Tell me honestly, how do you store your woodworking tools, saws, drills, clamps, nuts, washers and a bunch of other little things you need in your garage or workshop? I think many will answer: in plastic paint buckets or cardboard boxes. Moreover, “small things” are usually stored in the form of some kind of “assortment” and when you finally need some small key or nut, you need to spend a fair amount of time to find them. Sometimes it is even easier to buy new parts than to find old ones. Are you familiar with this situation? If yes, then I suggest making a few simple and inexpensive devices for storing small items so that they are always in sight.
Plastic jars for mayonnaise, horseradish, etc. are useful for this. The lids from underneath are screwed to the horizontal surface of the shelf, and the jar with accessories is screwed to the lid. You can screw the lid to vertical surface, and cut the jar in half.
You will need thick wire and a perforated fiberboard sheet that is attached to the wall of a workshop or garage. From wire we make hooks and loops with detachable ends, onto which we string nuts or washers. You can attach cardboard labels to such bundles indicating the sizes of the fittings. Scissors and keys can simply be hung on hooks.
This mini bookcase can be made from plywood. And as shelves you can use cupcake stands or baking dishes.
You can attach a pad made of foamed polyethylene or polystyrene to the wall, in which we make small holes for drills, cutters, etc. Due to the elasticity of the material, they will be firmly fixed in the cells and easily removed.
For this purpose, we use plastic disposable plates, which we cut in half and fasten to the wall with self-tapping screws. Very simple, convenient and everything is at hand!
We use small plastic food containers. We glue a metal washer to the bottom of the container with super glue, and attach a strip with a magnetic strip to the wall. It is convenient to store all sorts of light little things in such transparent containers.
Using hooks and paper clips makes it easy to store band saw blades.
A simple plywood box is very suitable for clamps rectangular shape, which is attached to the wall. We place the handles of the clamps in the box.
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Discussed in the article various designs tool boxes are united by the ease of making them yourself. Choose a suitable project and, guided by our drawings and photographs, make yourself a convenient portable storage for the tools and equipment used in your work.
This box is good because the tools in it are located in their places and are in sight. You can’t put a lot of accessories in it, but there is room for the main ones. An open box will come in handy at home, when you need to repair something outside the workshop: you put in the box what is missing and go to work.
A wooden tool carrier is heavier than its factory counterparts, so you shouldn’t plan it to be too bulky. The box will not hit your knees if you make it narrow. The high handle also adds convenience - you don’t have to bend low to pick it up.
Select suitable pieces of plywood and scrap pine boards. Mark and cut out the parts of the box. Select grooves in workpieces using a hand router or make circular saw two cuts and clean out the recess with a narrow chisel.
Details of the box body: 1 - wall (2 pcs.); 2 — sidewall (2 pcs.); 3 - bottom; 4 - groove along the thickness of the partition and a depth of 1/2-1/3 of the thickness of the material
Sand the surfaces and assemble a rectangular box from the blanks. Coat the ends with wood glue and fasten the parts with small nails.
Cut out a central partition from 5 mm plywood, the width of which should be 1 mm less than the distance between the grooves in the walls of the box. Mark the location of the arm cutout, drill an entry hole for the saw, and cut the plywood with a jigsaw.
Partition drawing
Apply glue to the grooves and install the partition in place.
Make two linings for the handle from a block with a cross-section of 20x45 mm, rounding the corners of the blanks with a plane. Prepare holders from slats for hand tools: in one, cut out recesses for pliers and pliers with a jigsaw, and in the other, drill holes for screwdrivers with a drill. Using glue and screws, secure the parts to the partition, placing them at different heights.
To prevent surfaces from getting dirty for a long time, coat the box with varnish.
In this upside-down stool, you can carry the tool to any place in the house or yard, and by placing it on its legs, you can reach a shelf or hammer a nail where your height is almost insufficient.
