Necessary crafts for the garage with your own hands. Making homemade products for the garage

A garage is more than just a place to park a car. It is also a workshop, and a place of rest, and an interest club. Therefore, the arrangement of the garage should be convenient and thoughtful. In a small area, you need to place a lot of things, and it should be convenient to use them. This will help homemade for the garage. What people do not do with their own hands. From an elementary shelf to a complex device. All this can be made independently. But you need to know how. A few ideas for modernizing the garage and a plan for their implementation in the article.

Homemade for the garage: ideas for arrangement

Arranging a garage is a long process. You can’t do everything right away, you have to constantly modernize something, change, make something new. At the same time, they mainly use homemade products for the garage. It requires less money, and it’s even more fun to mold from garbage the right thing-it costs a lot.

Even in a small area you can fit everything

Tire and wheel storage

Each car owner is faced with the problem of storing off-season "shoes" for the car. Where to stick the tires is a sore point. In general, how tires are stored depends on whether they are mounted on rims or not.

Tire storage methods

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

Polyethylene sheathed cable, ring anchors and tightening clamps

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 of the tire

Not only a pin is suitable, but also a hook with a small bend radius

Another affordable way is to drive pins or hooks with a small bending radius into the wall. The distance between the hooks is slightly more than the diameter of the tires. The length of the pins must be such that they do not stick out of the tire. You can fill them almost under the ceiling so that the wheels fit.

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

Shelf width - 4 times the width of the tire, plus a margin of 10-15 cm for some freedom. Height rear wall- just above the outer diameter of the wheel. The design is simple = the side resembles a right triangle. Having an inverter welding machine, it will not be difficult to weld such a shelf.

Tire storage shelf - a great DIY for the garage

This is a factory version with a completely inhumane price tag. But you can borrow the 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 the light does not fall on the rubber - it deteriorates from this. Not the most difficult DIY for the garage, but very useful.

Workplace

Probably the largest number of homemade products for the garage is associated with workplace equipment 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 a workbench for a garage is made of boards, sheathed with plywood. Inexpensive, very reliable. If you have a welding machine and reconciliation skills, you can weld a frame from a corner or a profiled pipe. It is better to sheathe again with moisture-resistant plywood. This results in a smooth, abrasion-resistant surface. You can, of course, use laminated chipboard, but the laminating layer is quickly damaged.

U-shaped workbench for the garage

To prevent the place from “walking”, you can install shelves under the tabletop or make drawers. Boxes are more convenient, but making them is still a hassle. It is quite possible to make shelves and put boxes knocked out of plywood on them. Plastic boxes and baskets are also suitable. But the walls must be thick.

Drawers can be placed on shelves

By the way, there is a useful idea - to make a rack for storing tools from used canisters. Look for the ones with the handle on top. Further, everything is simple - one of the sidewalls is cut out and in the future this canister is used as a box.

Useful and simple homemade for garage

It is not necessary to make a whole rack - it is still difficult to remember where, what is. But by the same principle, you can make boxes for shelves. By the way, you can stick inscriptions or pictures on the ends (identification is faster with pictures). Such homemade products for the garage bring satisfaction - create useful thing from garbage - a pleasant feeling.

Tool storage

The most difficult task is to organize the storage of tools in the garage. It is necessary to make sure that everything is in order, but, at the same time, is at hand and in plain sight. Moreover, closed boxes are suitable only for very organized people who always put the thing they have taken in its place. Otherwise, you will constantly rummage through the boxes, forgetting where everything is. There are several ideas for convenient storage little things and tools. These are very simple homemade products for the garage.

The usual way to solve the problem quickly metal grid. A reinforcing mesh of 2 mm wire, a cage of 10 cm is suitable. Attach it to the wall, bite off some twigs, bend them, make hooks, crossbars, etc. out of them. You can buy special hooks that are attached to the net (available in stores selling commercial equipment), ordinary double-sided hooks that can be bought or made from wire are also suitable.

Grid on the wall - a way to quickly organize tool storage

Screwdrivers are conveniently stored on a special shelf. Take a board, plywood, 10-15 mm thick. The board must be well sanded - so that there are no splinters. Then drill holes in the plane different diameter in one or two rows. If the board is wide enough, you can make larger holes - for chisels or even for 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 material are inserted into the holes. Convenient, fast, everything.

Idea for storing screwdrivers in the garage

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

Storage of hand tools in the garage

Yet simple idea for storing cordless tools, chargers and spare batteries for them. Make a shelf as in the photo above. Cuts of various formats are made in the lower part, and the upper ones are used as ordinary shelves. The idea is that everything is in one place, quickly gets / installed in place. These homemade garage crafts will make your workplace comfortable. Keeping order will be easy.

Homemade carriers for the garage

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

The most widespread type of carriers for the garage. Homemade usually make very similar

In the very simple version this is a cartridge attached to a wire, a small screen with a hook can be attached to it. This is such an uncomplicated thing. Light bulbs are used ordinary - incandescent or housekeeper under a standard cartridge. Everything is not bad, except that these bulbs beat very often, you need to look for how to hang them so that they shine in a specific place. In general, the design needs to be improved. There are several modification options.

Unbreakable lamp socket

This plastic bottle shade perfectly protects the fragile bulb of an energy-saving lamp. You can also use an LED lamp, but the incandescence will not work - it heats up too much. The design is ordinary - 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, a trifle remains:

Everything is simple, but such a ceiling allows you to brightly illuminate exactly desired area, the rest of the space is flooded with even light, not cutting the eyes.

