker the rope becomes;
- put washers on top stationery knife or at least a fragment of it, and for reliability we secure it on top with nuts;
- take a plastic bottle, cut off the bottom and make an incision so that you can pull the resulting “tail”;
- We place the workpiece under the knife and pull the “tail” into a full-fledged rope.
From one two-liter bottle you will get about 25 meters of durable, very useful rope. A strong rope from a bottle will come in handy for tightening reinforcement for pouring concrete, for wrapping sliding tool handles, and even for weaving baskets. To avoid cutting yourself, it is better to work with gloves.
A garage winch is a simple mechanism that will help you drag large and massive loads. The most ancient and simple winch– manual. The cable is wound around it using a long lever. It is relatively compact, does not depend on electricity, is inexpensive, and by increasing the lever, you can increase its draft force.
Disadvantages include the need for significant physical effort and some inconvenience when working in cold weather, in mud or in cramped conditions.
To assemble, purchase:
- short pipe;
- axis of rotation;
- lever arm;
- cable;
- carabiner hook
Assemble a winch from the prepared elements:
- drive the axle securely into the ground;
- weld a pipe to it;
- On one side, use a loop to fix the cable on the axle so that it wraps around it when turning, and on the other, hang the hook.
Constructing a cellar as a viewing hole: pros and cons
Any motorist who knows how to independently maintain his car and wants to reduce production costs for its repair needs an inspection pit.
Despite the additional costs of arranging the pit, experienced drivers will benefit, as they will be able to:
- independently inspect the steering, chassis and brake parts and identify possible faults in a timely manner;
- change oil;
- save on minor repairs that you can do yourself;
- protect yourself from extra costs related to the dishonesty of car service mechanics;
- the presence of an inspection hole increases the cost of the motorhome if it is sold;
- For many car owners, self-inspection of the car and its repair is an exciting hobby.
The following can interfere with the organization of an inspection pit in the garage:
- burial level groundwater: if it is higher than 2 meters, water will flood the hole;
- soil instability;
- the complexity of organizing a drainage system in a finished garage.
It is ideal to plan the inspection hole at the design stage of a garage, for example, a country house. But often the need for it arises when a garage has already been purchased and it either has no cellar at all or has a so-called “vegetable pit”.
In the first case, you will have to carry out a thorough study of the soil type, establish the level of groundwater and check the presence of underground communications in the location intended for the pit.
It is better to entrust all research to professionals. This will allow you to quickly assess the situation, saving energy and time.
Work can begin if the technical plan of the area allows digging 3 m or more deep - then the deep foundation will be protected from erosion. Otherwise, the foundation will be flooded.
If the garage already has a vegetable pit, part of it can be converted into an inspection room; this will even be somewhat easier than digging a pit from scratch.
First you need to move the entrance to the cellar to a convenient place and build on the missing walls with bricks.
The dimensions of the inspection hole are calculated:
- length – machine length plus 1 m;
- width – the width between the wheels is minus 20 cm, so that the car does not fall through when driving into a pit;
- depth – driver’s height plus twenty centimeters.
If the depth of the vegetable pit is greater or less than this value, it is better to build or deepen the bottom. All elements of the pit and cellar from the outside must be insulated with polystyrene foam and a drainage system must be installed if it has not been previously equipped.
It is better to take care of the wiring for future lighting right away. Also, do not forget to equip a niche in the wall for tools.
Once the work is completed, the garage floor will have to be redone. The problem will be solved by pouring concrete, which you can do yourself if you first install reinforcement or guides.
This way we get a separate entrance to the cellar, where we can store private products household, and a separate inspection hole, covered with boardwalk or sectional door.
If it is impossible to equip an inspection hole, if the garage ceiling is of sufficient height, a homemade overpass can be an alternative to the inspection hole.
They are:
- full-size (designed for the entire length of the car);
- mini-overpasses (allow you to raise the front or rear axle of the car).
The simplest mini-overpass is welded from profiles and reinforcement.
Lighting
Proper lighting is essential for comfortable work in the garage. The illumination of a garage depends not only on the number and type of lamps used and the power density of the network per 1 m2, but also on its area, height, number and nature of work areas, even on the color of the walls. Indoors with dark walls Need brighter lighting.
A multi-level lighting system for a garage is considered the most optimal. It involves installing a central lamp in the middle of the room and spotlights in work areas.
Calculation of height for multi-level lighting:
It’s easy to check that the lamps are installed correctly – just look at the car. It should not cast a shadow in any direction.
Power calculation formula ceiling lighting: "P = S x W/N":
P – total required power, W/m2. W – power of one lamp, W. N – number of lamps (luminaires), pcs. S – room area, m2.
For LED and halogen lamps, the optimal indicator is 16-20 W/m2. This value is suitable for rooms with a ceiling height of no more than two and a half meters. For more high ceilings this figure should be multiplied by 1.5.
Halogen lamps operate similar to incandescent lamps, but produce more light. They also have a longer service life - 4 thousand hours. The bulb of a fluorescent lamp is filled with an inert gas. The inside of the glass is coated with a phosphorescent composition, which glows under the influence of an arc discharge.
Lamps must be in shades. You should also take care of the power surge stabilization system.
The most expensive lighting is LED. But it is 50% more economical than fluorescent lamps, and the service life of LED lamps is 50 thousand working hours. And they do not require lampshades, since LEDs do not contain toxic components and provide light that is closest to natural.
When illuminating an inspection pit, low-power LED or halogen lamps can cause an electric shock due to condensation settling on them. LED lamps are more convenient because halogen lamps get very hot. Make the lamp retractable, and it will not suffer from an accidental fall of a tool into a hole.
