The life of the present home master not conceivable without a large number manual and mechanical assistants used for processing wood, metal, performing various types of work. Tools are stored in a variety of ways. industrial production and self-manufacturing. Among the most common ways to store and carry a special place is occupied by tool boxes.
For self-creation similar products can be used lumber or artificial wood materials– chipboard, plywood or OSB boards.
The process of making such a product allows you to get a container for the dimensions of specific tools, in contrast to purchased ready-made boxes. Below, the attention of readers will be offered a description of the sequence of work on the manufacture of such boxes.
The product shown below can be used for temporary storage and transport of some tools to the job site.
Or stationery, which are often widely used when marking up.
Making a box will require the preparation of the following materials:
- softwood or hardwood board 20 x 100 x 850 mm thick.
- round wooden rod with a diameter of 20 and a length of 260 mm;
- wood screws - 8 pcs. 32 mm long;
- wood glue;
- sandpaper.
From the tools you need to prepare a ruler, a pencil, a jigsaw, a drill, a screwdriver and a grinder of any kind.
We start work with marking the details. To do this, on the prepared planed board, we apply the contours of future details - the end and side walls, the bottom.
We cut out the parts with an electric jigsaw, having previously installed a file for a clean cut. The edges and planes of the obtained parts are carefully processed with sandpaper.
In the end walls in the center at an equal distance from the lower edge, we mark the center and drill a blind hole about ten millimeters deep, the diameter of which is equal to the diameter of the round rod. Along the side and bottom edges, we drill three through holes with a diameter of 4-5 millimeters for installing screws. In the same way, we make two holes in the bottom of the future box.
After preparing the holes, you can begin to assemble the product. To ensure maximum strength, the edges of the side walls and bottom are glued with glue, applying it in a thin layer. The ends of the round rod are also pre-coated with glue.
Install side walls and the bottom with one of the ends to the curly walls and attach the parts with self-tapping screws. Install the rod in the prepared hole with one of the ends. After that, perform the same operations with the second curly wall. To protect the material of the drawer, treat the surfaces with an oil-based or nitro-based clear varnish.
The design of the second tool box is more capacious, has increased dimensions compared to the first. For its manufacture, you will need sheets of plywood or OSB boards with a thickness of 15 and 10 millimeters. You also need to prepare the following tools: a ruler and a pencil for marking, a jigsaw for cutting parts and pens, a screwdriver, self-tapping screws for assembly 30 millimeters long, sandpaper or grinding machine to perform finishing of wet and flat parts.
The dimensions of the product are 600 × 400x200 millimeters. Inside, in the upper part of the container, two drawers are installed for small parts and tools glued from thinner plywood. For their fixation, two guides are attached along the side walls, made in the form of strips no more than three centimeters thick.
We begin the process of manufacturing a tool box by marking out the details of a large and small insert boxes. If necessary, each master can vary the estimated size of the product depending on the purpose. The marked parts are cut with an electric jigsaw and cleaned with sanding paper. Details of small boxes are assembled with glue. For better connection internal walls dividing the space into separate sections, shallow grooves can be made along the thickness of the material. Clamps and other clamping devices will help facilitate the gluing job.
We assemble the parts of a large box using self-tapping screws. To improve the assembly quality, insert self-tapping screws into pre-drilled and countersunk holes.
Do not forget to fix with self-tapping screws two guides parallel to the bottom of the box, on which small containers will rest.
For the manufacture of the handle, you can use the option proposed in the design indicated above, or install a round rod on self-tapping screws of sufficient length. As a blank for him, a piece of a cutting for agricultural implements, which is not difficult to purchase at any hardware store, may be suitable.
Plywood is not a moisture resistant material. To protect the product when working outdoors, it is necessary to impregnate all parts of the box with some protective composition, stain or varnish.
Thus, by performing a few simple operations, everyone can make for themselves convenient fixture for carrying and storing tools. The use of such a box will greatly facilitate the process of performing repair and construction works not only indoors, but also on the territory of the land.
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A large and convenient tool box is the dream of any master. It is understandable, because in such a repository you can compactly put all your tools. They are not so expensive today, so one of the options is to purchase in a store or create a similar masterpiece yourself. Which option would be acceptable for you? Of course, the purchased one has a certain size, but there can be much more tools than can fit in it. But one way or another, you have to put up with it or run to the store again and buy a new one. It’s quite another thing to do it yourself: I picked up desired material and calculated for all available tools and even with a perspective. Comfortable? Most likely, you will agree with this argument. Therefore, we will talk in this article about how to make such a box yourself at home.