Carrying out LED recessed downlight

The simplest and most common garage homemade products 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 recessed LED lamp, which can be switched on at 220 V. These models are called "pills" because of their shape. Still need a cord with a plug, a piece plastic window sill- to build a lamp. A piece of window sill should be larger than the lamp. Choose your own dimensions. Further actions are:

Everything, homemade carrying 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, a couple of weights can be fixed inside the case (in its lower part).

Attach the carry cord to the ceiling

Conveniences are made up of little things, and very simple homemade products for the garage help in this. For example, you can remove the cable from a portable lamp that is always tangled under your feet. Carrying is usually done with a cheap cable. It is not the most flexible, does not fold well, its coils on the floor fall under your feet. In general, it is inconvenient to use. You can protect yourself and carrying - hang the cable from the ceiling. The solution is simple but very effective.

Here's a "suspension" to the ceiling for carrying, you can do it yourself 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 is necessary from one wall to another.
Steel/plastic rings or steel wire and a piece of pipe to make these rings.
Carry with a long cable - its length is about twice the length of the garage.

The cable is pulled along the long side of the garage. It is more convenient - not far from the "working" wall, where a workbench or other equipment is located. Little work:

Well, that's all. You can use. With such a device, the carrier can be pulled to any end of the garage, while the cable does not get confused and does not cling. Convenient, takes little time.

Do-it-yourself garage compressor

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

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

In order not to pump any muck into the tires, it is also advisable to put a filter - to separate oils, dust and other contaminants. Scheme homemade compressor presented in the photo.

Scheme of a homemade compressor

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

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. At the inlet we put a safety valve to it with the help of an oxygen hose we connect the compressor outlet.

Homemade compressor for a garage based on a compressor from a refrigerator

We put another car oil filter on the outlet of the oil separator receiver - to remove the oil completely. We connect the filter to the pressure gauge, and from it comes a hose, which is connected to the bus through the appropriate adapter.

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

Since the compressor in the refrigerator is small, it can take a long time to inflate the wheels. It can be made more powerful by installing two compressors that will run simultaneously. Accordingly, the pressure will build up twice as fast. But in such an installation, a more solid security group is required. Such homemade products require a little more equipment, since the circuit is still more complicated.

With proper arrangement of space, a garage can serve not only for parking a car, but as a workshop for its maintenance. In addition, a properly planned space will easily accommodate the tools required for this, provide storage for technical fluids and wheels in the off-season. The functionality of the room will allow you to expand the accessories for the garage with your own hands, which you can make from improvised material or purchase in specialized stores with subsequent refinement to suit your needs.

How to organize the interior space of the garage

Given the fact that the number of things in the garage will increase over time, it is worthwhile to rationally use the walls, floor, basement (if any) by equipping them with the maximum number of shelves, hooks, racks. For skilled people, a workplace is determined, equipped in accordance with needs.

Storage of bulky items

All items that occupy the space of the garage are conditionally divided according to several characteristics: large and small, required constantly or used once or twice a year. Depending on this, before starting the arrangement of the space, they work out a list of large things that are not often used, which include:

winter, summer wheels;
bicycles;
skiing.

Garage bike rack option

The list may be longer, perhaps the owner of the garage loves locksmithing, then in his arsenal there will definitely be long pipes (plastic and metal) of various sections, bars and boards. For compact, orderly storage of bulky items, garage home-made or purchased fixtures are used, for example:

Purchase wall-mounted bicycle holders that allow you to store them in an upright position, which provides significant space savings;
For rubber sets, special shelves are equipped, on which each wheel lies separately. They are placed in any convenient place, for example, under the ceiling, along the wall or, capturing the corner space, or suspended from the ceiling or wall on an appropriate support, previously cleaned of dirt, packed in special cases. This method of storing tires is only suitable for kits on disks. Considering cases when tires without disks are stored, a rack is welded from metal, on which the tires stand vertically in one row. Place the device under the ceiling or on the floor, securely fixing it;
With the help of homemade mounts, they provide a compact arrangement of skis, ski poles and other sports equipment.

Attention! A place should be provided in advance in the upper third of the wall for storing a removable trunk.

In addition, craftsmen make various suspended ceiling structures that are parallel to the floor to accommodate long objects, such as pipe cuts or beams.

Devices for small things

For many craftsmen, the number of different-sized screws, nuts, bolts, washers is measured by a bunch of boxes and buckets, in which it is extremely difficult to find the right part. To solve the issue, such gadgets for the garage have been invented that allow you to organize small things and ensure that you quickly find the right part, for example:

special portable boxes with compartments. A convenient option that allows you not only to store, but also to transfer the required parts if necessary. It should be noted that the cost of the boxes is relatively high, so the ideas below will help reduce costs;
craftsmen sort small nuts and other parts into jars with twist-on lids, while the lids themselves are securely attached to hanging shelves. It remains only to screw the jar into the lid and the details will always be in sight, at hand.

If financial opportunities are available, they acquire compact storage systems for hardware, nuts and other parts, different in size, differing in fastening capabilities.

Tool storage

The working tool is divided into large-sized and small-sized, respectively, home-made devices for the garage will be different. In most cases, the owners prefer to store a cutting machine, puncher, and other large tools using “native” drawers. Therefore, for their convenient location along the wall, a rack is made from improvised materials, taking into account the total load on the shelves (for home-made structures, the weight should not exceed 150 kg).

