DIY crafts for the garage and workshop
A workbench for a garage - this convenient and large workbench for a workshop can be made from a piece of chipboard and a profile pipe. The trick of a homemade workbench is that it is foldable and does not take up any free space in the garage.
The entire structure is assembled on metal hinges, and the pipes are held in place by long bolts and welding. The vertical posts of the workbench, after unfolding, are fixed onto four corners, which are inverted and tightly welded to the bottom of the frame.
Devices for storing tires and wheels
Tires and wheels are very bulky items that need to be stored as compactly as possible. For this purpose, shelves or brackets are used, consisting of two metal triangle frames with jumpers. These triangular parts need to be fixed to the wall. The wheels are laid perpendicular to the bottom of the shelf. Slightly falling between the jumpers, without falling out, due to the heavy weight.
Cool homemade product - a chain wrench for the garage
Or a homemade product like a chain wrench will be a real find for every craftsman. Surely many of you have often had to unscrew rusty nuts, bolts and other hardware. Conventional open-end and adjustable wrenches slip and simply strip the threads. However, not a chain wrench.
It can quickly and easily grasp the head of a bolt or nut, and also freely unscrew a rusted threaded connection. To make a chain wrench for your garage with your own hands, you will need a threaded pin, a piece of chain and welding.
You just need to weld a piece of chain to the nut, and then screw it onto the bolt. By unscrewing or twisting, you can adjust the length of the chain, selecting it separately for each bolt, depending on the size of the head.
Hanger using leather strips
To make a hanger using leather tapes or belts, you need to prepare the material itself and the elements that fasten it to the base.
You can use a wooden board or durable plywood as a base.
Prepare leather blanks. Measure the desired length in advance so that the loop allows you to place the item of clothing in it. But you shouldn’t make a loop that is too large; when finished, such a hanger will not look neat or practical.
The next step will be attaching the prepared belts to the base. To do this, you need to align both ends and use an awl to prepare a hole. Then, using self-tapping screws, attach the hinges to the base.
To disguise the attachment point, you can use a small wooden peg and attach it to the screw location.
Device for installing springs on springs
Well, or this handy homemade product for the garage allows you to quickly install a spring on the springs. All car mechanics know how much time it takes to install springs on springs, as well as the need to use special tools for these purposes.
But what to do if these same tools are not at hand? Then the garage device discussed in this article will come to the rescue. To make it you will need two metal corners, a piece of pipe and a long hairpin.
First, you need to weld a nut to the end of the stud. Then you need to put on the corner and weld it to the stud, then cut a piece of pipe lengthwise and weld one of the halves to the corner. The counter part of the device is made in the same way. The only difference is that it looks the other way and is mobile. That is, the nut with an angle and a piece of half a pipe is not welded to the stud.
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 garage lift
Well, this is not exactly a lift, in the literal sense, so to speak, but this homemade product will help you cope when you need to climb under a car. To make a lift with your own hands, you will need pieces of channel and reinforcement, although you can use other rolled metal that is available.
The only thing that needs to be taken into account is the thickness of the metal and the weight of the car that will be placed on the lift. It is recommended to use welding to connect all parts of the metal structure. Only in this way, at the molecular level, is there a reliable connection of all parts of the car lift.
Varieties
Globally, all furniture used in garages is divided into two categories - racks with shelves and workbenches with tables. The choice of configuration of shelves and tables depends on what work will be carried out in the garage. Before you start arranging the interior of your garage, you need to answer a few questions for yourself:
- What work will be carried out in the garage? What types of car breakdowns can you fix yourself?;
- Which tool do you plan to use more often? What types of workbenches are needed?;
- What is the groundwater level? This is especially important if the garage is new and does not have an inspection hole.
Workbench and work area
Not always garage furniture also includes a workbench - it may be required to repair a car, and modern realities are such that many car owners send their car to a car service center at the first problem. This approach does not exclude the possibility of having a workbench in the garage. But you need to decide what type of workbench you need to install. Homemade workbenches have a classification:
- For metalworking, metalworking benches are used;
- Carpentry workbenches are used to work with wood;
- There are such universal machines for all repair work.
The difference between workbenches lies in the types of materials. All-metal workbenches are used for metalworking: they can withstand any load and do not rot under the influence of machine oil. If you understand that metal processing will not be carried out, it is worth installing a wooden workbench for carpentry work in the garage. Universal machines combine metal and wood coating. Regardless of what type of workbench is chosen, the workbench should have a supporting structure, a thick wooden or metal body, a bedside table with shelves and several shelves under the tabletop.
For normal work on the workbench, you need to equip high-quality lighting. A small stationary lamp will be enough.
Making your own garage workbench is reminiscent of the shelving technology, with differences in the number of shelves and their height. It is important to take into account a number of points:
- The height of the workbench should not exceed 1.1 meters, it is selected according to the person’s height. You need to try it individually, whatever suits you. The table configuration must withstand a minimum weight of 150 kg;
- To meet the rigidity requirement, you need to use boards with a thickness of at least 30 mm to make the table. If for objective reasons it is impossible to use such boards, you will need to additionally strengthen the table with stiffening ribs;
- No sharp edges are allowed on the table.
An alternative to a workbench with a workbench can be an old desk if it is not possible to make homemade tool furniture.
For storing things and tools
In practice, the installation of furniture for workshops and garages begins with the installation of racks and shelves. Since in our realities garages are also used for storing household rubbish, you need to provide enough free space for everything to fit. Preference should be given to shelving. They allow you to make the most of the free space available in the garage. The space above the workbench can also be functional - you need to install shelves there.
Like a workbench, shelving can be assembled yourself. Both wood and metal profile pipe can be used as the main material. The sequence of work does not depend on the choice of material:
- Two standard stairs are being manufactured - they will be connected to each other. It is important to calculate the distance between the shelves correctly, and it is also important to calculate their number;
- Then the stairs are connected in such a way as to form a bookcase. To properly join the shelves, you must first align the stairs at the top and bottom;
- Plywood or boards can be used as flooring for the shelves of the rack.
Garage shelving can be floor or wall mounted. Floor shelving has a base and can support a lot of weight. Wall racks are more preferable for storing small tools and accessories. They can be made not deep. A wall-mounted rack with horizontal slats should be used when the structure is planned to be installed on the entire wall. Vertical slats fit multiple sections. You can also install a corner shelving unit, but it is most convenient to make sections on the entire wall with horizontal shelves and storage compartments. This will allow you to place all the tools, containers, and boxes on the wall. The garage should not be overly filled with furniture, since there should be at least one meter left on both sides of the car.
Along with shelving, hooks and clothes hangers can be installed in the garage workshop.
Oven made from old car rims
Well, what kind of garage is complete without a potbelly stove in the winter season, when the car still has to be repaired from time to time. To make a stove you will need at least three car rims with the middle cut out.
Then the disks are welded to each other, and in the outermost one a hole is provided for the chimney. A stove made from old car rims turns out to be an effective way to heat a garage in winter.