Using plywood or OSB with a thickness of 10-15 mm, cut out the cover (item 1), longitudinal drawers (item 2) and sidewalls (item 3) according to the dimensions indicated in the drawings.
Make a handle and four legs with bevels at the ends at an angle of 15° from bars with a cross-section of 40x50 mm.
Assemble the stool, fastening the parts with screws.
Box assembly diagram: 1 - lid; 2 - drawer; 3 - handle; 4 - leg; 5 - sidewall
Round the edges of the lid and the oblong cutout in it, and apply a finishing coating.
If your child enjoys tinkering or tinkering, create a small toolbox with him to hold his favorite tools.
Take planed 16mm boards and cut out the parts according to the drawings. Prepare a round birch stick for the handle.
Drawings of drawer parts: 1 - side panel; 2 - bottom; 3 - handle; 4 — handle stand; 5 - holder
Draw lines on the sides parallel to the edges, corresponding to the positions of the handle posts, and drill through holes for screws between them.
Remove any burrs with sandpaper and begin assembling the box. First connect the bottom and sides using glue and screws, then install the handle stand along the marking lines.
Now replace the second post while inserting the handle into the blind holes. Screw on the screwdriver holders.
Paint the box a color of your child's choice.
The required set of tools varies depending on the hobby or profession, respectively, and internal organization box may be different. The next option for carrying tools is suitable for any equipment and is distinguished by its solidity and reliability.
Use light wood for the box: pine, linden or poplar. Optimal thickness planed boards - 12 mm, thinner ones are more difficult to fasten, and thick ones will increase the weight of the structure.
Required accessories:
Mark the lumber according to the drawings and cut the blanks.
Cutting blanks for the box
Table. Parts List
Make sure the cutting is correct by folding the blanks into a box. Sand all the parts one by one sandpaper No. 220 and label them. Assemble the bottom and lid of the box using clamps, corner clamps or mounting angles. Apply wood glue to both joining surfaces.
Drill guide holes for the screws and countersink them for the heads, and after fastening the parts, wipe off excess glue with a rag.
Fasten the body blanks of the portable part. Replace the partitions by screwing them on the sides and bottom.
Screw the carrying handle in the middle.
Install inside the drawer support rails at a distance of 30 mm from the top.
Use fine sandpaper to clean off pencil marks and burrs near the screws, and blow off dust from the surface.
Cover the box with a layer of polyurethane varnish, after drying, remove the raised pile with a “null” and repeat the finishing.
Align the hinges with the gap between the body and the drawer lid. Mark and make guide holes for screws 10 mm deep, secure the hinges.
Screw on the corner pads using small screws.
Install the handle and latches on the lid.
Fill the finished box with tools.
If desired, place containers with dividers or cassettes for storing small items in the large compartment of the drawer.
If you decide to add partitions inside the box, make them removable so that you can change the free space for a new tool.
Most often, when we enter most workshops, we see the following picture: drills, brushes, files lie in a dilapidated plastic cup, self-tapping screws, nails and bolts of various sizes have found rest in a tin can, and spanners, screwdrivers and clamps rest peacefully, hanging on a nail under the ceiling in a disposable bag.
But the day comes when we need to find some kind of nut of a specific diameter. We have been poking around in all of the above for more than one hour, wasting that precious time that could have been spent on improving the house, plot, or just some little thing.
This article will translate several tricks that will help you keep your workshop not only clean and tidy, but also always know what is where.
Self-tapping screws, screws, and nails are best stored packaged in several jars with screw-on lids. Simply screw the lid to the bottom of a shelf and screw the jar with its contents into it. This will save you space and allow you to always recognize the parts that are in the jar. Moreover, they do not take up much space, and each small bolt, screw or self-tapping screw can be packaged according to size, diameter and length.