Attention! The stores offer a wide variety of models of shelving, made of both wood and metal, withstanding loads of up to 500 kg or more. At a relatively low cost, it is convenient to purchase a ready-made shelving in the garage for the desired size, fixing it against the wall.

For small tools such as wrenches, screwdrivers, pliers and others, organize the space depending on their number:

sets are stored in purchased boxes, placed on a rack;
for single items, they either equip cabinets in which each tool is fixed in the corresponding niche, or prepare a perforated surface (as in a store) mounted on the wall and determine a specific place for each of the tools.

Some craftsmen place their instrument using designs from plastic pipes in which holes of the appropriate diameter are made.

Homemade machines for garage work

For comfortable repair work, a place is provided for a workbench (to save space, it can be made folding). To begin with, they work out a drawing of the table, thinking over the presence of retractable shelves, then they make it from boards or metal sheets, equip it with a vice and a grinding machine.

In some cases, craftsmen cannot do without home-made machines and other devices made independently and improving the quality of the manufactured item.

Press from improvised tools

homemade press for garage

One of the most popular do-it-yourself gadgets in the garage is the press. To create it, you will need a hydraulic jack, a metal surface that will serve as the basis for the moving part of the press, springs and profile pipes or channel to create a frame. Further:

create a frame by welding channels and reinforcing the structure with transverse stiffeners, transverse corners are also welded downwards for stability;
the movable platform is attached to the upper frame with springs, a jack is installed.

The efforts of the press are regulated by a jack.

Homemade screwdriver holder

Depending on the needs of the garage owner, other useful homemade machines, for example, drilling, made on the basis of a drill, fixed with clamps and moving along the rail with the help of a gear, or cutting, or turning.

In addition to the above devices, you should take care of the location of work clothes, provide for the presence of a fire extinguisher or sand (based on fire safety rules), consider ventilation and lighting systems.

Thus, having shown a little ingenuity and thriftiness, you can make do-it-yourself garage fixtures, thereby ensuring compact storage of things and freeing up enough space for minor car repairs and work related to servicing one or another home appliance.

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DIY garage accessories

For a true car enthusiast, a garage is a second home. And then the first. Therefore, everyone tries to take its arrangement and equipment seriously. The functionality of each square centimeter of area is also very important. This will allow you to work in a spacious room, and tools and spare parts will be stacked and arranged correctly and in perfect order. As for the arrangement in the domestic plan, we will not talk today, but today we will try to save on equipment.

What should be in the garage

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

The catalogs contain a sea of excellent working equipment, fixtures and universal pullers, mandrels for all occasions and, of course, tools that are difficult to look at without a stingy male tear. But the cost in the catalogs is unreasonably high, as for a private trader. Service stations, of course, in more favorable conditions, they earn money with equipment and God himself ordered them to have best tool. Otherwise, such a master is worthless.

Garage Craftsman Wish List

Still, it is worth making a rough list of what should be in the workshop, and from it already choose accessories for the garage that you can build yourself. Here's what everyone would like to see:

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

Homemade fixtures

An elementary frame for a grinder can become a universal home-made machine. Applications - mass, made from anything, up to durable wooden frame. it will be useful in cases where it is necessary to process a small part carefully and with two hands, without clamping the part in a vise. Of course, this design has limitations, but as a small grinder or cut-off machine, it will work for five.

We do not indicate the dimensions, the designs and sizes of the grinders are different. The photos show the essence of the device, and it is not difficult to assemble it. It is worth working on fixing the grinder to the frame - so that it is quickly and securely fixed and quickly removed. Such a device is especially valuable for angle grinders with adjustable speed.

As a base, we use a chipboard sheet of suitable size, which is hinged, as in this design, or on latches, you can use a screw mount.

DIY lathe

Drawing of a small lathe, which is presented, can be useful to those who occasionally have to deal with turning work, and it makes no sense to buy a desktop one. This project will certainly not satisfy those who need high precision and high spindle speeds, but for minimal turning work it will do. Instead of the spindle from the M10 bolt shown in the drawing, use a finished spindle or drill chuck.

Designed for processing wooden and plastic parts, the diameter of the part is up to 50 mm, and the length is up to 200, but can be revised if necessary. If we take it as a basis, then replacing wooden base for any rolled metal, we get a similarity desktop machine for metal turning.

Tool Storage

Various trifles are often folded in plastic buckets and boxes in the form of a kind of assortment. Therefore, finding the right small tool, drill or nut is quite problematic. For storing small things, jars of mustard, mayonnaise and other products with a metal or plastic lid that is firmly attached to the jar are perfect.

To organize easy access, you will have to sort through everything, separate the cutlets from the flies, the bolts by 10 from the nuts by 6 and sort everything into jars. Covers are screwed to shelves or any horizontal surface, and now it will not be difficult to find the necessary fasteners.

For horizontal storage of loose fasteners, magnetic containers can be used. Convenient thing. Fasteners will not crumble, always in sight, and containers can be arranged as space requires. The main thing is to fix a thin magnetic tape in the right place, and glue large metal washers to the bottom of the containers themselves.

More creative ideas, which come to the mind of resourceful craftsmen regarding the organization and storage of tools and fixtures, we showed in the photo. Use your imagination and reinvent the wheel. And your garage will become perfect place for a comfortable repair of your favorite car.

