How to equip a corner DIY - install compact and multifunctional bench

Each of us is always a little wizard. Regardless of the type of employment and earnings (the oligarchs do not count) to any person in your life had something sanded, planed, cut, grind, screw, glue and perform other action arms.

But some become real handyman: to acquire the appropriate tools and skills, they assume that part of the work to other delegate professional performers for money. In addition to direct cost savings, working hands can be a good helpful hobby.

What you need handyman for the job? Someone might say that enough hands, the head and the object of application of force. However, experienced owners will notice - well organized workplace.

Indeed, engaged in repair, repairing or assembling are attached anywhere: on a high kitchen cabinet with drawers, at the dinner table and even on the balcony. Only so as not to disturb others, and do not interfere with you. However, to find a permanent place to stake him a little. After all, on the same balcony, or in the garage can not be anything. You will not become as something to do as in the saying, "on the knee."

For qualitative work is needed workbench - desktop. From the other tables it differs by a number of characteristic features. Behind it should be comfortable to sit, if required by the fine work, and stand, if we are talking about a number of works, to perform which need space to maneuver.

In addition, a good bench must be strong in order to to it could bind details nails or edit sheet metal, in a word, to take a punch.

Structural elements Universal workbench

Each profession has its own requirements for the bench. For example, even the material of which it is made, one for the joiner (timber), but for a locksmith or tinker - quite different (metal, and thicker). In the universal workbench attempt to combine the most important components in the same workplace:

• vise. Without this device seldom does the work of any DIY. Serve for clamping and fixing the parts to be treated. Vices should be metal as wooden blanks can pinch them with overlays on sponges, but the metal parts in wooden clamps not deliver.

• stops. Useful for planing and other occasions when you want to support the entire surface to be treated on a flat tabletop.
• Drilling machine. Irreplaceable thing where you want precise drilling a lot of holes. In this case, a hand drill passes in front of the cartridge, which falls on the gear train. Once it comes to a compact bench, the machine can be mounted side be removable and cleaned if necessary.
• Sharpening machine. Useful and carpenter, and plumber. Sharpening machine - is an AC motor, is fixed on the support side and on the axis on both sides are fixed Emery wheels with different grain size. Good products are fitted with protective shields made of plexiglass.
• Drawers and shelves for tools. Here everything is simple: once the universal workbench, it should serve not only for work but also for storage. Boxes can be iron, plywood or wood - depending on the design of the bench. Finished plastic boxes do not fit - they are quickly worn down by heavy and solid instruments.

• Stand-hanger. Above the worktop is convenient to place a vertical panel of plywood. On it are fastened hooks on which to hang anything - from a wrench to a hacksaw. Hanging at this stand is always in sight, the tool is easy to find, it helps to speed up the work.

Assembling bench - step by step guide

If you're handy with welding, then the best option is to weld the frame of the table of the profile pipe and strengthen braces and corners. The procedure works like this:

Step 1. frame welding. Drawing a diagram, consider the drawers on the left and open shelves on the right. Welded construction with gashes laden better place to strengthen the plates and struts.

Step 2. Table top is sewn planed board of the frame, is located on top of the metal sheet 3 mm thickness on the screws by perspiration. From above it can be treated with the composition that converts the rust. Layer easily renovate.

Step 3. Made of plywood and inner boxes are mounted on rails. Shelves and also from plywood and protective aprons. Above the table attached to the corners of a large sheet of plywood as a stand-holder.

That's all, the simplest version of the bench unit - ready!