A garage is more than just a place to park a car. It is also a workshop, a place of relaxation, and a club of interests. Therefore, the arrangement of the garage should be convenient and thoughtful. You need to place a lot of things in a small area, and they should be convenient to use. Homemade products for the garage will help with this. What people don’t do with their own hands. From a simple shelf to a complex device. You can make all this yourself. But you need to know how. Several ideas for modernizing a garage and a plan for their implementation are in the article.
Homemade garage: ideas for arrangement
Setting up a garage is a long process. You won’t be able to do everything right away. You have to constantly modernize, change, and create something new. In this case, they mainly use homemade products for the garage. It requires less money and is also a pleasure - making the right thing out of garbage is worth a lot.
Tire and wheel storage
Every car owner is faced with the problem of storing out-of-season “shoes” for the car. Where to put the tires is a sore point. In general, the way tires are stored depends on whether they are mounted on rims or not.
So tires with rims can be hung or stored lying down - in the form of a stack, stacking them one on top of the other. To hang tires, you can use luggage straps, chains, or a metal cable with a diameter of 4 mm or more in a polyethylene sheath. Fasten the belts to the ceiling, wall, or beam located above.
Another affordable way- drive pins or hooks with a small bend radius into the wall. 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 protrude beyond the tire. You can fill them almost to the ceiling so that the wheels fit.
Tires without rims can only be stored standing up. Special shelves are made for them. They are usually welded from profiled pipes. 20*20 mm, maximum 30*30 mm. You can also use a corner. Round pipe It’s inconvenient to cook, but cross members can be made from it - the tires fit and hold up 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 = from the side it resembles a right triangle. Having it, welding such a shelf will not be difficult.
A shelf for storing tires is an excellent homemade product for the garage. This is a factory option with a completely inhumane price tag. But you can borrow an idea - the crossbars can be rearranged depending on the size of the tires... you never know. A shelf for tires in the garage with limited space. No tires - you can fold the shelf
Such shelves are usually hung on the wall. But the place must be chosen so that light does not fall on the rubber - this will deteriorate it. Not the most complicated DIY projects for the garage, but very useful.
Workplace
Probably the most large number DIY projects for the garage are related to the equipment of the workplace and tool storage systems. Moreover, this is not the only way to solve this problem. First of all, you need to decide where it will be located workplace. There are three options:
- The entire width of the far wall. If the garage is of sufficient length and it is possible to “steal” about 1.5 meters. The advantage is that everything is located compactly, at hand, and does not interfere with walking along the car. The disadvantage of this solution is that you have to carry tools far away if work is carried out outdoors.
Tabletop and many drawers. The main thing is to remember where everything is
- Along one of long walls. This arrangement is chosen if the garage is wide but not long enough. It makes sense to place the table and workbench to the left of the entrance - on the driver’s side. But this is not critical. The disadvantage of this arrangement of the workplace in the garage is that you have to move with some caution, but it is more convenient to bring/take out tools outside.
The main thing is to place the tools correctly
- Taking one of the corners. This intermediate option. Moreover, one of the sides can be made longer, the other shorter.
Placing a desktop in the corner of the garage and placing a sofa next to it is not a solution to the problem. Occupying two adjacent sides is a great idea.
A table or workbench for a garage is made of boards and covered with plywood. Inexpensive, quite reliable. If there is welding machine and checking skills, you can weld a frame from a corner or profiled pipe. Again, it is better to sheathe it with moisture-resistant plywood. The result is a smooth, abrasion-resistant surface. You can, of course, use it, but the laminating layer is quickly damaged.
To prevent the space from wandering around, you can install shelves or make drawers under the countertop. Boxes are more convenient, but making them is still a hassle. It is quite possible to make shelves and put boxes made of plywood on them. Also suitable plastic boxes and baskets. But the walls must be thick.
There is, by the way useful idea— make a rack for storing tools from used canisters. Find ones that have the handle on top. Then everything is simple - one of the sides is cut out and in the future this canister is used as a box.
