A garage is not only a parking place for a car. It is also a workshop, a place of rest, and an interest club. Therefore, the arrangement of the garage should be convenient and thoughtful. On 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 only people 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 arranging

The arrangement of the garage is a lengthy process. You won’t be able to do everything right away. You have to constantly modernize, change, craft something new. In this case, mainly use homemade for the garage. It requires less money and even gives pleasure - to mold the right thing from the garbage is worth a lot.

Even in a small area you can put everything

Tire and wheel storage

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

Tire storage methods

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

Plastic sheathed cable, anchor with ring and clamps for tightening

Luggage straps are best secured 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 into the wall with a small bend radius. 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 stick out over the limits of the tire. You can fill them almost under the ceiling to fit the wheels.

Tires without wheels can only be stored "standing". Special shelves are made for them. They are usually welded from a profiled pipe. 20 * 20 mm, maximum 30 * 30 mm. You can also use the corner. It is inconvenient to cook a round pipe, but you can make cross-pieces out of 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 \u003d on the side resembles a right triangle. Having an inverter welding machine, it is not difficult to weld such a shelf.

Shelf for storage of tires - excellent homemade for the garage

This is a factory version with a completely inhuman price tag. But you can borrow the idea - the crossbars can be rearranged depending on the size of the tires ... you never know

Only cooked 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 spoils it. Not the most difficult home-made for the garage, but very useful.

Workplace

Probably the largest number of homemade items for the garage is associated with the equipment of the workplace and tool storage systems. Moreover, shelves and racks in the garage 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:

A table or a workbench for a garage is made of boards, sheathed with plywood. Inexpensive, quite reliable. If you have a welding machine and reconciliation skills, you can weld the frame from a corner or a profiled pipe. Sheathing is again better with moisture resistant plywood. It turns out a smooth abrasion resistant surface. You can, of course, use a laminated particleboard, but the laminating layer is quickly damaged.

U-shaped workbench for garage

In order to prevent the place from “walking”, shelves or drawers can be installed under the tabletop. Boxes are more convenient, but making them is still a hassle. It is quite possible to make shelves and put on them crates knocked down from plywood. Also suitable are plastic crates and baskets. But the walls should be thick.

On the shelves you can put boxes

There is, by the way, a useful idea - to make a rack for storing a tool from used cans. Find those with the handle on top. Then everything is simple - one of the sidewalls is cut out and later this canister is used as a box.

Useful and simple home-made for the garage

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

Tool storage

The most difficult task is to organize the storage of the tool in the garage. We must 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 in place the thing taken. Otherwise, you will constantly rummage through the boxes, forgetting where what lies. There are several ideas for convenient storage of trifles and tools. These are very simple homemade products for the garage.

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

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

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

Idea for storing screwdrivers in a garage

There are still useful homemade products for the garage, which allow you to organize the storage of hand tools. Pliers, pliers, wire cutters, etc. It’s problematic to place conveniently. It can be hung on a grid. It is convenient to remove, to hang - no. But there is a simple solution - to attach a narrow board and put on a tool on it. To comfortably “sit down”, grind the board from one side. In a slice, it should look like an isosceles triangle.

Garage tool storage

Another simple idea is to store cordless tools, chargers and spare batteries for them. Make a shelf as in the photo above. Different cuts are made in the lower part, and the upper ones are used as regular shelves. The idea is that everything is in one place, quickly gets / installed in place. These homemade garages will make the workplace convenient. Keeping order will be easy.

Homemade Carrier for 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, portable lamps are used - carrying. These are the simplest home-made garages. With them you can start the epic of arrangement and equipment of the garage space.

The most widespread type of carriage for a garage. Homemade usually make very similar

In the simplest version, this is a cartridge attached to the wire, a small screen with a hook can be attached to it. Such a simple thing. Bulbs are used conventional - incandescent or housekeepers under a standard cartridge. Everything is good, except that these bulbs beat very often, you need to look for how to hang them so that they shine in a particular place. In general, the design needs refinement. There are several rework options.

Unbreakable lamp holder

This plastic bottle lampshade perfectly protects the fragile bulb of an energy-saving lamp. You can also use a LED lamp, but incandescent light will not work - it gets too hot. The construction 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 milk plastic of medium thickness. Transparent will not work - it will not scatter light, too thin walls will not save the lamp from impacts. After finding a suitable vessel, a trifle remains:

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

LED Recessed Carrier

The simplest and most common homemade products for the garage are portable lamps. Without them, working is inconvenient not only in the garage pit, but even just on a workbench. We need a flat recessed LED lamp that can be turned on at 220 V. These models are called “tablets” because of their shape. Still need a cord with a plug, a piece of plastic windowsill - to build a lamp. A piece of window sill should be larger than a lamp. You select the specific sizes yourself. Further actions are as follows:

Everything, a homemade carry is ready. This option is for floor installation. The movable leg allows you to change the angle of inclination. To make it roll 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 goods for the garage help in this. For example, you can remove the cable from a portable lamp that is always getting under your feet. Carrying is usually done with a cheap cable. It is not the most flexible, it does not fit well, its coils on the floor fall under the legs. In general, it is inconvenient to use. You can protect yourself and carry - hang the cable from the ceiling. The solution is simple but very effective.

Here is 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.
• Clamping clamp.
• Metal cable It 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.
• Carrying with a long cable - its length is approximately double the length of the garage.

The cable is pulled along the long side of the garage. It’s 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 it. With such a device, the carry can be pulled to either end of the garage, while the cable is not confused and does not cling. Conveniently, it takes a little time.