What HE should be?
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, roomy and durable. This role will be successfully performed by the organizer. However, in this article, as an example, consider a simple home version- a box with a 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 can be plywood, wood or even metal, then we will make the calculations. Only then can you start compiling detailed drawing. This can be done in the classic way, that is, on whatman paper using a well-sharpened pencil, ruler, compass, square, etc.
The non-classical way is with the help of a special computer program. "AutoCAD" and "Compass" are just "sharpened" to make a professional accurate drawing. The advantage of such programs is that they will help to avoid errors in the calculation and, moreover, it is possible to preview in advance what you will get out of all this.
These programs will only serve you well if you have certain skills in working with them.
The material was selected, and now for the manufacture 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, too, are different. But, one way or another, there are universal tools. They are always needed. This is the measuring tool:
- fasteners;
- a hammer;
- screwdriver.
Let's start manufacturing
We take traditional material- edged board of coniferous species. As for processing, this is the most simple 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 a material. For this case, we need a ruler and a pencil. After that, we mark up on the material and cut out the components of the product with a hacksaw or electric jigsaw. If we planned the usual non-closing option, then we need to make five planes: four walls and a bottom.
When assembling, it is usually best to use wood glue. The joints must be cleaned, and only then apply glue, after which we firmly compress the parts together. Be sure to let the glue dry completely.
After this operation, we can additionally strengthen the box with fasteners - self-tapping screws. Fixed. Now we need to make a handle. It can be an ordinary wooden lath, which we need to nail or screw to the upper edges of the side elements.
Organizer
Following the principle "from simple to complex", let's talk about the organizer. It is clear that you can put a large tool in the open-top box, which was written about above: hand saw, hammer, mallet and much, much more.
And where to put small things? There are all sorts of screws, bolts, nuts, etc. This small fastener tends to get lost or not be at the very moment when it is especially needed. This is where we need an organizer.
As already noted, this type of boxes, by their design, is the most functional in operation. What does he represent? It's kind of like a box on a box, or rather, a lot of drawers in one section for storing not only medium-sized tools, but also every little thing. Of course, at first glance, it may seem that it will not be easy to make such a design. But it only seems to be. Basically, difficulties arise in the manufacture of the sliding mechanism. Everything else is much easier to do. Now in more detail about manufacturing technology.
- We start by making the main body. It must be open and deep so that we can place various medium-sized tools (hammers, spanners etc.). We can say that the design of this main body is quite simple, but in essence it is an ordinary box that can be divided into several sections using vertical planes.
- The next stage is the manufacture of 4 smaller boxes. You probably noticed that the number of these sections is even, and we mentally divide them into pairs, trying to adhere to the dimensions of their lower large counterpart during manufacture. They will be stacked on top of each other. One pair of boxes (upper) will be with lids. They will be either folding on piano hinges, or retractable like a Soviet school pencil case.
- Now it remains to connect these boxes together. We will do this with the help of metal connecting strips. We need 6 pieces. On the one hand, and also on the other hand, we hook one plate (short) to each other in order to connect the two lower boxes to each other - small and large. Two more plates (long) will connect all the boxes together. And, finally, the longest bar will act as a handle, and at the same time connect the two upper floors of the organizer. As you can see, there is nothing complicated here, and sliding mechanism utterly simplified, as shown in the example of a metal organizer - the principle is the same.
Making a metal case for tools
Now let's talk about the metal case homemade. Don't jump to the conclusion that it's impossible. Of course, only an experienced locksmith can make an organizer out of metal on his own and with special tools and the appropriate material. Factory-made metal boxes are usually made from lightweight metals such as aluminum so that the box itself is not heavy. At home, working with aluminum is difficult.
In principle, a metal box for is loudly said. Rather, an ordinary box will be made of metal. The material that is needed to make such a box is ordinary soft galvanized steel (about 0.3 mm thick). From the tools we need:
- square;
- caliper (marking);
- sharpened small core or marker;
- ruler;
- a hammer;
- anvil (wide metal bar);
- file;
- pliers.
Then everything follows the same scenario: drawing, markup. The most interesting thing is that all this can be done right on the galvanized sheet using a sharpened core (or marker), whatever you like. We then mark with a marker on the metal those places that we have to remove.
After that, we proceed to trimming using scissors for metal.
After trimming everything superfluous, we get such a complex geometric figure (“winged rectangle”).