Heating devices
Before choosing the device itself, determine whether you will heat the garage around the clock, maintaining a certain temperature, or turn it on only while work is being done.
Should be done in advance high-quality ventilation. When installing any kind of garage heating, this is necessary according to safety regulations and Russian legislation.
An excellent option is to connect the garage to the heating system of the house, but it is only suitable for a personal building on a private plot of land.
The most popular option is compact heaters. Many motorists prefer to buy them, thinking that assembling them themselves will cost more.
In reality, you can assemble a compact heater from quite budget materials. The overwhelming majority of homemade heating units operate efficiently using thermal film. Thermal film is a multi-layer electric heater that can be assembled from laminated plastic or carbon fiber. It heats up quickly with low energy consumption.
To check the functionality of the assembled device, you will need a multimeter. The remaining parts can be purchased at a hardware store or found in your home pantry.
You will need:
- two-core wire with plug;
- laminated paper plastic (area of one element 1 m2);
- epoxy based adhesive;
- graphite, crushed to powder.
First, prepare the epoxy-graphite mixture. The amount of graphite chips determines how well the device will heat. On average, the temperature reaches 60-65 degrees.
Apply the mixture to the rough side of the plastic sheets using zigzag strokes. We fasten the sheets with epoxy glue with the front sides facing each other. Make a frame along the outline of the sheets to further secure them.
Next, we attach the terminals to the graphite conductors on opposite sides of the heater. If you want to regulate the temperature, you can install a dimmer in the wire. To avoid short circuits, the assembled device is thoroughly dried. Then test the device (a multimeter is useful for this), measure the resistance and power. If it turns out that the homemade heater is safe enough, you can use it.
An electric heater made independently using the type of thermal film can be used in both vertical, horizontal and inclined positions.
The main thing is to follow safety precautions:
- Do not leave the heater on unattended;
- Children should not be assigned to look after him;
- Do not place the device near flammable objects.
If you decide to install stove-type heating in your garage, you must obtain permission from the fire department and the garage association.
However, fire inspectors rarely give permission to use homemade “stoves”, and in case of their unauthorized installation, all responsibility for any damage will fall on its owner.
Examples and options
There are many options for using the free space in the garage.
The most popular of them:
- Workshop. The garage is an ideal place for activities that have no place at home - noisy metalworking, flammable lamp-working and soldering with the unpleasant smell of burnt rosin will finally find a cozy home.
- Stock. Every home has a lot of necessary things that you don’t want to keep at home - seasonal sports equipment, children’s sleds, even out-of-season clothes and family photo albums.
- Garden corner. The garage is often used by amateur gardeners to store bulky and oversized gardening supplies.
Who said that crafts are not interesting to men, it’s just that if women read about how we do it with great pleasure, then for car enthusiasts there is no more interesting topic than do-it-yourself crafts for the garage. In fact, there are a lot of devices with which you can improve your garage life, so there will be something to do throughout the long winter.
Useful homemade products for the garage with your own hands
There are original, interesting products that you can make yourself, and there are useful homemade products for the garage with your own hands. First of all, such things include furniture: cabinets, tables, hangers. All this allows you to optimize the surrounding space as much as possible, especially if your footage is not too large.
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 the family budget for this, then you can easily arrange it 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 different 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. It is here that you can place with maximum convenience not only a table or shelving, but even carpentry or lathe. It would be worth mentioning that all storage of your tools should be located inside the garage only if it is securely closed or protected by tightly closed ones. Otherwise, it is better to place there only the most necessary things, preferably those that are not of particular value to robbers.
If you provide in a separate room, which is located on the territory of your suburban area, then it’s better to make them the so-called mansard 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 there is 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
Continuing to explore options do-it-yourself garage crafts, photo which you have already seen and will see below, we must look at other ways of rational storage. If horizontal pull-out shelves simply do not fit inside, then you can make very original and functional vertical shelves. You will be surprised how many things they can accommodate, while the tools will be easily accessible and, as they say, “at hand.”
The same option as shown in the photo can be used in, 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 a home craftsman, 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
Let’s digress a little from the useful and talk about things that are not mandatory, but no less useful than traditional furniture, machines, lighting or heating. Let's remember that for many men, the garage is a real men's club, where you can equip everything to your liking. We offer you a couple of options interesting homemade products do it yourself for the garage, which support the automotive theme and can be used for long gatherings.
We are used to either simply throwing away tires that are completely worn out, or repairing them. 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 This one not only looks beautiful, but can also become part of an 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 modernize it a little and present to your attention a grill 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 covered with any available material that does not support combustion, for example, fine crushed stone.
Homemade products for the garage with your own hands drawings
Again, returning from entertainment to business, you need to understand that for many, a garage can be an alternative to a workshop in which you can serve not only your needs by creating crafts for your apartment, cottage, or even car repair, but also fulfilling small orders. In order to make high-quality useful homemade garage do-it-yourself drawings, diagrams and technical recommendations will definitely be useful to you.
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 this will not be a very rational option. A good option can be water heating, but it is best designed in garages that are located next to a residential building.
Solid fuel boilers You can place any design inside any type of garage, even make your own potbelly stove out of metal using a welding machine. But do not forget that with this type of heating the interior decoration should be made of non-combustible materials, and ventilation is done with high quality, even at the stage when we promptly remove all combustion products from the room.
DIY homemade machines for the garage
Even if you are a non-professional carpenter or turner, you will still need the most convenient and compact machines. DIY homemade products for the garage can just become workbenches - tabletops on which various electric tools are attached, for example, a jigsaw, milling machine, lathe. Working surface made of metal will last you much longer than wood, so you can easily combine wood and metal.