DIY garage compressor

A compressor is needed in any garage. And by the way, this is not the most difficult home-made for the garage. A low-power compressor for the garage for tire inflation and other small work can be done with your own hands from auxiliary materials. For example, from the compressor from the refrigerator. To do this, you will need:

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

In order not to pump any nastiness into the tires, it is also advisable to put a filter - to separate oils, dust and other contaminants. A diagram of a homemade compressor is shown in the photo.

Homemade compressor circuit

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

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

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

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

Assembly completed. But to transfer this device was convenient, everything needs to be somehow fixed. You can weld the frame in size, attach wheels and a handle - for convenient transportation. One of the options for a compressor for pumping wheels is described in the video. There is no receiver, but its functions are performed by an oil filter. You can do so, but with the receiver the design is more reliable.

Since the compressor in the refrigerator is low-power, it can take a long time to pump the wheels. You can make it more powerful by installing two compressors that will start simultaneously. Accordingly, the pressure will be pumped 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.

The article discusses the most convenient and practical appliances for the garage with their own hands, which can improve the comfort of operation of this room. Here are detailed recommendations on the development and creation of structures designed for convenient storage of tools and automotive parts, tips on the manufacture of furniture, as well as the arrangement of a lighting and heating system.

The garage is designed not only for storage, but also for car maintenance. For this reason, this room should be roomy, clean, comfortable and well-equipped.

To achieve all this, it is enough to take into account the basic requirements in relation to the organization of space:

1. The presence of shelves for tires and tool storage significantly saves free space and allows you to optimize the space.
2. The quality of lighting is of great importance, since not only productivity depends on this, but also the quality of minor repairs.
3. The construction of a garage workbench, machine tools, a viewing hole and other devices expand the range of possibilities of the car owner with regard to repair and maintenance of the vehicle.

Helpful advice!   All these elements should not occupy a space exceeding 10-20% of the garage area.

Do-it-yourself shelving options in the garage: photos and tips for arranging storage spaces

About 80% of the shelves in the garage with their own hands are built to store garage accessories, namely:

• tools and accessories;
• component parts for the car;
• accessories.

Often in the photo of shelves in the garage with their own hands, they are found to be combined with a rack, which can also be made independently. Most often, the rack is considered as the main place to store tools. After installing it, the remaining space is filled with convenient and roomy shelves.

Be sure to highlight the place where work clothes will be stored. It is not necessary to occupy a large area, you can do with one shelf or even a crochet (depending on needs).

A garage is a place where hazardous and flammable substances are stored. These include oil, gasoline, solvents, paints, polishes. For them, it is necessary to provide a separate cabinet, hang a fire extinguisher and install a sand tank.

To protect against contamination during storage of the wheels mounted on the brackets for tires, it is worthwhile to purchase large bags or specialized covers to prevent dust from entering.

Brackets and shelves for wheels in the garage: design features

The most cumbersome vehicle spare parts include rubber kits, which can be winter or summer. When the winter version is used, summer tires are usually stored in the garage, and vice versa. Therefore, organize shelves for storing tires or brackets.

The design of the bracket is as follows:

1. Two triangular frames made on the basis of corners. Between these frames are installed jumpers made of any durable metal.
2. The triangular parts of the structure are fixed on the wall in a pre-selected location. The wheels should be installed perpendicular to the supporting element of the stand. In this case, the tires should slightly fall between the jumpers, thus fixing on the shelf due to its own weight.

Helpful advice! Do-it-yourself wheel shelves in the garage are recommended to be placed as close to the ceiling as possible at the optimum height. Thanks to this, car tires will not occupy usable space in the garage.

For compact storage of wheels, a whole rack in the form of four wide shelves can be used. It is suitable for placing wheels with discs, which can be placed one above the other in a horizontal position. The design can be made angular and raised to the wall.

• wooden beam;
• boards;
• chipboard sheets.

Installing brackets for tires is the most rational way to store wheels. Greater space savings can be achieved by hanging the rubber on the ceiling base along the garage wall. This option is possible if the room has a large height and reinforced concrete floors in the form of slabs on the ceiling. They will be used as the basis for screwing dowels.

Tool storage: interesting DIY garage ideas

To organize a convenient area for placing things, you can independently make a home-made and very roomy shelving or shelves. Of course, in stores you can find hundreds of finished models, however, making a shelf in a garage with your own hands is much cheaper than buying a similar product on the market.

Regarding shelving the same problem. Taking up the independent production of a place for storing tools, you can not only organize a convenient and practical rack, but also harmoniously fit it into the space of the garage.

Helpful advice!   The minimum indicator of the loads that the structure must withstand is 150 kg or more. At the same time, the maximum load limit for one section is 500 kg.

Rules for the manufacture of wood products:

1. It is better to use hardwood, for example, beech, oak, hornbeam.
2. Before assembly, wood processing with antiseptic agents is mandatory.
3. The frame parts must be carefully sanded so that the operation of the rack is safe.
4. For the manufacture of shelves it is recommended to use chipboard or plywood sheets, OSB. DVL boards with a thickness of at least 4 mm are also suitable.

The thickness of the material is determined by the loads that will subsequently act on the rack.

DIY recommendations for making tool shelves in a garage

Shelves are installed in cases where the garage does not allow to put the rack. It is better if there are several designs.