It is not necessary to make a whole rack - it’s still difficult to remember where and what is located. But you can use the same principle to make drawers for shelves. By the way, you can stick inscriptions or pictures on the ends (with pictures, identification is faster). Such homemade projects for the garage bring satisfaction - create useful thing out of the trash - a pleasant feeling.
Tool storage
The most difficult task— organize tool storage in the garage. We must make sure that everything is in order, but at the same time, is at hand and in sight. Moreover, closed boxes are suitable only for very organized people who always put the taken item back in its place. Otherwise, you will constantly rummage through drawers, forgetting where everything is. There are several ideas for convenient storage small items and tools. This is completely simple homemade products for the garage.
A simple solution will help you quickly solve the problem. metal mesh. A reinforcing mesh made of 2 mm wire, a 10 cm cage, is suitable. Attach it to the wall, bite off some rods, bend them, make hooks, crossbars, etc. out of them. You can buy special hooks that are attached to the mesh (available in stores that sell commercial equipment); ordinary double-sided hooks, which can be bought or made from wire, are also suitable.
A grid on the wall is 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 must be sanded well so that there are no splinters. Then drill holes of different diameters in one or two rows in the plane. If the board is wide enough, you can make larger holes for chisels or even hammer handles. Clean all the chips again. Now we need to come up with a wall mount. You can use a regular bracket. Screwdrivers, chisels, and other similar materials are inserted into the holes. Convenient, fast, everything is in sight.
There are still useful homemade products for the garage, which allow you to organize storage hand tools. Pliers, pliers, wire cutters, etc. placing it conveniently is problematic. Can be hung on a net. It’s convenient to remove, but not to hang. But there is a simple solution - attach a narrow board and put the tool on it. To make it sit comfortably, grind down the board on one side. When cut, it should look like an isosceles triangle.
More simple idea for storing cordless tools, chargers and spare batteries for them. Make a shelf as in the photo above. In the lower part, cuts of different formats are made, and the upper parts are used as regular shelves. The idea is that everything is in one place, quickly taken out/installed in place. These garage DIY projects will make your workspace comfortable. It will be easy to maintain order.
Homemade carriers for the garage
Even with very good lighting in the garage itself or on the street during the day, under the bottom of the car, visibility is very low. To illuminate the front of the work, portable lamps are used. These are the simplest DIY projects for the garage. With them you can begin the epic of arranging and equipping your garage space.
In its simplest form, it is a cartridge attached to a wire; a small screen with a hook can be attached to it. This is such a simple thing. The light bulbs used are ordinary ones - incandescent or housekeeper with a standard socket. Everything is not bad, except that these light bulbs break very often, you need to figure out how to hang them so that they shine in a specific place. In general, the design needs improvement. There are several modification options.
Unbreakable lamp socket
This plastic bottle lampshade perfectly protects the fragile bulb of an energy-saving lamp. Can also be used LED lamp, but incandescent will not work - it heats up too much. The design is simple - a cord with a plug and a cartridge at the end.
The main task is to find a plastic vessel with walls made of translucent milky plastic of medium thickness. Transparent will not work - it will not scatter light, too thin walls will not save the lamp from impacts. After you have found a suitable vessel, some small change remains:
Everything is simple, but such a lamp allows you to brightly illuminate exactly the desired area, the rest of the space is filled with even light that does not hurt the eyes.
Carrying LED Recessed Light
The simplest and most common homemade products for the garage are portable lamps. Without them, it is inconvenient to work not only in, but even just on a workbench. Need a flat built-in led lamp, which can be switched on at 220 V. These models are called “tablets” because of their shape. You also need a cord with a plug and a piece of plastic window sill to install the lamp. The window sill piece should be larger in size than the lamp. You choose the specific sizes yourself. The next steps are:
That's it, the homemade carrier is ready. This option is for floor installation. The movable leg allows you to change the angle of inclination. To make it turn over less, you can attach a couple of weights inside the body (in its lower part).