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How to make homemade garage fixtures: 2 workshops

Home-made devices can be made from improvised materials Car repair is a complex and responsible task that requires practical knowledge and the availability of special equipment. This equipment includes a whole list of tools that are not cheap. That is why even those motorists who know how to fix their four-wheeled friend give it to a car service for repairs. If you decide to get your own accessories for the garage, but do not want to spend a lot of money on such purchases, you can do some of the list of necessary things with your own hands.

So that your garage can become a place for car repairs. It needs to be equipped with a large number of different tools. Some of them will have to be purchased in specialized stores, but others can be made with your own hands.

Having all the necessary fixtures and machines for the garage, you can open your own small car service. Such a garage business will bring you good income.

Garage accessories are easy to do with your own hands. In fact, there are many master classes for the manufacture of such homemade products. Let's see which tools are made on their own most often.

What homemade tool is suitable for a garage car service:

First of all, it is a car lift. Not a single car repair shop can do without this equipment. The price of such a finished device is high, but if you wish, you can make it yourself. Today we will talk about the technique of creating such accessories.
A hydraulic press is also needed for the garage auto repair shop. Such a device helps to compress unnecessary details. You will be pleased to know that you can make it yourself with minimal investment.
Useful accessories such as a spotter comb are also important. Such equipment is easy to manufacture, but in finished form it is very expensive.

For a car service with your own hands, you can make metal shelves that can be moved

These are not all the fixtures that you can make for your garage with your own hands. However, it is precisely the described useful homemade products that we will make today in our master classes.

Garage Accessories: Room Improvement

Before we start describing how to make garage accessories, we suggest putting things in order in the auto repair shop itself. After all, each tool should have its own place, so it will be easier for you to work.

Homemade tools are very practical, but do not always look aesthetically pleasing, so it is better to remove them from prying eyes. But, for example, such a device as a drilling machine and jacks can be put in a prominent place.

You can't make a drilling machine with your own hands. In this case, the main thing is to choose the right tool correctly.

Now more about the organization of the workspace. If you decide to make a car repair shop in the garage, and make money from it, then you will have to prepare the space accordingly.

How to organize tool storage space in the garage:

First of all, we advise you to make some wooden boxes. In some of them, you can make a shelf with holes for screwdrivers.
It is also necessary to make mobile racks for heavy tools. This will allow you to change the location of these shelves, putting them in a convenient place for you.
So that in the process of work, you do not have to constantly run after the tool, you can use a special belt that will fit the essentials. Such devices can be bought or made independently.

These homemade tool storage spaces will help you organize your garage space. Thanks to this, everything you need will always be at hand. This will save you a lot of time.

Do-it-yourself garage fixtures: making a lift

A lift is needed for every auto repair shop. This device helps to keep the machine in an elevated position for the time you need. Due to this, access to all hard-to-reach areas is opened.

Of course, you can buy a lift in specialized stores. However, the price of such products will unpleasantly surprise you.

The lift for the car repair shop can be made by hand. You don't even need to be a welder to do this. Therefore, you can easily cope with such work.

In order to assemble the lift, you will need:

Worm gearbox, the load capacity of which will start from 300 kg;
Steel corners with dimensions of 7.5X7.5X0.8 cm - 2-3 pieces;
Some number of bolts;
You will also need a steel plate, at least 1 cm thick;
Two iron chains, at least 2 cm thick;
Steel cable with half a centimeter section;
Metal hook;
Two dowels in the form of an asterisk.

From such materials it is easy to make a lift without spending a lot of effort. The main thing is to perform all actions accurately and efficiently.

To make a good garage lift, you need to use high-quality metal

How to make a car lift:

Steel corners need to be attached to opposite walls. In this case, they should be located on the same level.
A plate is attached to the corners. This is done with eight bolts. Thanks to this connection method, the plate can be moved relative to the engine.
A worm gear can be installed on the plate.
One of the keys, the one with a larger diameter, must be fixed on the gearbox drive shaft.
One hole must be made on the plate. A chain is passed through it and closes into a ring.
On the output shaft of the gearbox, you need to install a smaller key.
A couple of holes need to be drilled in the lift plate.
Pass the second chain through the drilled holes. One of its ends is thrown over a smaller key, and a hook is hung on the other.

This completes the manufacture of the lift. You just need to test it in action. Spending a little time on such work, you can save an impressive amount.

How to use a garage tool such as a lift

Using this lift is quite simple. However, in order not to damage anything, you must follow a few rules.

How to use a homemade lift:

Unscrew the bolts that connect the machine's engine to its frame;
Loops of a steel cable carefully lead under the engine. Throw the ends of the rope onto the hook.
Move the chain carefully. Gradually, the cables will stretch, which will set the engine in motion. Perform all actions slowly and smoothly.
When the engine is raised to the required height, the lift can be stopped. The gearbox will hold the structure.
In the place where the car flocked, it is necessary to put a table that can withstand the weight of the engine.

Please read the instructions before using the lift.

Using a lift will greatly facilitate your work in the workshop. Therefore, it is worth spending time and making it yourself.

Garage machines: we make a hydraulic press

The hydraulic press is often used in auto repair shops. It is necessary for installation and repair work. Such a device works on the principle of a jack.

Such a device can be very expensive. Some models can cost several tens or even hundreds of thousands. It is because of the cost of a factory product that a hydraulic press is often made by hand.

There are several positive sides making a hydraulic press with your own hands. Let's get to know them in more detail.

Why do-it-yourself hydraulic press is a good idea:

A homemade hydraulic press can be made specifically for the work you need. This applies to both its size and its performance.
You can assemble such a jack from improvised materials. Therefore, the price of such an assembly will be low.
You can be sure of the quality of the assembled product. If necessary, it can be repaired.