Scheme for creating shelves for tools:

1. Plan the placement of shelves, determine their size and markup.
2. Prepare the material in the form of boards and fasteners.
3. Using a puncher, make holes in the wall, install dowels with hooks in them, which will provide enhanced fixation.
4. Fix suspensions with eyelets on the boards. For metal suspensions, it is recommended to use self-tapping screws or ordinary nails.
5. Fix the finished products using the building level, otherwise the tool from the shelves may fall, which makes the operation unsafe.

Helpful advice!   In the manufacture of shelves, it is better to give preference to several short designs, since one long product can break under the weight of the tool.

At the final stage, you can make a decorative finish of products (paint or a special film).

Technology for creating a tool rack in a garage

To create a rack with your own hands, you need boards 9 and 19 cm wide. The size of the structure can be adjusted.

Step-by-step technology:

1. An element with a width of 9 cm is cut into several pieces 18 cm, 27.5 cm and 30 cm long. The parts received will be spacers.
2. The board, whose width is 19 cm, should be cut into segments 36 cm long. Shelves will be made of these parts.
3. On the board, which will become the base of the product, it is necessary to mark in those places where the struts will be. It is recommended to indent 2.5 cm on each side.
4. The upper strut is glued, then the upper shelf, which already has a strut, is nailed to it. Similarly, the remaining parts are mounted. The lower strut is installed at the end.
5. The design should be turned over and the screeds should be tightened with screws together with the base of the product.
6. The surface is thoroughly cleaned with sandpaper. After this, the product must be coated with two layers of varnish on an oily basis or a different type of finish.
7. The design is fixed to the wall using anchor screws. Fixation should be done both under the upper and lower shelf.

Helpful advice!   To strengthen the product, it is necessary to carry out the installation of timber bars between sections. They will allow you to evenly distribute the load on the rack.

Organization of a lighting and heating system in the garage

To ensure that the operation of the garage is comfortable, the room should correctly organize the lighting, ventilation and heating system. Since cars are closely associated with the use of toxic and harmful substances, the problem of ventilation in a limited room is especially acute. For the garage fit the brickwork. They are equipped with grills.

Factors affecting the level of lighting:

• garage area, its height;
• the number and nature of the placement of work areas (dimensions of a workbench for a garage, inspection hole, number of machines);
• type of decoration on the walls, its color;
• network specific power indicator per 1 m²;
• type of fixtures for the garage.

To maintain the optimum temperature, various types of heating can be used:

• gas;
• based on used oil;
• air;
• electric (infrared heater for the garage);
• stove;
• water;

There are many alternative ways to independently organize a heating system.

Features of halogen, fluorescent and LED garage lights

Technical indicators of halogen lamps are largely similar to incandescent lamps, but their bulb is filled with bromine vapor, so the products emit more light. The advantages of such lamps include long service life - 4 thousand hours.

Helpful advice!   Products must be placed in shades. It is also worth thinking about stabilization aimed at protecting against surges. It is not recommended to touch such lamps with your hands (the shelf life is reduced).

Fluorescent tubes inside are filled with inert gases. From the inside, the flasks are coated with a specialized composition that emits light in ultraviolet light under the influence of an arc type discharge. Recommended models include products of IP-65 class, protected from moisture and dust particles.

Installation of LED lighting in the garage is accompanied by the highest costs. Nevertheless, they pay off with 50 thousand working hours. In terms of efficiency, LEDs are 50% more profitable than fluorescent lamps. At the same time, they do not have harmful components in their composition, and the light does not have an aggressive effect on the eyes, so there is no need to buy additional shades.

Installation of lighting in the garage: how to make a calculation

To calculate the power of conventional lamps, you can use the formula:

P \u003d S x W / N.

Explanation of values:

• P - total required power, W / m².
• W is the power of one lamp, W.
• N is the number of lamps (fixtures), pcs.
• S - area of \u200b\u200bthe premises, m².

For halogen and LED lamps, the optimal indicator is 16-20 W / m². This value is suitable for rooms where the ceiling height is not more than 2.5 m. In garages with 3-meter ceilings, this figure should be multiplied by 1.5.

The calculation is influenced by the interior decoration of the walls of the room. In dark garages, lighting should be brighter.

Light Reflection Level:

Area, m²	Ceiling Height, m	Wall decoration color
		Dark	Light coloured
20	less than 3	0,6	0,75
50		0,75	0,9
100		0,85	1
20	3-5	0,4	0,55
50		0,6	0,75
100		0,75	0,9
50	5-7	0,4	0,55
100		0,6	0,75

To illuminate the inspection pit in the garage, it is recommended to use low-power lamps with halogen or LED lamps, since moisture accumulating in this place can provoke an electric shock. Devices are mounted on each side in pre-made recesses.

Helpful advice!   So that an accidentally dropped tool does not break the lamp, the design of the fixtures can be made retractable. When not in use, the instruments are securely hidden in the recesses.

Do-it-yourself self-contained garage lighting system

There are a number of principles on the basis of which an autonomous lighting system is implemented:

1. LED strips are mounted inside the ceiling (300 diodes per element).
2. The output of the switch is carried out strictly to the shield.
3. For wiring, a false ceiling system is used.
4. The wires are powered by a battery connected to the network via a charger.

A multi-level lighting system for a garage is considered the most optimal. It involves the installation of a large lamp in the middle of the room and the installation of small lamps in work areas.

Calculation of height for a multilevel system:

Level	Height, m
1	ceiling base
2	1,8
3	0,75
4	0,4

Lamps are installed correctly if the machine does not cast a shadow on either side.