Attach the carrying cord to the ceiling
Convenience comes from little things, and very simple homemade products for the garage help with this. For example, you can remove the cable from a portable lamp that always gets tangled under your feet. Carrying is usually done with a cheap cable. It is not the most flexible, does not fold well, and its coils on the floor get under your feet. In general, it is inconvenient to use. You can protect yourself and carry it by hanging the cable from the ceiling. The solution is simple but very effective.
You can make this “suspension” to the ceiling for carrying with your own hands in an hour
- Two anchors with a ring at the end.
- Cable tie.
- Clamp clamp.
- Metal cable. The length depends on the size of the garage - it needs to be from one wall to the other.
- 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 stretched along the long side of the garage. It’s more convenient - not far from the “working” wall, where the workbench or other equipment is located. A little work:
In general, everything. You can use it. With such a device, the carrier can be carried to any end of the garage without the cable getting tangled or caught. Convenient, takes little time.
DIY garage compressor
A compressor is needed in any garage. And, by the way, this is not the most difficult homemade product for the garage. Low-power garage compressor for inflating tires and other small work You can make it yourself from scrap materials. For example, from a compressor from a refrigerator. For this you will need:
- refrigerator compressor;
- a sealed cylinder with thick walls (you can use a fire extinguisher flask or 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 the compressor - a thick board or piece of plywood will do.
In order not to pump any nasty stuff into the tires, it is advisable to also install a filter to separate oils, dust and other contaminants. Scheme homemade compressor shown in the photo.
The compressor must have a starting device. We plug it into the network, see which tube the air is sucked into, and mark it. You can put a car filter on it - clean air will be pumped in.
We assemble an oil separator receiver from a cylinder and a safety valve. To do this, we cut two fittings into the cylinder - for air inlet and outlet. We place a safety valve on the inlet hole and connect the compressor outlet to it using an oxygen hose.
We install another automobile oil filter at the outlet of the oil separator receiver to completely remove the oil. We connect the filter to the pressure gauge, and from it comes a hose, which is connected to the tire through the appropriate adapter.
Assembly is complete. But in order to carry this device comfortably, everything needs to be secured in some way. You can weld the frame to size, attach wheels and a handle for easy transportation. One of the compressor options for inflating wheels is described in the video. There is no receiver, but its functions are performed by an oil filter. You can do it this way, but with a receiver the design is more reliable.
Since the compressor in the refrigerator is low-power, it may take a long time to inflate the tires. You can make it more powerful by installing two compressors that will start simultaneously. Accordingly, the pressure will build up twice as fast. But such an installation requires a more robust security group. Such homemade products require a little more equipment, since the circuit is still more complicated.
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There are many different tools and equipment collected in a garage or workshop. If you don’t think through the storage system, then finding the right item is not so easy. To visit perfect order in the garage and save time spent searching for a specific tool, you need to collect all the necessary items in one convenient area. A wall mounting system is ideal for this purpose. Thanks to this arrangement of tools, the room is decluttered and usable space is freed up. All necessary equipment are placed in plain sight.
Top best ideas for storing tools
Since instruments can be long and short, large and small, and different in shape, the methods of storing them also differ. There are several methods for systematizing tools. Below are the most convenient and popular ones that you can do with your own hands directly on the wall.
Vertical storage systems such as racks
One of the types of vertical storage of tools is a system in the form of racks. The most necessary tools that can be placed within easy reach should be placed on the racks. Items that are needed less frequently are removed to distant racks on the upper or lower shelves. Metal garage shelves - IF systems - are perfect for this.
According to the types of installation, racks can be:
- stationary and collapsible;
- rotating or movable;
- hinged, retractable.
But even with large selection The options offered will not always satisfy the necessary needs of the garage owner. Therefore, it is recommended to combine store-bought shelving with homemade holders and shelves, or design a complete wall-mounted storage system yourself.
Vertical ones are very convenient homemade shelving made of wood with slots for storing wrenches and screwdrivers. They can easily accommodate adapter bushings for attaching tools with a tapered shank different sizes or pliers.
Vertical rack in the form of a mobile stand – great choice for placing available tools. It is recommended to make it from wood or plywood. Separate groups of tools are placed on hooks, magnets or shelves. Special perforated panels are often used for vertical storage systems.
