On 1/21/2013 10:34 PM, Lew Hodgett wrote:
Bill wrote:


No reason to start a new thread. Just picked up four 3" castors
from
Harbor Freight
to build one of those pyramidal-shaped clamp racks, with a 30" base
with
a flat top to put neccessities,
and probably some shelves in between. Since I'll be using screws,
the
project allows for winter woodworking (something
many folks are able to take for granted!)


Here's a picture of the basic idea, with which the reader is
probably
already familiar:
http://www.woodcraft.com/product/202...able-plan.aspx
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Might want to check out Norm's offering.

http://tinyurl.com/ba44xe8

It's a two for one deal.

Lew



That's the idea. Of course, I will dimension to fit my clamps.

An interesting aspect that just occurred to me is making it
"dimensionally sound" (so it doesn't fall over). I think the answer
lies in arranging things--so that the main forces are in the downward
direction, and toward the center of the base. For instance, a
cubically-shaped stand would not satisfy the last part of that.
I'm sure that you engineers can express the requirement more admirably! : )

Bill