How to choose a heater for the garage

The heating of the garage is carried out using small portable devices that are able to warm up the room in a short time and in the future to maintain the optimum temperature.

Thinking about which heaters are best for the garage, many mistakenly believe that a home-made device can be made exclusively from expensive components and requires a significant investment of time. For this reason, garage owners refuse this venture.

In fact, for the manufacture of a heater for a garage with your own hands, it is enough to limit yourself to budget materials, for example, thermal film. The scheme for creating such a device is very simple and involves the use of the following materials and tools:

• a kit for assembling a heater;
• wires equipped with a plug;
• paper laminate (area of \u200b\u200bone element 1 m²);
• graphite powder;
• epoxy adhesive composition.

Helpful advice!   Be sure to have a multimeter with you. When assembling the device, this tool is useless, but it will be needed to test for operability.

Thermal, or - a common option for heating in a garage

Recommendations for assembling a homemade heater for the garage

Step-by-step instructions on how to make a heater for the garage:

1. A mixture of glue and graphite powder is made. The more powder in the composition, the stronger the heating of the device. The average temperature ranges from 60-65 ° C.
2. Plastic sheets on the rough side are covered with a mixture of glue and graphite, which is applied in zigzag strokes, after which they are fastened with the front sides and fixed with a frame made on the basis of wooden battens.
3. The terminals are fixed to the graphite conductors and the structure is dried. Drying must be complete, otherwise moisture will ruin the device.

After the heater is dried, a resistance test should be performed. A garage heater is considered safe only after this check. Up to this point, it is strictly forbidden to connect the device to the mains.

Security Limitations:

1. It is not recommended to leave the device turned on unattended or to leave it near children.
2. It is forbidden to use equipment that could provoke a fire.
3. Flammable substances and materials must not be placed near the appliance.

Creating useful do-it-yourself garage fixtures

To carry out repair and maintenance work, you will need to build an inspection hole in the garage with your own hands, the dimensions of which will correspond to the dimensions of the car, as well as a workbench for convenient work, plus equip the room with machine tools.

The basic set of tools and materials for creating a homemade workbench for the garage includes:

• boards and wooden blocks;
• fasteners and couplers;
• a planer and other woodworking tools;
• varnishing and carpentry adhesives;
• sandpaper and drying oil.

An example of placing useful devices in the garage: 1 - with hand-held machines, 2 - racks and cabinets, 3 - a table for various repairs, 4 - a shelf for storing tires, 5 - an inspection pit

DIY manufacturing technology of a workbench in a garage: photos, drawings

The workbench consists of a worktop and tabletop, as well as several clamping devices. The height of the workbench in the garage should be selected taking into account your own growth. You can take as a guide the height of the kitchen table in the house, which is convenient to work with. Be sure to create drawings to create.

Helpful advice!   Ready-made drawings of a garage workbench, which can be found on the Internet, are suitable as a basis for self-construction. If desired, it can be customized to fit your needs.

Garage arrangement: how to make a workbench indoors:

Work stage	Details, cm size	Type of mount
Countertop Assembly	20 boards (5x10x10200) with grooves 2.5x2.5 in the 5th and 16th element (step 25)	The adhesive composition of the metal screed
Drying	-	-
Making legs (4 pcs.)	Bar (10x10x10) with grooves for brackets on the front supports	Brackets
Underframe assembly	Frames (2 pcs.) From boards (5x10)	Threaded connection to a depth of 2.5 cm and bolts
Fixing the side and rear support walls	Particleboard plates (thickness 10 mm)	Wood screws
Fixing countertops to the upper frame	-	Bolts

Final processing involves impregnation of the finished product with linseed oil and opening with varnish.

Do-it-yourself recommendations for creating a manhole in a garage

There are no specific sizes for the inspection hole in the garage. As a basis, the dimensions of the car are taken.

How to make a viewing hole in the garage with optimal parameters:

1. The width is selected so that there is enough space inside for work. Size is limited by the distance the wheels of the car are planted. Each wheel needs a small area to perform maneuvers. The average width of the pit is 0.8 m.
2. The length of the pit is limited by the length of the machine. To this indicator, add 1 m.
3. To calculate the depth, the growth of the garage owner is used. An additional 10-15 cm is added to it.

How to make an inspection hole in the garage using different materials:

Material	Wall thickness, cm
Ceramic brick	12-25
Concrete	15
	20

The pit breaks out taking into account the optimal width of the pit, the material selected for the walls, as well as the thickness of the waterproofing layer. Stages of creating a pit:

• markup;
• foundation pit construction;
• arrangement of the pit;
• wall construction;
• lighting strip.

For waterproofing walls, specialized hydrophobic impregnation is used.

Helpful advice!   With the help of formwork, it is possible to make reinforced recesses in the walls of the pit for placing tools and lighting fixtures.

Do-it-yourself garage press

To create a press, a frame measuring 178x80 cm should be made from 4 pieces of metal pipes. These elements are joined by welding. The work is recommended to be guided by drawings pre-selected or drawn up. After that you need to install:

• clamp;
• removable emphasis;
• bottle jack (hydraulic).

You can use video materials to review the detailed technology for creating useful DIY fixtures for your garage. Such visual recommendations help you navigate in size, master step-by-step instructions and imagine what the finished design should have.

Production scheme: 1 - upper power platform, 2 - nuts, 3 - lower platform, 4 - studs with a diameter of 30 mm, 5 - lower thread of the studs, 6 - hydraulic jack of bottle type; 7 - base thickness 20 mm

You can do it yourself. The list of useful devices does not end there. It can always be supplemented with any interesting ideas. The main thing is that the garage fully meets personal requirements in terms of comfort and convenience.