Magnetic tape
Magnetic tape is simple and easy to use. Magnetic strips are taken to secure the tool and mounted on a wall storage system. You can attach the most to the tape different instrument: From small metal wrenches and screwdrivers to large items.
Plastic containers
You can easily organize the storage of even the smallest items by assembling a system of small containers. You can store in them:
- small parts, drill bits for a drill;
- nails, nuts and screws, self-tapping screws;
- buttons, clips and much more.
The most affordable way is plastic bottles different sizes or plastic containers, as well as small glass jars. Containers can be placed on vertical system on shelves or attach directly to the wall to save space.
Plastic opaque canisters with the top cut off will also work. If desired, they can be signed or numbered.
Organizers
To store small parts and objects, you can easily design an organizer with your own hands:
- Take any box from an old unnecessary table and make many small partitions inside it from cardboard or plywood. Thanks to separate cells, all the small necessary parts will always be in their place, sorted by configuration.
- If you make an organizer yourself, you need to take a piece of polystyrene - this will be the bottom of the organizer, and for the walls and partitions - PVC (glue it to the bottom), for the lid you can use transparent plastic or glass.
- You can easily and quickly make an organizer for screwdrivers. It can be made according to the instructions, as in steps 1 or 2. Or you can drill holes of the required diameters in a block of wood or foam, then attach it to the wall and insert a screwdriver into the holes. All items will be visible and will not get lost.
- Another version of the organizer is assembled from tin cans of different sizes. The tins are quickly and firmly attached to a vertical wall in any convenient position and are filled or small details, or tools.
Garden tool rack
Garden tools always take up a lot of space and clutter the aisles. This can be avoided by choosing one of the walls of the garage or workshop and converting it to store garden tools. It is recommended to use ordinary PVC pipes to create a storage system and make holders from them according to the size of garden tools and other things:
- shovels, buckets, rakes;
- bicycle;
- skis and ski poles, sleds, skates.
There is very simple options tool fastening in the garage:
- Racks for garden tools. They are made from ordinary wooden pallets. It is leaned against the wall with its bottom and fixed with self-tapping screws; slats of any size are nailed to the sides.
- Another simple way is ordinary strong and reliable wooden or metal hooks along the entire wall, where you can hang equipment, extension cords of different sizes. Stronger brackets and shelves can be used to store wheels, tires, and an inflatable boat.
Storing garden and work tools and other things using wall systems and racks is convenient and popular.
Technology for creating a wooden tool rack in the garage with your own hands
Before you create a storage rack with your own hands, you need to decide total number tool to be placed.
The tool must be placed on a vertical stand in a safe position.
Creating a Project
To make the wall system convenient, draw up a plan-drawing of the future structure on paper, which takes into account all the requirements for the system:
- Calculate the height and width of the rack - it is better to use the entire wall from bottom to top.
- The recommended depth of niches for shelving is up to 65 cm, and the width between the vertical supports of the shelves is up to 1 m.
- Determine the required number of shelves, including how many holder shelves with cuts for tools.
- At the bottom there are spacious floor shelves and racks for tires, wheels and large carpentry tools.
- Mark places for magnetic tapes, hooks, and holders.
- They calculate how many organizers and containers are required, what sizes, and also determine their location.
- Sort tools and all small fasteners and parts for storage.
Necessary tool
To make a rack, prepare the following tools:
- measuring tape, square, level;
- saw, grinder;
- fasteners;
- hammer, drill.
Preparation of material
The entire required material to create a rack, according to the drawn up project:
- For the main panel of the holder, you can use a perforated panel.
- If the rack is made of wood, it is recommended to purchase oak or pine lumber without cracks or knots.
- Wooden boards up to 2.5 cm thick will be required for shelves.
- Shelves can be made from regular and laminated plywood.
- The vertical posts of the frame are made of 10x10 cm timber.
- It is recommended to pre-treat wooden boards with anti-mold and mildew agents and paint them.
- For assembly metal frame a rectangular profile and corners (up to 2 cm) are required.