The hydraulic press is made of a jack, channels, two metal corners, bolts and springs.

From time to time the hydraulic press should be inspected for worn or damaged parts.

The assembly of the structure is carried out according to the scheme. All elements are fixed by welding and bolts. It is very important to position the jack in the correct position.

Homemade garage fixtures: making a comb

We want to tell you about the manufacture of the comb. This spotter tool can be used to smooth out dents in doors. It can be purchased in specialized stores, or do it yourself.

How to make a comb for a spotter with your own hands:

Take a metal strip and make three holes in it. The first should be at a distance of 1.5 cm from the edge, the second at a distance of 2.5 cm, and the third - 3.
Now between the two holes (which are closer to the edge), you need to saw through the jumper with a file. After finishing this work, instead of two round holes, you should get one oval one.
From the third hole we make a cut to the edge. You should get a notch for the washer.
Now we cut out a kind of semicircle above the hole made. As a result, you should get a hook with an oval hole and a rounded notch. Make four more such details.
Take a tube with a diameter of 1.5 cm. At a distance of 2 cm, drill a hole with a diameter of 8 mm. After two cm, cut off the tube.
On the other tube, make a semicircular recess, our workpiece should ideally fit into it.
We weld the tube with a notch to the workpiece so that the hole is on top. A nut must be welded to this hole.
We take another tube, weld a washer on one side, and put our hooks and workpiece on the other. The comb is ready.

Such a comb is no worse than a purchased one. It does its job well and is inexpensive.

Do-it-yourself garage accessories (video)

Garage accessories are not difficult to make with your own hands. To do this, you need to apply only diligence and ingenuity. Dare!

Examples of do-it-yourself garage fixtures (photo)

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Homemade machines and accessories for the garage. Read the article!

By making home-made machines and accessories for the garage with your own hands, you significantly save your own and family budget. Homemade shelving, various furniture, workbenches and even some tools - all this can be done independently.

Self-made garage machines are needed to solve the following tasks:

Simplifies the process of processing metal products,
There are new opportunities for grinding and processing wood,
A machine in the garage allows you to save on the purchase of an electric saw and other woodworking tools.

As a rule, any of the racks or power tools is quite expensive in the construction market. That is why the owners of garage boxes come to the idea of creating some fixtures on their own. by the most popular options homemade home tools are:

Manual or semi-automatic carpenter's workbench for metal;
Wooden or metal workbench;
Drilling machine for garage;
Homemade press design;
Various variations of shelves, racks and organizers for tools;
Hoist or winch for lifting heavy parts and things.

How to make drilling machines in the garage with your own hands?

Drilling machine for garage

Thereby makeshift device You will be able to perfectly cope with the manufacture of any number and diameter of holes for metal and wood objects right in the garage workshop. The simplest and at the same time reliable option for manufacturing a machine is to use a drill with a bed. To make the device you will need:

Metal frame in the form of a base;
A small mechanism for imparting rotation to the drill;
Low vertical stand for attaching a drill.

In the form of a rack, it is best to use trimmings from chipboard or unedged board. Due to the low weight of the drill, there is no need to use a metal profile. At the same time, it is better to use a cast-iron base for the bed - it will allow you to avoid any vibrations during the operation of the equipment. In the video you can see how to make homemade machines for the garage with your own hands.

How to make a carpentry vise in the garage?

To create a vice with your own hands, you will need to connect the following elements in the correct sequence:

Several supports, each of which will be a sponge for clamping the product,
One metal clamping jaw,
A set of steel guides that are used for smooth movement of the sponge,
Lead screw design
An element called a crank that sets the screw in motion.

The first support from the pipe will act as a kind of body. It will be necessary to solder other supports to it from below and install a steel flange. Especially for the movement of the running nut, we drill a hole and, on the contrary, weld the sponge. For the operation of the equipment, it remains only to install a stud in the holes, fix it with nuts and insert a movable tube next to it. As a result, making a vise for a garage with your own hands is not particularly difficult.

Forge in the garage with your own hands

If you decide to make a forge in the garage, then you don’t need to buy expensive components for this - everything can be made from improvised materials. The main for the forge will be the old gas stove. We install it in the chosen place, having previously overlaid the base and the construction box with refractory bricks (chamotte) and smeared all the cracks with clay.

The next step is to make a grate. For a mini forge in the garage with your own hands, you can weld it from an old piece of steel. It is advisable to choose a metal of at least 10-15 mm. Further, furs are made for pressurization, the block of which can be quickly put together from thin-walled plywood and several pieces of board.

The last step is to prepare the fuel. Coal can be bought at the store or made by yourself in a trench using a large duralumin pan. To do this, load the chopped firewood, close it tightly with a lid and smear the cracks with the edges with a clay mixture. In the trench, you make a firebox and heat the coal “until ready”. As a result, you get a full-fledged forge in the garage, made by yourself.

Now, from improvised materials and tools, you can easily make things useful for the garage space on your own. If you have any questions - write them in the comments!

Any car enthusiast is able to make a variety of garage accessories with their own hands, using inexpensive materials and the simplest tool. Such home-made crafts of a home craftsman turn a caravan into a full-fledged workshop.

If you plan to engage in self-maintenance of your vehicle in the garage, as well as perform a variety of repairs and do own crafts, it will be difficult to do without a workbench. It is usually made from wooden planks, which are mounted on a reliable base (metal profiled pipe or wooden thick beam).