For a real car enthusiast, a garage is a second home. And even the first one. Therefore, everyone is trying to take his arrangement and equipment seriously. The functionality of each square centimeter 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’ll not talk today, today we’ll 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 a lot of money on the purchase of Bosch equipment, by the way, it is useful to look through the catalogs with Bosch or Intertul, or Interskol equipment. Great experience and opportunities in this regard are possessed by the young, but frisky Jonesway company, and she, repainted from green to brown, Ombra.

In the catalogs there are a lot of excellent working equipment, accessories and universal pullers, mandrels for all occasions and, of course, tools that are difficult to look at without a mean male tear. But the cost in the catalogs is unreasonably high, as for a private trader. STO, of course, in more favorable conditions, they earn money with equipment and God himself ordered them to have a better tool. Otherwise, such a master is worthless.

  Garage master wish list

Still, it’s worth making an approximate list of what should be in the workshop, and you can choose from it yourself. Here is what everyone would like to see:

1. Lathe, small, but with a minimum set of functions. Naturally, to do it yourself completely will not work unless you have a strong and accurate bed. The price from the Chinese manufacturer will be at least 23-28 thousand rubles. Domestic buying is dangerous - many plants simply assemble equipment from Chinese components.
2. Drilling machine. A useful thing when you need to perform precise drilling or minimal milling work. You can make it, and they are inexpensive. A drill stand costs 3000 rubles if you buy a finished one, and a fully-functional drill - 20-30 thousand.
3. A hydraulic press is an indispensable thing if you have to deal with shrinkage or extrusion of bushings, sleeves, bearings. It is built on the basis of a hydraulic jack.
   
4. Emery. Necessary thing. Refill the tool, sharpen the drill, adjust the detail to size, sharpen the spatula or knife, a universal device, so it’s better to buy a high-quality sharpener, which can cost 3-4 thousand, depending on the options. And the options can be quite useful. For example, a flexible sleeve for turning a sharpener into a complete drill for grinding or manual milling.
   
5. Racks, shelves, boxes for storing tools and accessories.

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

  Homemade appliances

A universal homemade machine can be an elementary bed for a grinder. Applications - the mass is made of anything, up to a solid 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 vice. Of course, this design has limitations, but like a small grinding or cutting machine, it will work on the top five.

We do not indicate the sizes, the designs and sizes of the grinders are different. Photos show the essence of the device, and it’s easy to assemble. It is worthwhile to work on fixing the grinder to the frame - so that it quickly and reliably fastens and is quickly removed. Such a device for grinders with speed control is especially valuable.

As the base we use a suitable-sized chipboard sheet, which is mounted on hinges, as in this design, or on latches, you can use a screw mount.

The drawing of a small lathe, which is presented, can be useful to those who occasionally have to deal with turning work, and there is no point in buying a desktop one. This project, of course, will not satisfy those who need high precision and high spindle speeds, but it is suitable for minimal turning operations. Instead of the spindle from the M10 bolt shown in the drawing, use a ready-made 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 reviewed if necessary. If we take it as a basis, then replacing the wooden base with any metal rolling, we get the likeness of a desktop machine for turning metal works.

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

To organize convenient access, you have to sort out everything, separate the cutlets from the flies, bolts 10 by 6 from the nuts by 6 and sort everything into jars. The covers are screwed to shelves or any horizontal surface, and now it is not 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 to attach large metal washers to the bottom of the containers themselves.

More creative ideas that come to the mind of inventive masters regarding the ordering and storage of tools and devices, we showed in the photo. Use your imagination and reinvent the wheel. And your garage will be an ideal place for comfortable repair of your favorite car.

Useful tools for the garage will always be needed. Vedas in the garage should be everything for work and comfort. You can make do-it-yourself fixtures for the garage, then their price will be much lower.

To us this topic will be our today's article. You won’t be able to do everything for the garage with your own hands, but you can completely do the most necessary.

Garage space arrangement

Garage devices should not only be bought, but first decided what needs to be and how to correctly place all this. Indeed, very often the garage is not just a place where we put the car, but also a workshop with all kinds of tools (see), appliances.

And in fact, it turns out that sometimes so many things accumulate in the garage, you have to literally squeeze the car between them. To prevent this from happening, we suggest putting things in order in the garage, rationally using all the space, or maybe throwing out some unnecessary things.

Attention: First, we decide on the fixtures, equipment, which certainly should be in everyone's garage. Do-it-yourself garage accessories can also be made, but what won’t work out is to buy.

Lathe	You can do a little, with several functions. It is not possible to make such a machine yourself, so you have to contact the manufacturer. The price of a Chinese machine tool varies, starting from 23 thousand rubles. As for domestic production, most often the equipment is assembled at a Russian plant from the same Chinese components.
Drilling machine	An irreplaceable thing - with the help of it, drilling or milling operations are performed with high accuracy. Such an assembly can be assembled independently, in this case you will have to buy a drill stand, the price of which is around 3 thousand. A fully equipped machine costs from 20 thousand rubles.
	It will be needed when it is necessary to shrink or press out the sleeve, sleeve, bearing. A hydraulic jack is suitable as a basis for a press.
Tool-grinding machine	Tool grinding. This is really a thing about which they say "as if without hands." Using it, they adjust the part to size, grind a spatula or knives and even perform milling operations when using a flexible sleeve for this. Therefore, you should buy a quality sharpener.
Various rookies	All kinds of shelves, shelving, drawers - all that provides a rational placement of tools, accessories.