Manufacturing of components
The procedure for manufacturing the rack and components is as follows:
- Vertical racks made of timber and boards or plywood are cut into shelves according to the given dimensions, and a perforated panel is prepared. Mark places for shelves.
- To make a metal frame, cut blanks of the required height with a grinder and mark the locations of the shelves. The frame is assembled using fasteners and corners. A primer is applied, then the parts are coated with anti-corrosion paint.
- The shelves are assembled from boards. They are pressed tightly together and nailed together with nails or screws.
- Shelves from boards are assembled by laying elements across the frame, so they can withstand a lot of weight. If the shelves are assembled by laying boards along the frame, then there is a chance that they will sag under the weight of the tools.
- The structure is assembled using self-tapping screws, nails and wood glue.
- The joints of all parts are additionally reinforced with metal corners.
- The entire structure is installed on the wall and secured with metal brackets.
- Manufactured separately in required quantity shelves with grooves, holders, magnetic tapes, racks, containers and organizers.
- You may need a small workbench with a vise made of wooden planks. It can be attached to the wall system as a fixed or folding surface on metal or wooden holders.
Assembly
First, the frame of the rack is assembled, then the wooden shelves self-tapping screws. The shelves are filled pull-out baskets, organizers, containers and other holders. Hooks, magnets and magnetic tapes are attached to the perforated panel. Tools are placed on them. For convenient fastening of pliers, a mount in the form of a crossbar is installed on the perforated panel. Containers are filled with small fasteners and tools. Gardening tools, bicycles, tires and wheels, skis, skates and sleds are hung on holders or racks, or placed in containers.
Processing and painting of the finished product
The finished rack is once again treated to remove mold, and the ends are painted in several layers of paint. Containers and organizers can be painted the same color as the rack itself.
Most often, a workshop or garage does not look in the best possible way due to clutter. But thanks to the creation of a wall-mounted system for storing tools in the form of racks, all the necessary necessary items, fasteners, and equipment will be correctly sorted and placed. The room will take on a neat appearance, and all work can be completed quickly and without delays.
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” tools, in which I collected 9 not quite ordinary ways to store improvised 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 orderly storage of this very tool. In this brain leadership I'll tell you about some of the devices that I equipped the new board with the tool.
So, let's go!
Step 1: Is the kitchen towel dispenser not a clip holder?
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 mounting this resulting clamp bar onto the board, I used small wood spacers to create more space and make it easier to remove/engage these clamps. 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:
- 3 15cm clothespin clips
- 10cm clamp
- 5cm clamp.
And there is room for many more to come soon!
Step 2: What about zip ties and not holders?
Tie ties have a wide range of uses, 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:
- large metal tweezers (because they don’t “stick” to the magnet)
- small plastic tweezers.
Step 3: What about the heatsink?
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 positioned vertically, 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:
- 5 different plastic ESD tweezers.
Step 4: Magnets in action!
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:
- large roughing plane
- small roughing plane
- large needle nose pliers
- wire cutters
- flat needle nose pliers
- curved needle nose pliers
- regular needle nose pliers
- carpenter's punch.
Step 5: Don't forget about screw-in straight hooks
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 hold:
- brushes (no, I don’t paint, they serve me for something else)
- large rasp
- big file
- hacksaw
- and my microscope- homemade .
Step 6: And the foam will come in handy
You may not believe it, but for drill storage I used foam. 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.
Step 7: And of course small shelves!
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:
- my homemade magnetic silicone pads for the vise jaws (because I decided not to use them on the vise anymore)
- two different sharpening stones
- nail cutters (although tin snips may be better for this purpose)
- multitool the size of a credit card
- flashlight in the form of a telephone.
Step 8: Even a toilet paper roll has a use!
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...
Step 9: Another “mini shelf”, but with holes
To create this brain holder I was inspired by one recently.
Garage room often combined with a workshop. The tool storage system in the garage should be thoughtful. Ready-made designs GOSNITI are considered optimal.
A home craftsman who wants to save money will need to make tool racks in the garage scrap materials. Complex mechanisms equipped with moving elements, it is forbidden just store it.
