Good day !
Today, together with the author of this article, we will try to make a bicycle rack for parking a bicycle. We will use the materials available to us, which will undoubtedly give the construction a low price. A detailed description is attached, + photo report.
For creating homemade we will need:
Tool:
- drill;
- cutting tool (saw or hacksaw).
Materials:
- PVC pipes;
- corner fittings, 12 pcs.;
- tees 4 pcs.;
- a piece of board or thick plywood, 45 x 12 cm;
- door latch;
- self-tapping screws.
To begin with, we will cut a plastic pipe into such dimensions:
- 35.56 cm, 2 pcs.;
- 13 cm, 4 pcs.;
- 17.78 cm, 4 pcs.;
- 16.51 cm, 2 pcs.;
- 10.16 cm. 2 pcs.;
- 5.08 cm, 10 pcs.
We will make a locking mechanism for the rack, for this we take a piece of plywood of a certain length and fasten the door latch at a distance of 25 cm from the beginning of the board, the important point is that the width of the plank should already be 4 to 6 cm wide, the ends should protrude. We use self-tapping screws as fasteners; their length should not be thicker than plywood.
Next, we take the corner fittings, and at a distance of 3 cm, drill holes, the ends of the heck will go into them.
Then you need to connect two tubes to these two corner fittings, each length is 24.13 cm, then on the other side we attach a pair of tees.
Next, we attach small pieces of pipes to the tees, each 5.08 cm long, and between them we make a small insert from the pipe 10.16 cm long. We assemble all the prepared parts together.
Two more details need to be made to the design. We take a small pipe segment of 5.08 cm, connect it to the corner fitting, then connect the pipe segment of 24.13 cm to it, then put a tee, after it we add another insert from the pipe 16.51 cm in size. We make two such parts .
Putting it all together.
Next, you need to collect the following parts in series: take a small pipe length of 5.08 cm, connect the corner fitting to it, then insert the 5.08 cm insert again and connect it to another corner fitting. We manufacture such parts in the amount of two pieces.
We assemble all the parts together, the resulting design will be the base of the rack.
Now we take four pieces of pipe, each 17.78 cm long, and put them vertically in tees.
Next, we take a tee and a corner fitting, between them we put a small piece of pipe 5.08 cm in size, we need to make two identical pieces. Then, when everything is ready, we put them on vertical racks.
Then we take two pieces of pipe each 35.56 cm long and insert them into the holes of the tees.
Next, we assemble the top of the rack, for this we take a pair of corner fittings, between them we put a small piece of pipe 10.16 cm long, we install the resulting part on vertical racks.
Finally, we fix the locking mechanism to the structure in the lower part, as shown in the photo.
The work can be considered finished. The bike rack is ready.
Thank you all for your attention!