This list can also be supplemented with welding equipment, a compressor, a grinder, a drill, screwdrivers.

We determine the storage of tools

The next step is to think over and organize the correct storage of tools (see) and zoning of the workspace.

To do this, pay attention to such points:

Functional and rational use of space	Racks, shelves, hooks allow you to conveniently place tools, freeing up space. At the same time, they are easy to do with your own hands, spending a minimum of material and time.
Storage of things	It is time to sort out the accessories, sort them by degree of use. Store frequently used tools in nearby drawers, in the front rows of shelves. For heavy appliances, make room on the bottom shelf of the rack.
Place for tires	Spare tires can be placed under the ceiling - they are not accessed very often. A fixture such as a bracket allows convenient storage of interchangeable tires. Hanged on the walls high above your head, the wheels will not interfere and occupy usable space. Plastic bags or special covers allow you to keep the wheels clean and protect from dust.
Working surface	This is usually a table or workbench. This design is easy to assemble, just a few boards and bars are enough. A table is a place where it is convenient to place a vise, as well as a number of other devices. It is best to equip the work surface near the rack, shelves.
Lighting Issues	Lighting should be given special attention, the proper organization of its system, namely the system, and not a separate (one) lighting device. It is necessary to provide lighting for the entire garage space: a place above the working surface, above the hood of the car, near racks and in other important places. So, this will require several lamps, bulbs. The ideal option is when you can turn on both all the lights at the same time, and use them individually. This can be done using an ordinary double switch. Attention: Sockets should be installed near the garage door and directly at the desktop.
Clothing Content	It is worth highlighting the corner where the working form will be stored. Let it be a shelf, hook or even a box. Do not forget about work shoes and personal protective equipment.
Security measures	A garage is a place where various chemicals, flammable solutions, such as gasoline, oils, solvents, are present, and under them stands out a separate cabinet or shelf located near the gate. Fire safety requirements require the installation of a box filled with sand nearby and placement of a fire extinguisher on the wall.

That's all the points that you should pay attention to when arranging a garage space. And now consider in more detail home-made appliances for the garage. How to make a rack, a shelf and a workbench with your own hands - below is a step-by-step instruction. After all, everything is completely within our power to do it yourself.

How to make a bookcase

The tool lying in its place frees up space, provides ease of use. Shelving is a great option for placing and storing fixtures.

Of course, you can buy a rack in the store, but made with your own hands will save money, time (see). In addition, he will meet all your needs, perfectly match the chosen place.

So:

• As a material for the rack, wood or metal is well suited. The design can be made straight or angular. When designing a rack, focus on a load parameter of at least 150 kg. But at the same time, do not overload each individual section, count on a weight of not more than 500 kg.
• If you settled on wood, then choose durable varieties, such as oak, hornbeam, beech. Do not forget to start processing all wooden surfaces with a special antiseptic solution before starting installation. Such treatment will allow the structure to last longer due to the protective layer that prevents the effects of moisture, bacteria.

It will be useful to plan and polish the wooden frame elements:

• For the manufacture of shelves suitable plywood, particleboard, fiberboard. Plate thickness should be more than 4 mm. The expected load affects the thickness of the plate: a large degree of load is stronger, thicker the material.
• Shelves can be painted, pasted with decorative film. So they will look more attractive, moreover, it is easier to remove contaminants from the treated surface.

So, let's get to work. The sizes given in the instructions can be replaced by yours.

We will divide all the work on creating a rack into several sequential operations:

• We take a board whose width is 9 cm, sawed into pieces with different lengths. So we will have 30, 27.5, 18 cm pieces. In the future, they will serve as struts.
• We make blanks for shelves. To do this, take a board, width 19 cm, cut into 36 cm segments.
• On the board that serves as the base, we put marks under the fastening of the spacers. We will install them, maintaining a distance of 2.5 cm from each edge of the base. We start by sticking the upper strut. Having convinced of its reliability, we nail on it the top shelf. We perform the same actions with the rest. Thus, we complete the work by fixing the lower strut.
• Turn the rack over to tighten the spacers and the base of the structure onto the screws.
• The finished rack, its wooden elements, are well processed with sandpaper, after which we apply two layers of varnish. When the impregnation dries, you can refine the appearance of the shelves by gluing a decorative film.
• And at the last stage we attach the rack to the wall using anchor screws. We will screw fasteners under the lower and upper shelves.

Attention: The above diagram allows you to mount a rack with the desired number of sections. At the same time, in order to strengthen the design, wooden blocks are placed between the sections. This allows you to evenly distribute the load.

Making a shelf in the garage

It will come in handy when there is no place for the installation of the rack, and things must be stored somehow. Another situation - racks are already installed in the garage, but there is still free space.

Attention: The advantage of the shelves is that they are easy and quick to manufacture at minimal cost, but at the same time they are very convenient for placing all kinds of accessories.

The process of manufacturing shelves is as follows:

• We determine the place under the shelves, their number, perform the necessary measurements.
• We prepare the material: boards and fasteners.
• On the wall we make markings for fastenings.
• Using a punch, make holes for fasteners, screw in the dowels. For reliable fixation, it is recommended to take special dowels, with hooks.
• On the shelf blank, the board, we attach suspensions with eyes. In this case, metal suspensions will be fixed on self-tapping screws, if not, on nails. We check the distance for suspensions with the markings on the wall.
• Fasten the finished shelf to the wall, in the chosen place.