It is allowed to make a desktop from metal blanks. It is easy to cut them to the required dimensions and assemble them into one solid structure using steel corners and hardware (, screw connections, bolts, and so on) or using a welding machine.

The manufacture of wood or always begins with the preparation of a detailed design drawing. You must correctly evaluate the working space of your garage and fit the desktop into it as harmoniously as possible. It is advisable to provide for the presence of shelves and drawers (drawers) on the workbench. They allow you to keep all sorts of tools close at hand. It is recommended to install a small vise on the countertop.

Making a metal workbench

If your garage has shelves or racks (or you want to mount them), experts advise installing a workbench next to them.

Then you will get an excellent work area where you can do any homework, producing original and useful homemade crafts for the home.

Assemble the tabletop from boards with geometric parameters suitable for you (for example, 200 by 10 by 5 cm), connecting wooden products to each other with metal ties and good glue. For a standard workbench, suitable for any garage, it is enough to take 20 of these boards.
On the countertop, make special grooves (on 5 and 16 boards in a row) for stops. The groove parameters are 2.5 by 2.5 cm.
After the glue has dried, the countertop must be planed so that a perfectly flat work surface is obtained.
From bars 80 by 10 by 10 cm you make legs for a workbench. Grooves should be provided in the front supports. You will insert brackets into them, which you will then connect to the beam (longitudinal).
Assemble the base of the underframe from two frames made of boards 10 by 5 cm, and fix it to the support. The frames are cut into the legs of the workbench by about 2.5 cm, and then they are bolted.
Attach the supporting walls (rear and side) to the resulting structure. They can be made from centimeter plywood or chipboard sheets.

Now you need to connect the top frame to the tabletop. This operation is carried out without problems with the help of bolts. Do not forget to apply drying oil to the made wooden workbench and varnish it. On such a table, you will make any crafts with special pleasure!

The motorhome of any vehicle owner over time turns into a kind of warehouse where a variety of items and tools are stored. They all need to find a comfortable place so that each fixture is easy to find. A hand-made rack allows you to efficiently organize the storage of tools.

You can make such a design from metal and wood. In the latter case, use solid wood - beech or oak. Shelves and drawers from them are able to withstand quite serious loads. According to accepted standards, the rack must hold a pressure of at least 150–160 kg. At the same time, it is not recommended to load home-made structures with things that generally weigh more than 500 kg.

Wood rack

Let's see how you can quickly make a garage rack, spending a minimum of money on the purchase of materials. The scheme of work is as follows:

Take a board 9 cm wide, cut it into pieces different sizes(18–30 cm). We will use these segments as supports for the rack.
Make shelves from a more powerful board - 19 cm thick. To do this, you will need to saw it into pieces of the desired length.
Mark the board for the base of the structure, indicating on it the location of the spacers (they are usually removed from the edge of the base by 2.5–3 cm). Now you need to attach (preferably use construction glue) the top spacer and nail it to it (with ordinary nails suitable sizes) the top shelf of the rack. Then repeat these manipulations with other shelves and spacers. At the very last turn, the lower expanding element is attached.
Turn the assembled structure over, tighten the base of the rack with spacers using screws.

The building for storing various tools and things is almost ready. You only need to sand the rack and then apply oil varnish to the wood (it is better to do two layers), and then attach with anchor screws homemade design to the wall. The places where the rack is attached to the wall are under the lowest and highest shelves.

A home-made clamping device, which is sometimes impossible to do without at home, is very simple to do. You will need:

hydraulic jack;
metal platform;
profile pipes with a section of 6x6 and 4x4 centimeters (each will require two pieces).

The press is done in this way:

Attach two vertical guides (pipes 4 by 4 cm) to the base of the structure.
Weld between them (at the very top) a piece of pipe 6 by 6 cm.
Install another 6 by 6 cm pipe so that it moves without difficulty along the mounted guides.

Homemade garage press

The use of such a technical homemade product is elementary - you lay the products that 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 for ages.

But with the help of the following homemade product - cyclone vacuum cleaner, you can always point perfect order in the garage. It is made from a dense plastic or (which is better) from a metal container. It must be airtight. The scheme for making homemade products for effective garbage collection in a motorhome is as follows:

Make two holes in the lid of the container. Place the first at the edge, the second - in the central part. The diameters of the holes must correspond to the sections of the hoses that you will connect to the device. One hose is brought to the hole from the edge, it is designed to collect debris, the other is needed to connect a conventional vacuum cleaner.
In the inlet pipe of the described homemade product, you need to install a plastic elbow. It will ensure the process of swirling (cyclone) air in the tank. Due to this knee, the effectiveness of such a homemade product increases, which easily and quickly sucks in small stones, lumps of dirt, sawdust and other solid contaminants. All of them will be collected in the tank that you connected to the vacuum cleaner.

When heated, the material from which bottles for mineral water and various drinks are made can shrink. This gives us the opportunity to make an excellent rope out of such containers. With its help, you can very firmly connect various parts and assemblies in the caravan and in general in the household.

Rope from a plastic bottle

To make a device for making homemade cords, you need to stock up on two bolts with washers and nuts, metal washers, a piece of thin board or plywood, a stationery blade and an electric drill. We make the device like this:

In the middle of the board or plywood, place two washers, mark their centers.
Drill holes in the marked centers with a drill.
Drill holes from the reverse side (this is a mandatory procedure to ensure that there is no twisting and rotation when using the device).
Screw in the bolts.

