DIY home workshop

The entire carpentry and improvised tool, used by the masterful master in everyday life, should be carefully stored in one place. For these purposes, a well -equipped home workshop is needed, where each thing has a strictly designated place, all devices and tools are laid out according to their shelves. In the workshop, it is convenient to make something with your own hands, repair the failed things, but in order for the work to take a minimum of time it is important to properly equip this space.

Table of contents:

1. Where to equip a home workshop
2. How to organize space in a workshop
3. Heating and lighting of the workshop
4. Necessary home workshop devices

Where to equip a home workshop

A corner for the tool can be allocated anywhere in a house or apartment, but it is much more difficult to attach a small woodworking machine, a workbench with a vice, an electric wheel, a grinder and other equipment. With a small amount of improvised tool, when there is no separate room, you can find a little space in your own apartment. Of course, it is unlikely that it will be possible to equip a full -fledged carpentry workshop in a small planning in a small apartment, if there is no specially designated room for this. Therefore, they will come to find another place to accommodate machines and tools.

A tool working in a home workshop, being directly in the apartment, will interfere with his family and the neighbors living behind the wall, except to use it episodically and not for long. In addition, the voltage required for the tool can cause interruptions in the mains. When working with wood, sawdust, shavings and fine wood dust are formed, which is difficult to completely remove after work on the machine. The probability of short circuit or sparks during the operation of the machine sometimes create a fire hazardous atmosphere in the apartment. That is why the workshop with equipment is carried into a non -residential room.

1. If the equipment for woodworking is often used and makes a profit, and it becomes so many that it is no longer possible to place it at home, then you will have to find a separate place for this. This is especially true for machines and other equipment, for work on which there is enough space. It can be:

• unused summer kitchen or veranda in a private house;
• a small own or rented garage with supplied electricity;
• attic or semi -basement house;
• an empty room in the basement of a high -rise building;
• specially designated extension to the house;
• one of the rooms of a large private house with a separate entrance;
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2. In the absence of an alternative, in the form of an outbuilding or garage, a small amount of household power tools can be marked at home. A home workshop in the apartment can be located:

• on a specially equipped glazed balcony (it is convenient when there are two of them in the apartment at once);
• on the loggias (equip one side wall with regiments);
• in a well -lit pantry (on racks);
• in a spacious hallway (highlight one built -in cabinet for storage of a tool);
• in the kitchen (pencil case or cabinet only for the master, rolls in a soft kitchen corner);
• in the corridor in built -in cabinets and on the mezzanine (not very convenient, but effective);
• in a niche captured under the storage under the stairs of the first floor (next to the apartment).

We make a reservation that in these places it is convenient to store the tool, but it will be much more difficult to use it, if there is no place. For any workshop, at least 2.5 5 sq.m of a separate room is necessary. For these purposes, it is most advisable to use the loggia, but, again, neighbors will complain about the noise of the tool. If this case is temporary, and you have to work for a long time, then you can refer to repairs, but simultaneously you have to start searching for a separate room. For example, if you have friends who have an empty garage at the disposal next to the house, agree on inexpensive rent or for small repair services.

Attention: if several good machines and expensive power tools are stored in the garage, then it should be insured with all the equipment. Especially if there is a chance of fire, flooding, theft and other reasons for the disappearance and damage of the equipment of the home workshop and stored property! A light portable power tool used periodically, it is best to store at home in a pantry or on the mezzanine.

If you are going to work out on the rental of equipment of the workshop, strict accounting is important. A special accounting log should be instructed for leased the tool, where the date and time of issuance, the amount of the pledge and lease, the term of the return, the name of the client (passport data and registration) are clearly indicated so as not to engage in their property.

How to organize space in a workshop

When choosing a place for a workshop, it is important to consider the minimum area without which it is impossible to fully work. The space of the workshop, ideally, should have several functional zones:

• a place for machine tools near a socket;
• rack or shelves for accessories and small tools;
• the angle where the tool for cleaning the room is stored, the container (box or bucket) for production waste;
• various hinged devices for a home workshop;
• hanger and shelf for overalls;
• free area for storage of finished products;
• hinged cabinets for small details and devices;
• place for storing raw materials and materials for work.

In the center of the workshop and at the working surface of the equipment, it is necessary to have enough space for free movement of the master and his assistant, if you need help. The area that the machine or the workbench occupies is multiplied by 2 is the coefficient of the minimum work area. Plus, you need a place for free movement, the change of working equipment and a small tool is at least 2-3 sq.m.

Heating and lighting of the workshop

When arranging a home workshop with your own hands in an unheated room, it is important to think over heating in the winter if the work is all year round. Heating devices will be needed to maintain conditions comfortable for work. This is also important in order to periodically warm your hands, especially when working with metal, even if there are work gloves. The heating of the room will be needed when the workshop is:

• in an unheated garage;
• in the attic;
• in the basement of a private or multi -storey building;
• on glazed loggia;
• in the room of attic or attic.

Attention: a room without insulation and proper ventilation, which is periodically heated by increased humidity, the formation of condensate and the creation of conditions for the development of fungi and mold. Dry and sufficiently warm air is favorable for storing power tools and metal products. From dampness, the tool, electric sockets of wiring gradually spoil.