Caution: Several shelves placed side by side are better than one long shelf. On a shelf that is too long, it is likely to collapse under the weight of the instruments on it.

• To ensure that the shelves are even, arranged strictly horizontally, use the building level in work, checking it several times.
• And the last moment - finishing the finished shelf. This is an optional condition, but still appearance plays a role, somewhat enlivens the gloomy atmosphere of the garage.

DIY workbench

Convenient work surface, workbench, will make the work in the garage the most comfortable, most productive. Behind a workbench it is handy to repair car parts, to carry out minor repairs of household accessories.

A self-assembled workbench wins slightly ahead of the factory model: it is much cheaper, and the size of the table will perfectly suit your needs.

In order to assemble a workbench, we will prepare the necessary materials and tools:

• Boards, whetstones;
• Fasteners;
• Joiner's glue, varnish, drying oil;
• Screeds;
• Planer, sandpaper.

Work plan:

• Think over a model of a workbench, pay attention to the smallest details. Typically, the base of the structure is the underframe and countertop. It is necessary to add a clamping device to the product, or rather several.
• Proceed to the assembly of the countertops. It is best to make a countertop using 20 boards, each size is 200 x 10 x 5 cm. In the fifth and sixteenth board, you need to make grooves for the stops. The size of the groove is 2.5x2.5 cm. Grooves should be made every 25 cm.

Attention: The boards are glued together and fastened with metal ties. Before you start connecting the boards, you need to plan their surface.

• Leave the boards until the glue is completely dry. Then again carefully plan so that their surface becomes even, flat. After some time, the tree shrinks, so do not miss this moment - you will need to tighten the nuts on the couplers.
• Prepare the legs for the table. Bars with a size of 80x10x10 cm are well suited. Brackets will be inserted into the front supports, therefore, grooves should be made for them. Brackets are needed to connect to the longitudinal beam.
• Assemble from boards, 10x5 cm, two frames. These frames will be the base of the base to which the supports are attached. To do this, we use a spike connection. We mount the frames ourselves in the legs of the table and fasten them to the bolts. A plywood sheet is installed on the lower frame, the thickness of which is not less than 1 cm.
• Make side and back support walls for the table. As a material, take a chipboard or plywood sheet, with a thickness of 1 cm. Attach the resulting blanks to the table. On the left side of the table to equip a small cabinet with a door.
• Connect the countertop and the upper frame using bolts. It will be more convenient to prepare bolt holes in advance. Screw in the bolts until the caps are drowned in a tree.
• Collect the miter box - a device that helps in the process of sawing blanks to withstand the required angle. To make the miter box you will need wooden strips, each 2 cm thick. Fix the finished miter box with the help of stoppers.
• The last moment is the processing of a homemade workbench with drying oil, and then with varnish. Give the table time to dry, and then boldly get to work.
• On the working surface of the table, you can also install a vise, a circular saw, in general, everything that you need to work.

Useful tools in the garage can be done by anyone. Moreover, you yourself know what is necessary. We gave examples of the most common. So, look at photos and videos and make your choice.

An ideal garage should organically combine the functions of a reliable shelter for a car and a well-equipped place to perform various repairs and other works. There are a number of useful recommendations for the internal arrangement of the garage, while you can make most of the necessary devices yourself without spending money on their purchase.

Work on the interior arrangement of the garage involves the use of many different useful devices. Read the instructions and your garage will be the most convenient and comfortable.

Usually in the garage you have to store not only a car, but also a lot of tools and other accessories. For convenient placement of all this, you need to equip the garage with racks, shelves, hooks and other similar devices.

The best option is a roomy rack. It can be done independently. Fill the remaining free space with convenient shelves. In their manufacture, too, there is nothing complicated. You will receive more detailed instructions below.

Deal with your tools. Arrange them according to frequency of use. What you use the most often should be stored in the closet drawers closest to the workbench. Store heavy appliances on the lower shelves of the rack, for spare tires, allocate a place near the ceiling - you will need them least often.

Fasten the brackets

These accessories help you conveniently store interchangeable tires. Place the brackets closer to the ceiling, so the wheels will not occupy usable space. For tires, buy large bags, and better - special covers for protection against dust.

He’s a workbench. The design is easily assembled with your own hands from boards and bars. On a table it is possible to fix a vice and other tools necessary in a garage. It is more convenient when the workbench is installed next to shelves and racks.

Properly organize the lighting system

Several lamps are needed: above the place where the hood of the car is usually located, above the desk, in other important places in the garage. Ideally, the lighting system should be organized so that you can turn on all the lights at the same time and each of them individually. This will help you make an ordinary double switch.

Install a power outlet near the garage door and above the workbench.

Allocate storage space for the work form. One shelf or at least an elementary hook will be enough. Provide a place for storing work shoes and personal protective equipment there.

Security questions

Such substances as gasoline, oil, etc. are stored in the garage. For their storage, you need to allocate a separate cabinet or at least a shelf not far from the gate. Set a sandbox next to it and hang a fire extinguisher on the wall.

Each tool in the garage must have its own place, otherwise there will simply be no order in the room. To organize convenient storage of things, assemble a home-made rack. Ready-made models are quite expensive, and do not always meet the needs of a particular person. Therefore, it is much more profitable and more rational to make the rack immediately "for you."

Assemble the rack in such a way that it can withstand a load of at least 150 kg. In this case, the load on each individual section should not exceed 500 kg. The rack can be assembled from wood or metal. The design can be straight and angular.