Now let's work a little blacksmiths. For this case, we have an anvil, and, tapping with a hammer, gently bend the edges of our workpiece. It is better to do this not randomly, but in a certain order.
First we bend one sidewall, and then we bend the other.
Now the sides in turn.
After that, let's do the bending of the protruding petals. They will make the structure itself more rigid, and it will not “play”.
Pliers can be used to wrap protruding parts on the top of the box.
After such manipulations, you should carefully walk around the entire product with a hammer, straightening it.
In this case, it turned out to be a small box. But after all, according to this principle, you can make a similar one - more, and in the end you get such a metal tool box.
So, if you want, everything is possible.
We hope that this article will be useful for you, dear readers. If your tools are in order, then supplement it with the manufacture of a regular tool box. If your instruments do not have a permanent “place of residence”, then consider building a two- or even three-story “transformer 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 made by yourself in your household.
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Every man will agree that a quality and multifunctional tool box is practically irreplaceable thing in the economy. Many masters prefer to buy a ready-made box in the nearest store, where a wide range is presented. But such a device can be made independently, in accordance with personal wishes. Moreover, the manufacturing process itself is not considered difficult, thanks to which even a beginner can cope with this task.
Classification of tool boxes
There are several main criteria by which multifunctional products can be divided into several main groups.
According to the material from which the case is made:
By type of stored instruments:
Construction of modern boxes
Speaking about the design of such boxes, we mean not their shape, but the way of opening and the presence of auxiliary sections. The following designs are considered standard today:
Making a plywood box
To make a do-it-yourself tool box out of plywood, you will need the following tools and materials:
Before proceeding with manufacturing, you need to carefully work out the design of the future product (the drawing can be made on a computer or on plain paper). Produced necessary calculations, the main dimensions are fixed. Thereafter all marks must be transferred to a sheet of plywood. You can do this with a regular ruler, tape measure, marker or even a pencil. All blanks for the future box are cut along the marked lines. And also it is necessary to mark all the grooves and cut them on the blanks. The irregularities formed during the work can be processed with a chisel. It is thanks to the grooves that the final design of the box will turn out to be stronger and more durable.
The next step is to assemble the entire structure. To glue small parts use good quality wood glue. The main sides of the box are also glued together. To improve the result, they need to be pressed tightly against each other. It is best to use a special rubber strip for this. You can not remove it until the glue is completely dry. On the doors you need to round the corners.
A convenient handle for boxing with tools can be made from MDF. Initially, the layout is drawn directly on the wood and only then cut out. When the handle is ready, the surface must be treated. It is attached with carpenter's glue and screws.. If you don’t want to make a handle yourself, then you can buy it at a hardware store. Main criterion right choice- high strength and reliability. Now you need to attach the outer cover of the drawer and the door. All parts are applied in their places, and then the areas for fastening the loops are marked with a pencil.
To organize the order in the box, you can make small compartments. All components are cut out according to the same principle as the box. Grooves are made and glued. On one side of the box, you can make a special compartment for storing screwdrivers. The most convenient option is considered where this function is performed by special inserts with plywood slots. Velcro is attached to the other side of the drawer to store cables and extension cords.
Wooden box manufacturing technology
It is this option that is considered a classic carpentry. Drawings of this portable storage were printed in magazines 50 years ago. For the manufacture of you will need a high-quality board with a thickness of 10 to 20 mm, as well as a hacksaw for wood. Thanks to the simple manufacturing technology, many craftsmen still choose this option.
AT classic design there are no separate compartments or special multifunctional devices. The final product will look like a neat deep box with a comfortable handle along the entire length. This shape of the handle has a practical purpose. After all, if the weight of the tools used is unevenly distributed, then you can always find the point of the center of gravity.
A practical addition can be an insert section with its own handle, the height of which occupies 50% of the entire drawer. This insert can be used for small tools(awl, screwdrivers, small keys), as well as Supplies(bits for screwdrivers, electrical tape, drills). For its manufacture, you can use any type of wood.
Universal case made of plastic canister
If you want to make a do-it-yourself tool box, but there is no plywood sheet, then you can use a regular plastic canister. For work you will need:
- Hacksaw.
- Plastic container.
- fasteners.
The canister used must be rectangular shape with a comfortable handle, which should be located in the center. In addition, it must be equipped with a screw cap that will be used as a lock.
The process of making a box is quite simple. Using a hacksaw, you need to make cuts in the canister. The first cut should fall on the center of the neck and the handle of the container, it is best to remove the cork and saw through the top wall. The second cut is made exclusively in the horizontal direction. It is best if it is located at the top of the canister, on the end sides. The plastic container itself needs to be sawn from the top wall at a distance of 4 cm, and on the sides by 3 cm.