The use of this craft is simple. It is necessary to put several washers on the protruding sections of the bolts (their number determines the thickness of the rope to be cut). Then, a clerical knife should be placed on top of the washers (you can even use a piece of it) and strengthen the structure by mounting a few more washers and tightening the nuts until they stop. Thereafter homemade device must be fixed with clamps on a garage workbench or other work surface.

Next we take plastic bottle with a volume of two liters, cut out the bottom of it, cut a strip (very small) of the required length and install our “blank” under the knife. The tape must be pulled with one hand, while holding the container to be cut with the other. From one bottle of 2 liters you will get about 25 meters (linear) of excellent rope with high shrink characteristics.

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For the rational use of space, communications and do-it-yourself garage accessories from improvised materials are used. It is necessary to use the walls, the underground level in the process, place it indoors, organize normal lighting.

Homemade garage fixtures

For comfortable operation of the premises intended for storing cars, you should follow certain recommendations:

Depending on the dimensions of the building, the area occupied by equipment, fixtures, communications should not be more than 10 - 20% of the dimensions of the garage floor.

Storage areas, racks, workbenches

In 80% of cases, do-it-yourself garage fixtures are built to store accessories, tools, and car equipment. It should be noted that the most bulky parts of the car are sets of winter / summer tires, depending on the season.

The main nuances of these structures are:

The width of the pit should allow the driver to drive into it without lighting.

Lighting and ventilation

In garages, parallel circuits are more often used. lighting fixtures. One lamp allows you to use a specific area, several devices are turned on during a major repair, a visit to the cellar. The minimum power consumption is provided. Daylight devices have a large resource.

Cars use poisonous, harmful fuels and lubricants, so do-it-yourself garage ventilation devices are becoming relevant, allowing you to create air exchange. The inflow is organized from below:

garage - vents in masonry, protected by bars;
cellar - a pipe from the garage or from the street.

The hood is mounted under the ceiling of the cellar, the roof of the garage or has the form of air vents in the main walls at the highest points.

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Other Helpful Ideas

Useful do-it-yourself garage accessories can be made from used utensils, inventory, materials left after construction. For example, by gluing the lids of plastic jars horizontally / vertically, the owner gets a convenient transparent dish for equipment or hardware, which is always at hand.

Homemade machines

From the power tool, you can also assemble fixtures for the garage:

drilling - a drill fixed with clamps in a device that moves with a gear along a rail;

cutting - clamped in a similar way with an angle grinder with a tool for metal or wood;

The advantage of the machines is more precise positioning of the tooling relative to the workpiece. The equipment turns out to be collapsible, the drill and angle grinder can be removed mono, used for its intended purpose.

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Hydropress

The simplest design is obtained from a car hydraulic jack. For pressing out / pressing in bearings, pressing / compressing parts, you will need to build a frame and a removable movable stop. The frame consists of 4 channels welded to each other. At the top, the structure is reinforced with stiffening ribs (kerchiefs), at the bottom, transverse corners are added to give the frame stability.

The stop is pulled up in the normal position to the upper crossbar of the frame by powerful springs. A hydraulic jack is installed between them, which, if necessary, presses the stop to the lower crossbar of the frame. The press force is regulated by a jack, dimensions working area are selected depending on the size of the workpieces.

And finally, a few more examples of useful things for the garage.

Most car owners spend at least two hours a day caring for their car, and even more on weekends. If we talk about something major, for example, engine repair, then we can talk about several days. For this reason, it is extremely important that the environment in the garage is as comfortable as possible for work.

Arranging a garage is not as easy as it seems, because in addition to spare parts and tools, it usually stores everything that does not fit in the apartment. Moreover, any repair is pollution, which sooner or later turns the garage into a very unattractive place. In a word, even during construction, you need to think about how the garage will look in the future, how best to combine a workshop and a miniature warehouse in it.

First you need to decide on the main tasks. First of all, the garage should always be clean, so you need to use non-staining and easy-to-clean materials for finishing. It is also required to draw up a layout of the location of tools and equipment in advance, that is, determine where the racks, shelves, workbench, etc. will be located.

Stage 1. Interior decoration

In this regard, a number of requirements are imposed on finishing materials. Materials must be:

non-combustible;
resistant to mechanical damage;
able to withstand exposure to aggressive chemical environments;
pollution resistant.

Moreover, they should be easy to clean and not absorb odors. Obviously, not all materials have similar qualities. Those that still possess them include plaster, lining and ceramic tiles. Each option has its strengths and weak sides let's get acquainted with them.

1. Plaster

Ideal if you want to hide uneven walls. Plaster will effectively hide all existing defects and ennoble the interior of the garage.

Note! The plaster must be covered with a layer of facade paint, otherwise the surface will begin to crack and crumble.

2. Lining

Lining is used mainly in the northern regions of the country, since it is very convenient to place thermal insulation material between it and the profiles. In this case, it is better to use a facade profile, made of polyvinyl chloride - it is fireproof and waterproof.

The only drawback of lining is low strength - after a strong impact, the panels are deformed and need to be changed.

A more laborious and costly option. It requires a preliminary calculation of the strength of the walls, because the tile weighs quite a lot.

At the same time, ceramics do not burn, are easy to clean and are characterized by increased strength. If the garage will be sold in ten years, then it is better to decorate it with ceramics. Expensive, of course, but for a long time.