Storage of nails and small items
Suitcase box for storing screws
To store keys, scissors, nuts and washers, you will need a sheet of hard fiberboard (it is better to use perforated one) and wire. Hooks are made from it, the ends of which fit tightly to each other. Nuts and washers are strung on them. And keys and other tools can be marked on hooks, which are made from the same wire.
Storing tools in your own workshop
To store nails, screws or self-tapping screws, you can make a three or four-story box. The bottom will be molds from cupcakes or other confectionery products, and the walls will be made of ordinary plywood.
Homemade box for storing nails and screws
To store cutters and drills, it is best to use a sheet of polystyrene or foam plastic that is attached to the wall. Holes of the required diameter for drills and cutters are made in it. Due to the excellent elasticity of foam or polystyrene sheets, the tools are firmly fixed and do not fall out. In addition, removing them is not difficult. With the help of such a simple invention, you can store not only drills and cutters, but also screwdrivers different forms, polyhedrons, hammer drills.
Storage stand for cutters
Storage box for cutters
Drill storage stand
Suitcase box for drills
Using disposable plastic plates, you can make pockets for storing circles and all kinds of grinding discs. The plates must be cut in half and screwed to the wall with self-tapping screws. It is best to use plates of different diameters. This way, you can immediately recognize which circle and what diameter you need.
Plastic plates for storing tools
To store all kinds of small parts, you can make boxes that will be attached to the wall using magnets. To do this, you will need small plastic containers (preferably with a tight-fitting lid), with washers glued to the bottom. At the same time, you need to attach magnetic tape or magnets from the speakers to the wall.
Manit boxes are suitable for storing small items.
To store clamps, you can make a narrow rectangular box. We attach one side of the box to the wall so that the handles of the clamps are inside, and the second part just hangs in the air.
Storage of clamps
In every barn or workshop, in addition to tools, you can also find all kinds of Construction Materials who are afraid of moisture. Just for storing them craftsmen and came up with one simple little thing. First, we need to make a box the size of one from blocks and plywood. square meter. We line the walls and bottom of the finished box with foam plastic outside. WITH inside It is advisable to cover the walls with geotextiles. All this is done so that moisture cannot penetrate into the stored dry mixtures, and that which does get inside does not remain on the walls of the box, but evaporates through the natural fabric.
Plywood box
If you have a lot of all kinds of plumbing parts in your workshop, it is best to make a multi-story drawer with shelves for them. To do this, we make a cube from plywood and blocks and close it on three sides. Inside the box, using furniture nails, we fix several shelves made of the same plywood.
Here we place all kinds of plumbing components on them: taps, joints, tees, half-inch fittings - on the first shelf, all the same components, but only three-quarters of an inch - on the second shelf, and we put the inch ones at the very bottom, so how their weight is much higher than the previous ones.
If you have components of a larger radius on your farm, then you will have to slightly increase the storage space and make several additional shelves.
Thanks to these tricks, your workshop will always be in order and it will not be difficult for you to find any tool that you need in everyday life.
Big and convenient drawer for tools - the dream of any master. This is understandable, because in such storage you can compactly put all your tools. Today they are not so expensive, so one of the options is to purchase them in a store or create such a masterpiece yourself. Which option will be acceptable for you? Of course, the purchased one has certain dimensions, but there may be many more tools than can fit in it. But one way or another, you will have to put up with it or run to the store again and buy a new one. It’s a completely different matter to do it yourself: pick up required material and calculated for all available tools and even with the future. Comfortable? Most likely, you will agree with this argument. Therefore, in this article we will talk about how to make such a box yourself at home.
If this is a home box, then it can be a regular box with a handle. Well, if you, for example, are a plumber, then it is clear that you will need a box that is more functional, spacious and durable. This role will be successfully fulfilled by the organizer. However, in this article, as an example, we will consider a simple home option- box with handle. So, we will assume that we have decided on the type of box where we will keep all the tools we need, or almost all.