When all cuts are made, the canister can be opened. To do this, you need to bend all the side parts of the top cover with the halves of the handle. This box can store various materials for fasteners: nails, bolts, screws, nuts. The upper part must be closed by folding the handles together. Such a device is fixed with a screw cap.
To make the box as strong as possible, on the end walls it is necessary to make additional gaps. Small holes are drilled in the lid itself or in the walls, into which hooks are inserted, as well as bolts with nuts.
Metal box for tools
This option is most suitable for experienced locksmiths who have necessary equipment and material. Factory metal tool boxes are made from lighter metals such as aluminium. As a result, the product is as light and durable as possible. But working with aluminum at home is much more difficult.
Even a beginner can make this version of a metal box. After all, the most ordinary box and special partitions will be made of metal. Initially, you need to prepare the main material - galvanized steel (0.4 mm thick). From the tools you need to prepare:
- Marking caliper.
- Metal square.
- Ruler.
- A hammer.
- Pliers.
- File.
- Sharpened core or marker.
- Anvil.
Next is drawing and marking. You need to mark only those places that will later need to be deleted. Now you can start trimming with metal scissors. After trimming everything superfluous, you should get a kind of geometric figure (winged rectangle).
Next, you need to use the anvil. Tapping with a hammer, gradually bend the edges of the workpiece. It is better not to work in a chaotic manner, all actions must be consistent. First, one sidewall is bent, and then another. To wrap protruding parts, pliers are used.
After these manipulations, you need to go over the entire structure with a hammer to align it. In this case, there will be a small metal box for storing tools. In the future, you can experiment not only with the sizes, but also with the shapes of such boxes.
Almost every home has one or another tool. When there are too many of them, you can independently make a multifunctional box for storing them. Experienced craftsmen believe that such a box is considered an essential attribute for storing various devices. Such boxes can be stored in the workshop and even taken with you on a long journey.
There are many professions in which different kinds tools. Most often, tool boxes are purchased for their storage, but sometimes high-quality storage is easier to do with your own hands.
If you are interested in this or that type of craft, and you are not sitting at home idly by, naturally, you have a fairly large number of tools. To ensure that your tools are always at hand and securely stored, they need to be provided with a storage system in the form of a separate enclosed space called a drawer. for storing tools. In addition to safety, the use of such a box will greatly help in the work, since the filling will be neatly sorted into compartments and in the future you can find necessary fixture"blindly". This device is also necessary for car owners, or rather owners trucks and gazelles. The box must be well secured in the car. And this means that when making it with your own hands, you need to think carefully about where it will be located in the car and how to fix it there.
Decide on two criteria:
- Will you only store tools in it, or do you also need it for ease of transportation?
- what sizes of tools do you intend to store in it?
Crate classification
Body material:
- plastic - light in weight, convenient in everyday life and for transportation;
- metal - much heavier than plastic, but at the same time much stronger, more stable, have a more rigid structure, cannot be large sizes due to the severity of the metal;
- metal-plastic galvanized - light, durable and roomy, suitable for both storage and transportation of professional tools. But all these advantages determine the corresponding price - it can range from $150 to $500 and more.
- wooden - the most affordable material for making a tool box. Moreover, it is easier to do it with your own hands from this material, or rather from plywood 10 16 or 18 mm.
By type of stored instruments:
- hand tools - as a rule, they are represented by one large compartment for large tools (screwdrivers, hammers, keys) and 2-3 small ones for smaller tools;
- an electric tool is a case that is functionally designed to store and move a specific power tool. Most often it has one main compartment for the device itself and several recesses for equipment.
- organizers - boxes designed to accommodate a large number of different sizes of tools. They have many compartments, models with modular partitions deserve attention, which, for the convenience of the owner, can be rearranged from one place to another.
- professional tool - special kind cases with specific seats for specific tools, more resistant to falls and adverse conditions environment.
- non-professional tool - consists of boxes of both small and large enough sizes with many compartments and niches for various kinds of tools, often these are cases in the form of bags.
There are many tool box companies such as stanley, fit– american firms, keter- no less popular Israeli company, Spanish company tayg, german Kroft and many others, differing in quality and price of products.
As an alternative to all these firms - the opportunity to make a tool box with your own hands. You can thus save on cost and get a completely competitive option that meets exactly your requirements.