Stage 2. Observation hole

To repair the machine, it is desirable to equip a viewing hole. Even the smallest breakdown becomes a serious test if it is impossible to reach it without a viewing hole. In such cases, you have to go to the service station and pay a considerable amount for repairs.

In a word, the arrangement of a viewing hole will soon pay off. Below is the sequence of actions.

Step 1. First, the dimensions of the future pit are determined and marking is carried out. At the same time, a balance must be struck - firstly, the pit must be spacious enough, and secondly, its width must be such that there are no problems when entering the garage.

The required width is 0.7 m, it will allow you to feel comfortable during repairs and at the same time leave enough space for parking maneuvers.

Note! When marking, you need to leave a margin of about 20-25 cm for the wall thickness.

With regards to depth, it depends on its own height, but again, it is better to make it a little deeper than required - it is much easier to equip additional flooring than to redo the floor when deepening.

Step 2. Upon completion of the markup, you can start earthworks. The most difficult thing is to dig a hole, because more than 9 cubic meters of soil will have to be removed.

Step 3. The floor is leveled and covered with a 25 cm "cushion" of crushed stone. It is noted where the niches for the tools will be located.

Step 4 Walls can be poured with concrete or overlaid with bricks. Concrete is more reliable, so it will be considered.

First, the floor is poured, a thickness of 7-8 cm will be enough. For reliability, you can pre-lay reinforcement. Next, a wooden formwork is being built, which will be gradually filled with mortar in 40 cm tiers. The upper edge is reinforced with a metal structure, lamps are installed.

Note! It is advisable to cover the concrete floor with a wooden ladder, because it will be much more pleasant to work on such a surface.

Stage 3. Shelving

For ease of use, each tool should have its own place. Shelves and racks can be bought ready-made, but they are quite expensive, and they do not always meet the needs of the car owner. Therefore, the rack is better to do it yourself. It seems difficult, but only at first.

Step 1. First, the dimensions are marked. Most "shop" racks are equipped with shelves 1 m wide. This is not enough for spare parts, so the width needs to be made larger.

You also need to leave a gap of at least 20 cm from the floor so that there are no difficulties with cleaning the floor. It is desirable to perforate all shelves - this will give two advantages at once:

Step 2. For the manufacture of the rack is used metal carcass from a profiled pipe or corner 30x30. The parts are welded or bolted together, then the shelves are cut out. Usually they take boards for this, but the best option there will be moisture-resistant plywood - it costs more, but it will last a long time.

Stage 4. Shelves

Like shelving, shelves are best done on your own.

Step 1. First, the number of shelves, their dimensions and installation locations are determined.

Step 2. In accordance with the calculations, everything you need is prepared:

Step 3 Using the mounting level, the attachment points are determined. Next, holes are made, dowels are hammered into them.

Note! For reliable fastening, it is advisable to use dowels with hooks.

Step 4. With a certain step (in accordance with the holes made earlier), suspensions with lugs are fixed on the shelf. They can be nailed with ordinary nails. The assembled shelves are hung on dowels.

It is worth remembering that the hinged shelves should not be too long, otherwise they will break under the weight.

Stage 5. Garage workbench

The most convenient for the garage will be a workbench that combines shelving and a work surface. So the tools will always be at hand, which will significantly reduce the time spent on searching for one or another of them.

For the manufacture of a workbench, a metal frame is assembled, on which a wooden tabletop with shelves is installed. The tabletop is covered with sheet steel so as not to damage the structure during operation.

The workbench must be equipped with several sockets for electrical tools, as well as a fluorescent lamp, equipped with iron brackets for this.

Video - Garage workbench

Stage 6. Garage cellar

Often garages are equipped with cellars in which preservation is stored. This moment, as well as a viewing hole, must be thought out in advance.

Step 1. First remove the old flooring, after which all the pieces are removed, and the garage is cleared for digging a pit.

Step 2. Next are excavation. Wherein Special attention you need to pay attention to the type of soil, because if the soil is sandy, then with careless digging, the walls of the room can collapse. That is why it is desirable to use a variety of props made of wood and metal.

If the soil is clayey, then you can not be afraid of anything, because it is able to withstand any load.

Step 3. The bottom is covered with rubble and carefully rammed. Next, fittings are installed, the floor is poured with concrete mortar.

Step 4. The walls are built of bricks.

Step 5. The cellar is covered with a reinforced concrete slab, after which waterproofing is laid - bitumen or roofing material. For insulation, you can use any thermal insulation material.

Note! The cellar can be equipped even if the level of groundwater is high enough. To do this, a metal tank is welded throughout the pit. When the water level rises, the tank will rise, and in summer it will simply lie on the bottom.

Step 6. It remains only to take care of the ventilation of the cellar. To do this, above the ground level are displayed steel pipes(2 pcs.), preferably on opposite walls of the structure. The supply pipe is located below, and the exhaust pipe, respectively, under the ceiling. Both pipes must be the same diameter.

A few words about ventilation in the garage

Such ventilation, it would seem, is not needed, but without it a lot of dust will accumulate in the garage, which negatively affects not only the body, but also the internal parts of the car. And exhaust gases are harmful to the body.

The simplest and most affordable option is natural ventilation. Two holes are equipped for it (the same as for the cellar). For maximum efficiency the inlet and outlet pipes must be installed diagonally opposite each other.

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Results

It is possible to equip a garage on your own, although this will require a lot of time and effort. But the result will more than pay for all the costs, because in the end you will get not only an autobox, but also a miniature workshop. The garage will become a place to relax or bold experiments with the car.

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