The simplest method of heating to use an electric heater or an oil radiator. It is much more efficient to use the heat -cognrator, since it has a directed flow of warm air. The convector or infrared heater is also suitable. But all these devices use a lot of electricity, and it takes time to create the desired microclimate. In the insulated room or with central heating, the working microclimate is stably supported.

High -quality lighting is not just comfortable conditions for the work and manufacture of home -made devices for a home workshop. This is still an important security requirement in poor visibility or insufficient lighting of the working workshop, the likelihood of domestic injuries increases. The troubles from using the power tool in insufficient lighting occur by about 40% more often than under comfortable conditions or with additional illumination of the working plane. The best option for a machine or a workbench is additionally equipped with a lighting device.

Tip: If you have to work for days in a closed garage or basement without natural light, it is important to ensure the internal lighting of the desired spectrum useful for vision. Doctors argue that universal neon (fluorescent) lamps of the forehead in combination with conventional incandescent lamps are most suitable for the eyes. Only the flickering light of energy -saving lamps and neon lamps is not suitable for constant lighting of the workplace.

When illuminating the working area, it is important to provide multiple light so that there is no sharp shadow, distorted proportions and sizes. It is important to think over the total power of the consumed electricity so that there is no spontaneous shutdown of the machine, califfer and lighting devices due to overload. It is better to set the sockets several for distribution of the load.

If the connection of electricity to the home workshop is only in plans, it is important to consult with a specialist so that there are no such problems when completely loading working equipment. To illuminate a conventional garage, one incandescent bulb is enough from a manually thrown cable, and for a home workshop, the load on it will increase significantly.

Important rules for arranging a home workshop:

1. For each machine and power tool, there must be its reserved place and free access to the working plane from 2-3 sides.

2. There should be twice as much free space than a place occupied for equipment.

3. An expensive power tool that is not used at the moment is better to keep in a separate cabinet, especially if numerous customers and visitors look into the workshop.

4. The floors in the room should be even hard for the stability of the equipment.

5. It is important to observe all fire safety measures, make the grounding of machine tools and equipment, and install a powder fire extinguisher.

6. The room should have ventilation and low humidity.

7. It is advisable to have sufficient sound insulation in the workshop.

8. Daily cleaning of the working room is important for health, it is better to use a powerful vacuum cleaner for cleaning dust and fine debris, a rag for removing oily pollution must be on hand.

9. It is advisable to separate garbage containers for wood scraps and metal waste, as well as separately for other garbage.

10. It is advisable to have a small supply of drinking water in a closed container in a prominent place in the workshop.

11. Paints, varnishes, stains, solvents and other technical fluids should be stored separately. They need to be removed as much as possible from the sources of heating, places of a possible closure of wiring and open flame.

12. It is important to remove all waste in time to throw the used container from flammable liquids and technical lubrication, take scrap metal and throw out unnecessary containers.

13. In the workshop, a bucket of dry sand should be needed to extinguish ignition of a machine or power tool. For the same purposes, you can use a tarp, a dense bedspread or old outerwear to block oxygen access to the flame.

14. Upon completion of work, the machine and workbench need to do cleaning, since accumulating sawdust and technical oils contribute to the spread of fire.

15. In any workshop, in a prominent place, there must be a staffed first -aid kit (dressings, a tourniquet, hydrogen peroxide, iodine, green, anesthetic, a patch and medical glue for small cuts).

Remember: clutching a home workshop is a potential threat to life, it can cause a fire and suffocation! During the use of chemical components, use a respirator and protective glasses!

Necessary home workshop devices

If you have a home workshop, your own equipment can also be supplemented with your already available. The basis is a desktop, a workbench or other convenient plane where you can fix the necessary devices.

1. The workbench is locksmithing and carpentry, it is twice as long, and it can be made on your own video.

2. The woodworking machine is the base of the carpentry workshop. Sometimes they are made with their own hands, but easier to purchase the finished inexpensive if it is often used. In episodic work, it is reasonable to apply for the harvesting of products in the carpentry workshop. The current machine is often used.

3. Vise and clamps The main devices for holding the processed materials.

4. The necessary set of manual tools for wood work:

• set of chisels;
• plane;
• manual drill with drills in the set;
• feathers for obtaining holes of large diameter;
• hacksaw;
• a square and roulette;
• hammer and kiyanka;
• ticks, pliers, etc.

5. The most common power tool:

• drill-shuruvret;
• corner grinder (Bulgarian);
• electrician;
• circular electric saw;
• manual electrophorer, etc.

6. To work with metal, you need:

• hacksaw;
• chisel;
• set of files and files;
• anvil;
• scissors for metal;
• a set of taps and dies of the main types of threads plus the drill on metal.

In a separate box, nails of different sizes, screws, screws and other fasteners should be sorted.

Today, a multifunctional universal power tool with removable nozzles, which successfully replaces several units of power tools of different orientations, is quite in demand. A home master should also always have a equipped portable instrumental box at hand.