Types of boxes
Tool boxes made in home workshops are mostly made of wood and come in a variety of shapes. Boxes of the classical form - "bast basket" are popular and easy to manufacture. in the second and third place - a box in the form of a chest - a container, and in the form of a case.
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Materials for making a tool box
- wooden boards 15-25 mm thick
- round wooden rod of the desired length
- self-tapping screws, wood glue, sandpaper for cleaning surfaces
- set of tools - Sander, electric drill, jigsaw, screwdriver
- measuring instruments - ruler
- screwdriver, hammer
Manufacturing steps
Using this technology, it is possible to manufacture boxes of more complex designs, creating required amount compartments and niches.
Using the same technology, it is possible to manufacture a closed box, which is more reliable and convenient for transporting tools.
Additional steps in the manufacture of a box with a lid
For self-manufacturing of currently popular transformer boxes you will have to break your head more, but it is quite possible to implement this idea.
To do this, with the help of computer programs, you need to develop the design you want, but a set of necessary elements, which can be purchased at specialty stores. The number and complexity of the selected elements depends on your requirements for the box. Assembly can be done on wooden base using aluminum strips and corners. Fasteners are made with rivets.
If you are a purposeful and creative person, then the process making a tool box will not be difficult, but by seeing the fruits of this work, you will increase your self-esteem and save budget funds.
Every man who does something in his house with his own hands knows that over time the number of tools used increases and sometimes it is difficult to keep them compactly enough in one place. In addition, if it comes to carrying or transporting them, then this will also create certain problems. However, there is a way out and, of course, it is a tool box.
So, in any hardware store, as a rule, you can find not only materials and tools, but also boxes for storing them, as a related product. Of course, you can buy it, but for sure any craftsman will be much more pleased to use a hand-made tool storage box as another proof of his skill. And the initial stage of manufacturing should be deciding which box is needed in a particular case.
For example, if it is about home use from time to time, then you can get by with a simple option, which is essentially a box with a handle, and if there is frequent use a sufficiently large number of tools, for example, due to official duties, then it would be quite appropriate to use a large drawer organizer. The decision must be made individually, and when it is made, you can proceed to manufacture.
Manufacturing steps
When it comes to making a tool box, you need to know that this process can be divided into several stages.
- Planning. At this stage, it is necessary to make preliminary calculations of the materials that will be required and draw up detailed drawing future box. The drawing can be done both in the usual way, that is, using drawing tools, and with the help of special computer programs, in which you can even see the approximate result of all actions.
- Training necessary materials. It is necessary to prepare a sufficient number of materials and tools intended for use. In each case, this set will be individual, but it will hardly be possible to do without measuring tools, fasteners, carpentry and locksmith tools, such as a hacksaw and a hammer.
- Manufacturing. At this stage, as you might guess, the actual production of the box takes place. Here it is necessary to stop a little more in detail.
Making a tool box
As an example of how to make a tool box, we offer for consideration a simple version of it. It will be a medium-sized box equipped with a carrying handle. As a material of manufacture, in principle, you can use a variety of materials. Metal, and plywood, and even plastic can come up. Decide what to use based on personal preference, but traditionally, for these purposes, it is used edged board coniferous species, as the easiest to process and affordable material with fairly good qualities.
So, in order to make a wooden tool box, you must first transfer the pre-made drawing to the material. To do this, you can use a ruler and a pencil. After this work has been done, you need to cut out the components of the future box using a hacksaw or jigsaw. In this case, it is about simple version without a lid, so you should get 5 constituent parts. That is, 4 walls and the bottom of the box. The dimensions of these elements must be determined based on the requirements in each particular case.
After the components are made, they must be fastened together.
The joints must be carefully processed and cleaned, after which wood glue is applied to them, and the parts are firmly pressed against each other. In this form, the box that has already been shaped is left until the glue dries completely.
After this happens, in order to achieve the greatest strength of the product, it is necessary to additionally pierce the junctions of the elements with nails or twist with self-tapping screws. Once these works are completed, attach a handle to the drawer. To do this, you can take a simple wooden rail and screw or nail it to the box. This refers to the upper faces of the end walls of the box.
At this point, the main stages of manufacturing a tool box can be considered complete. As an addition, you can further process ready product using sandpaper of various dispersions and cover it with varnish or an impregnating compound, such as wood stain, to protect the wood from moisture.
In conclusion, it is worth saying that this option of how to make a tool box is the simplest, which is why any beginner can make it. As time goes by, maybe and most likely, other options will be made, but the first toolbox will certainly be remembered.
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This video is about making a tool box.