To make the correct placement of tools in the garage and restore order, there are the following options storage organization:
- on the shelves;
- on racks;
- in closets;
- at stands;
- on the shields.
There are shelves of various modifications:
- mounted;
- closed;
- stationary;
- mobile.
For their production they are used various materials such as metal or tree. For small parts required hanging shelves. They are usually located at chin level of the garage owner. If the inventory has to use often, would be better suited for him open structures, and in closed ones they store unnecessary things.
See how you can do it interesting option DIY garage tool storage:
Direct competitors of mobile shelves are movable boxes. The device has specialized containers for tools.
Factory tool racks in the garage are made in accordance with GOST. These ergonomic designs are easy to make with your own hands. To store large units or tires, you will need large racks.
If you want to make a tool cabinet in the garage with your own hands, then there should be special drawers or bags. This storage allows avoid dust ingress. Can also be rationally used side walls . Using special mounts for tools, a place in the garage is equipped for securing the plane. On the doors you can place holders made from pieces of rubber hose.
A skilled craftsman will make a tool stand in the garage with his own hands. The material for its manufacture is chipboard sheet. Additionally, they are used as tool holders metal canned food cans.
How to store tools in the garage?
A convenient storage place is considered shield, or storage panel, or just tool board in garage. Screwdrivers are attached to them, wrenches, pliers. To make a tool shield in the garage with your own hands, use solid boards and durable hooks. The equipment depends on the master’s own preferences.
How to place a tool on the wall in the garage - photo:
As you can see in the photo, storing tools in the garage with your own hands is not at all difficult. All you need is desire and a little patience.
Storing keys with tools on the garage wall
How to mount a tool on a wall in a garage? Optimal system storing tools in the garage involves using the entire wall area.
- After installing the horizontal guides, hang them sections-shelves. Small things like nails and screws can be placed in plastic jars that contained mayonnaise or horseradish. Their lids are screwed to the shelves.
- Can be made for nuts, washers, scissors and for keys stand in the garage with your own hands. Special loops are made made of wire. Washers and nuts are threaded onto the split ends, and the dimensions of the fittings are indicated on cardboard labels. Scissors with keys are hung on metal hooks.
- For drills, cutters and storing keys in the garage, attach to the wall foam pad. They are firmly fixed in elastic material and can be easily removed from it if necessary.
- Another method of securing tools in the garage is disposable plastic plates. If you cut them into two equal parts, you get blanks. Then they are attached to the wall using self-tapping screws. The resulting pockets are used to store circular saws or grinding wheels.
- It is recommended to use clamps for storing rectangular plywood box. It is attached to the wall and after that the handles of the clamps are placed in it.
- Durable wall mounts are designed to store bikes. Their base must be metal.
- To avoid losing your screwdriver the right size, for their storage they are used magnetic holder . Then they are always in sight.
- From hooks with paper clips, a craftsman will quickly make device for canvas, intended for strip slabs.
A convenient panel option for storing tools in the garage that does not take up much space: 
In winter, doing carpentry in an unheated workshop is below average pleasure. But my hands are itching. So I decided to implement a weekend project involving more rough work - installing a tool panel next to the workbench.
Place for the future panel:
This problem can be solved using perforated panels (made of tin or HDF) or economy panels (MDF with grooves along the entire length). On thematic forums you can often find topics in which people brag about their workshops equipped with such panels. It looks really impressive.
But this option is not suitable for everyone. Despite the fact that the panels themselves are not cheap, you also need to buy additional hangers and hooks, the total cost of which will be many times higher than the cost of the panel itself. In addition, the ease of use of hooks that do not have a rigid fixation raises questions. And it’s not clear how to attach some kind of homemade plywood hanger to such a panel?
Let me give you an example.
Do you see in the photo a red gas wrench with a narrow hole in the handle? If you accidentally push it up a little while removing it, the hook may jump off the panel. Well, or the hook will need to be fixed. A trifle, of course, but you will have to divert time (even if only for a split second), attention and a second hand, which will most likely be busy. Of course, you can try to remove the gas key carefully so that it doesn’t catch anything, but doesn’t this hook require too much attention?
