A carpentry workshop for household work should be located as far as possible from the living quarters. If there is no garage, summer cottage, private house, you can equip one of the rooms of a city apartment, a loggia, a pantry. Workbench for home carpentry is able to fit in a built-in wardrobe installed in the hallway. The article proposes several ideas for arranging carpentry.
How to choose a suitable place
It is necessary to evaluate the possibilities of the available area. The smaller the dimensions of the room, the greater the restriction in the range of equipment.Room 4 m2 can only accommodate a workbench and a small grinder. In this case, there must be a place for movement.
Most suitable garages, sheds with an area of at least 6-8 m2. They can install several turning, drilling and other types of machines. To comply with fire safety rules, a sandbox is required next to the master’s workstation.
Workspace organization
It is important to ensure good sound insulation. Especially when finding premises in the yard.
Sound-absorbing material needs to cover the walls and the door from the inside. If a window is provided, it is better to bring it to the side opposite from the apartment building. Mandatory, if the carpentry is unstable to fire, it is necessary to process the inner lining with flame retardants.
The workshop will require a multi-core power cable (VVGng 3 × 6) that can withstand heavy loads. In a wooden shed for carpentry, the wiring is laid in boxes or corrugated pipes. Sockets, equipment ground. The working area should be well lit, it is better to use fluorescent or LED lamps.
It is necessary to take care of ventilation.. In the process of woodwork, a lot of dust is formed, the hood can improve the situation. It is important to remember that it is necessary to ensure not only the exit of dust from the room, but also the influx of clean air inside.
When technical equipment workshop observe the priority placement of equipment. Drilling, turning machines are installed next to the workbench, grinding units are placed a little away from the main workplace. For convenience, all tools are stored in cabinets, wall cabinets.
Compact home workshop
So that the carpentry does not interfere with other people, you can place the workshop on the balcony. Glazing and supplying the premises with a heat source will allow for carpentry activities throughout the year.
Care must be taken to install outlets for electrical equipment. The home electrical network is not designed for the operation of powerful units, so difficulties can arise.
Joinery using powerful machine tools is accompanied by noise. Conflicts with neighbors are possible. To avoid this, you will have to limit yourself to hand tools.
Ventilation on the balcony by opening the window. In the utility pantry, the air flow is difficult to provide. These rooms in urban apartments are small, they are rarely equipped with workbenches, other larger-sized devices. If you are not planning to regularly carry out a large amount of work, you can build a cabinet with a folding table top. The simple design will allow you to neatly store tools, provide a working surface in the carpentry.
Necessary fixtures
Tools, devices:
- Workbench factory or assembled independently.
- Woodworking Machine.
- Clamping device: vice, clamps, - for reliable fixation of the workpiece in a stationary position.
Hand tools:
- plane, chisel;
- drill with a set of drills and nozzles of various diameters;
- roulette;
- a hammer;
- hacksaw;
- pliers;
- sand paper and some other devices.
The photo shows how to equip the rack, saving space on the installation of additional cabinets, cabinets designed to store the working tool.
Rules of arrangement
The main recommendation is to provide unhindered access to the work plane from several sides. The free space should be twice as large as the space occupied by the machines, otherwise the movement will be difficult, the technical process may be impaired.
The floors in the room should be flat and hard.
Electrical equipment needs grounding. It is advisable to install a powder fire extinguisher near the workplace, put a bucket of sand in case of ignition of electrical appliances.
The room reserved for home carpentry is necessarily equipped with an extractor fan. At the same time, it is important to ensure that the humidity indicators do not exceed the permissible norm.
It is important to clean daily. Using rags to remove oily contaminants. Dust, small debris at the end of work is removed with a construction vacuum cleaner.
The home workshop is equipped with a first-aid kit equipped with first-aid equipment: dressings, hydrogen peroxide, brilliant green, medical plaster, painkillers.