Where do we start? First, let's select the material. It could be plywood, wood or even metal, then we will make the calculations. Only after this can you begin to draw up a detailed drawing. It can be done in the classic way, that is, on whatman paper using a well-sharpened pencil, ruler, compass, square, etc.
Non-classical method - using a special computer program. “Autocad” and “Compass” are precisely “sharpened” to make a professional, accurate drawing. The advantage of such programs is that they will help you avoid errors in calculations and, moreover, you have the opportunity to see in advance what you will get from all this.
These programs will serve good service only if you have certain skills in working with them.
The material has been selected, and now for manufacturing it remains to assemble all the tools that we will need. Of course, the types of tools are individual. It all depends on what kind of box you want. They are also different. But, one way or another, there are universal tools. They are always needed. This is the measuring tool:
Let's take it traditional material – edged board coniferous species. As for processing, this is the simplest and available material, which also has good strength properties.
As planned, it will be a wooden box, and our task now is to materialize the drawing itself into material. For this task we will need a ruler and a pencil. After this, we mark the material and use a hacksaw or jigsaw to cut out the component parts of the product. If we planned a regular non-closing option, then we need to make five planes: four walls and a bottom.
When assembling, it is usually better to use wood glue. The joints must be cleaned, and only then glue must be applied, after which we firmly press the parts together. Be sure to let the glue dry completely.
After this operation, we can further strengthen the box with fasteners - self-tapping screws. Secured. Now you need to make a handle. It could be ordinary wooden slats, which we need to nail or screw to top faces side elements.
Following the principle “from simple to complex,” let’s now talk about the organizer. It is clear that you can put a large tool in the open-top box described above: hand saw, hammer, mallet and much, much more.
Where do you put the little things? There are all sorts of screws, bolts, nuts, etc. These small fasteners tend to get lost or not be there exactly at the moment when they are especially needed. This is where we need an organizer.
As already noted, this type of box by its design is the most functional in operation. What is he? This is kind of like a box on a box, or rather, many drawers in one section for storing not only medium-sized tools, but also all sorts of small things. Of course, at first glance, it may seem that making such a structure would not be easy. But it only seems. Difficulties mainly arise in the manufacture of the sliding mechanism. Everything else is much easier to do. Now in more detail about the manufacturing technology.
Let's talk now about the metal case homemade. Don't immediately conclude that this is impossible. Of course, only an experienced mechanic can make his own organizer out of metal, and if he has the special tools and related material. Factory-made metal boxes are usually made of lightweight metals such as aluminum so that the box itself is not heavy. Working with aluminum at home is difficult.
In principle, a metal box is a strong word. Rather, an ordinary box will be made of metal. The material needed to make such a box is ordinary soft galvanized steel (about 0.3 mm thick). The tools we need are:
Then everything follows the same scenario: drawing, marking. The most interesting thing is that all this can be done directly on a galvanized sheet using a sharply sharpened core (or marker), however you like. We then mark with a marker on the metal those places that we will have to remove.
After this, we proceed to trimming using metal scissors.
After cutting off all the excess we end up with something like this: geometric figure(“winged rectangle”).
Now let's work a little as blacksmiths. For this task, we have an anvil, and, tapping with a hammer, we carefully bend the edges of our workpiece. It is better to do this not chaotically, but in a certain order.
First we bend one side, and then we bend the other.
Now the side panels take turns.
After this, we will begin bending the protruding petals. They will make the structure itself more rigid, and it will not “play.”
We can use pliers to wrap the protruding parts on the top of the box.
After such manipulations, you should carefully go over the entire product with a hammer, straightening it.
IN in this case it turned out to be a small box. But using this principle, you can make a similar one - larger, and in the end you will get a metal tool box like this.
So, if you want, everything is possible.
We hope that this article will be useful to you, dear readers. If your tools are organized, then complement it by making a regular tool box. If your tools do not have a permanent “place of residence,” then think about building a two- or even three-story “transformable house” for it. Try to do this, and your tool will always be in place, and you yourself will be pleased to use a product you made yourself in your household.