From wood, preference should be given to the most durable species like oak, hornbeam, beech, etc. Before assembly, all wooden structural elements are treated with antiseptic impregnation. Thanks to this treatment, the tree will be more resistant to the effects of moisture and various bacteria and will last much longer.

If possible, qualitatively round and polish all the elements of the frame.

Make shelves from plywood or chipboard. DVL and OSB boards are also suitable. The main thing is that the plate has a thickness of at least 4 mm. The higher the expected load on the shelves, the thicker they should be.

To give shelves a more presentable appearance, it is recommended to paste them over with decorative film or paint. Also, such processing will allow you to get rid of pollution better in the future.

The simplest rack is made in several steps. Perform each of them in sequence. Further various sizes will be given. You can stick to them or change the dimensions at your discretion.

First step. Take a 9 cm wide board and saw it into several segments of different lengths: 30 cm, 27.5 cm and 18 cm. You will make spacers from these segments.

Second step. Take a board 19 cm wide and saw it into the required number of segments 36 cm long. From these segments you will make shelves for your shelf.

Third step. Mark on the board, which serves as the base, places for attaching struts. Spacers are recommended to be installed at a distance of 2.5 cm from each edge of the base. Glue the upper strut, then nail the upper shelf with the previously fixed strut to it. Perform similar manipulations with the remaining struts and shelves. The bottom strut is attached last.

Fourth step. Turn the rack over and pull off the spacers with the base of the structure using screws.

Fifth step. Sand all wooden surfaces thoroughly and apply a double coat of oil varnish. If you wish, you can paste the shelves with decorative film or decorate with other material at your discretion.

Sixth step. Attach the shelf to the wall with anchor screws. Place fasteners under the lower and upper shelves.

According to this scheme, you can assemble a rack from the desired number of sections. To strengthen the structure, place wooden blocks between the sections. This will contribute to an even distribution of loads throughout the system.

If there is no place to install a full-fledged shelving, or, conversely, you have installed shelving, and there is a bit of unallocated space, be sure to make several convenient and simple shelves for storing various accessories.

First step. Identify shelving locations. In accordance with this, set the desired quantity and optimal product sizes.

Second step. Prepare the required number of boards and fasteners in accordance with the plan drawn up at the last stage.

Third step. Mark the location of the future shelves on the walls.

Fourth step. Armed with a puncher, prepare the holes in the walls in accordance with the marking and screw the dowels into them. It is best to use dowels with hooks - they will provide a more reliable fixation of shelves.

Fifth step. Attach eye hooks to the board. When choosing a distance, focus on the markings on the wall. For fastening metal suspensions use self-tapping screws. In their absence, you can do with ordinary nails.

Metal Shelves

Metal shelves for garage

Metal Shelves

Sixth step. Lock the finished shelves in their intended places.

Remember: it is better to make several short shelves than one long one, which will break under the weight of objects placed on it.

If you wish, you can decorate the shelves, for example, paste them over with a film or paint. Make sure the shelves hang straight. To control this point, a tool called level will help you.

To make work in the garage as comfortable and productive as possible, assemble and install a workbench in a convenient place. After it, you can repair both car parts and other household accessories. A homemade workbench has a great advantage over a finished model of factory production - you can make a table of such a size that you will need.

Workbench Kit

1. Boards.
2. Whetstones.
3. Fasteners.
4. Plane.
5. Screeds.
6. Tool for wood processing.
7. Joiner's glue.
8. Sandpaper.
9. Drying oil.

First step. Consider the optimal design of the workbench. The main elements of such a product are the underframe and countertop. The design also includes one or more clamping devices.

Second step. Assemble the countertop. The best option is a countertop of 20 boards measuring 200 x 10 x 5 cm. Prepare grooves for the supports measuring 2.5 x 2.5 cm in the 5th and 16th boards. Place the grooves in 25 cm increments.

Use glue and metal ties to connect the boards. Before gluing the surface of the boards must be trimmed.

Third step. Thoroughly planed dry tabletop. You should get a flat, flat surface. After a while, the wood will shrink. You need to not miss this moment and timely tighten the nuts on the couplers.

Fourth step. Make the legs. To do this, use high-quality bars measuring 80x10x10 cm. Make grooves for the brackets in the front supports. The brackets will subsequently be connected to the longitudinal beam. Beams of this kind are commonly used in window frames.

Fifth step. Assemble the base of the underframe from two frames and fasten it with the supports. Collect frames from 10x5 cm boards. Use the thorn connection. Directly, the frames cut into the table legs to a depth of 2.5 cm and are fastened with them with bolts. Attach a plywood sheet to the bottom frame. A sheet of 1 cm thick will be enough.

Sixth step. Attach the side and back support walls to the table. For the manufacture of walls, use chipboard or plywood 1 cm thick. On the left of the table, build a convenient cabinet with a hinged door.

Seventh step. Connect the worktop to the top frame using bolts. Bolt holes are recommended to be prepared in advance - it will be faster and easier to make connections. Screw the bolts so that their caps are recessed in the wood.

The eighth step. Make a miter box. This tool will help you to further cut the workpieces at the required angles. The miter box is assembled from 2 cm thick wooden strips. Attach the finished miter box to the table using the stoppers.

The ninth step. Treat your homemade workbench with linseed oil and varnish. Let the paint coat dry and you can start using the table. If necessary, install a vice on it or, for example, a circular saw. At this point, focus on your needs.

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