The same thing will most likely happen when you try to remove pliers with red and blue handles. Because the rubber handles will catch on the bracket like a Morse taper.
Although, of course, I could be wrong and my doubts are in vain.
One more detail - hangers for just a pair of pliers and a pair of hammers will cost almost 500 rubles. As they say, so count it.
I am for simple and reliable solutions. Therefore, it was decided to use a sheet of ordinary 15 mm plywood as a panel. As hangers and hooks, you can use ordinary self-tapping screws of various lengths at a cost of two kopecks per kilogram, which will not go anywhere without your persistent desire. The same self-tapping screws can be used to fix any homemade suspension. In this case, the length of the part of the screw protruding from the panel can be precisely adjusted locally by screwing the screw into the plywood even right through. But for this there must be a gap between the plywood and the wall.
The gap can be made using plastic washers for perforated panels. But it is safer to install the panel on a specially welded frame. This will level out the unevenness of the wall, add rigidity to the entire structure and allow you to set a gap of any size.
Of course, this method is also not free and not so glamorous, but it is much more practical.
I think few people are interested in the welding process. The result is important. The frame is welded from my favorite fiftieth corner. All mounting holes are 8 mm.
We align the frame on a sheet of plywood and mark the fastening points.
The holes in the plywood are a couple of millimeters wider than on the frame to level out minor inaccuracies.
Painted the frame car paint from a can. Color - Snow Queen(with metallic). The instructions say that the paint should be applied at a temperature environment not lower than +15. However, there is no heating in the workshop and we had to paint at -1. This did not affect the quality of the coating. Most likely, the only difference is the drying time.
The frame is attached to the wall with eight 8x80 dowels. The fact is that the inter-garage wall on which the panel is planned to be installed is only half a brick thick. As planned, a large number of attachment points should evenly distribute the load. In addition, some of the dowels got caught between the bricks, so their reliability is lower.
Now, looking at the finished result, I understand that it was possible to get by with half the dowels. But here it’s better to be safe than sorry.
The plywood sheet is attached to the frame with thirteen 8x45 anchors.
Anchors are great for this task. To tighten a regular nut and bolt, you need access to both the nut and the bolt. But when the frame is already fixed to the wall, such access is not possible (especially when attaching plywood to the middle crossbar of the frame). But the anchor requires access from only one front side.
I can't even imagine what could go wrong. The only trouble that can theoretically happen with such a connection is if the nut and the edge of the hole in the corner bite through the anchor sleeve. But this is unlikely. Therefore, this connection seems very reliable to me.
When the panel is ready, you can begin to place the tool. First in line is the sledgehammer. Not having her own place, she was constantly getting in the way. At the same time, the prospect of using it in my workshop is vague. But you can’t throw it away either. It's a tool! Therefore, I quickly welded a special bracket for it,
I decorated it all with spray paint
and placed it in the farthest corner under the ceiling. Finally, I will stop tripping over her and she is always available when needed.
A powerful frame and a large number of attachment points allow you not to think about the permissible load on the panel.
The panel area is slightly larger square meter- not a little and there is some reserve.
I installed the same tool panels in my country garage a few years ago. I used exactly the same anchors. The idea to weld a frame under the panel was born there - this is due to the design of the walls. But the idea caught on.
All these years I just couldn’t be happier with the panels. At the dacha I don’t use the tool very often, so I forget something. Sometimes it was easier to buy a new tool than to find an old one in the rubble. Therefore, I have several construction levels, several plumb lines, gas keys, axes and other things. Of course, everything will come in handy on the farm. But now I always know exactly and won’t forget what tools I have, how many and where it is. The first few weeks you need to get used to the fact that every thing should have its own place. And when it becomes a habit, working in the workshop ceases to be a constant search. the right tool and tripping over unnecessary things.
In short, I recommend it.
The whole job took one and a half days off. It was possible to do one, but without painting (I had to take a break to let the paint dry). Overall, I'm pleased with the result.