This video shows how you can make a toolbox from scrap materials:
See how you can make tool organizer cases yourself:
Good day, brainwashes! A workshop when it is in disarray is not a workshop at all. And this article is devoted to the topic of “organizing” the tool, in which I collected 9 not quite usual ways storing handy tools for your brain workshop. I guarantee that they will fit any instrument that has ever existed on planet Earth!
In the fall of 2015, I created The Ultimate Magnetic Pegboard, but as time passed and I acquired even more tools, that meant I needed another one. homemade for organized storage of this very tool. In this brain leadership I'll tell you about some of the devices with which I equipped the new board with the tool.
So, let's go!
My grandma gave me a paper towel dispenser and I decided to put it to use. The stem of this dispenser was plastic and did not support the weight of the clamps, so I replaced it with a metal guide from the old one brain printer, which I cut to the length I needed* and using epoxy resin I glued the mounts to it on the sides.
When installing this resulting clamp crossbar onto the board, I used small wooden spacers, To obtain more space and make it easier to remove/engage these clips. Please note that the clamps are quite heavy, so the more screws you use when attaching the crossbar, the more secure it will be.
Honestly, this method of storing clamps is much simpler than all other options for clamp bars.
* I cut the guide almost half as long as I needed, so that there was room for others brain clamps, which I plan to purchase in the near future.
My kitchen towel dispenser bar holds:
And there is room for many more to come soon!
The clamps have wide range applications, so why not use them as holders? I drilled a couple of holes in the storage board, threaded a clamp through them (the size of which depends on the size of the tool that is planned to be placed in it), and tightened it with reverse side boards and inserted the tool. It's simple!
So brain way You can store a soldering iron, a drill and much more! If you plan to place a heavier tool (for example a drill) this way, then it would be more advisable to use a metal clamp.
With the help of “clamp holders” I store:
This idea came to me in November 2015, and I implemented it to accommodate my plastic tweezers by mounting this holder directly on the wall above the Magnetic Board. I attached the radiator with double-sided tape so that its fins were vertical, and hung tweezers on them, with some of the fins acting as dividers!
I “obtained” this radiator from my game console, about which there is even a whole brainstorming.
My “radiator” holder contains:
I'm assuming you've already seen my Ultimate Magnetic Pegboard, if not, I encourage you to check it out!
And in my new tool storage board, I also used magnets, “mined” from the speakers, which I glued to it with hot glue. This type of holder is quite easy to make, you just need to understand in what place brainboards each instrument will be placed.
With the help of my “magnetic” holders the following can be stored:
Of the screw-in hooks, I prefer those bent at a right angle; they better hold a massive tool, for example, the large rasp with a massive handle shown in the photo, but even its size does not help rounded hooks hold the rasp.
But straight hooks make it very easy to store your tool, try this one brainpower and find out what we are talking about!
This is not visible in the photo, but I also screwed in the hooks from the bottom, as “locks” that prevent the saw from falling out, no matter what.
My “hook” holders store:
You may not believe it, but I used foam to store the drill bits. It is very soft, lightweight and easy to cut, making it great for storing small tools, such as drills, needle files, small screwdrivers, pencils, etc.!
About how I built a foam drill holder I created a separate brainstorming.
A similar storage device can be made from wood, while the foam will serve good material for a prototype like this crafts.
A device called the “French plank” is certainly “cool”, but to my regret, I do not have the opportunity to do this.
So I decided to attach the board to the storage board at a 90 degree angle using small corners.
On my “mini-shelf” are placed:
I have to admit, the idea is really strange...
I cut a hole in the paper roll, then cut it in half and attached it to the board.
I now use this device only for storing my mallet - homemade products, it weighs little and the “paper” holder only bends slightly. Obviously, this method will not work for a heavier instrument...
To create this brain holder I was inspired by one recently.
