I'm looking for idea's to store my C clamps , bar clamps , spring clamps it
seems every time I need them I have to hunt all over. Anyone have something
unique?

Rey

Check out the New Yankee Workshop website. Norm did a kick butt clamp cart
a few seasons ago. I built his cart earlier this year. It rocks. I have
close to 50 bar clamps (mostly K Besseys and Jorgenson's) and a bunch of
smaller clamps all stored in 28" x 28" x 72" tall.

Bob

"Reynaud" wrote in message
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I'm looking for idea's to store my C clamps , bar clamps , spring clamps
it seems every time I need them I have to hunt all over. Anyone have
something unique?

Rey

On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 21:29:03 -0500, "Reynaud" wrote:

I'm looking for idea's to store my C clamps , bar clamps , spring clamps it
seems every time I need them I have to hunt all over. Anyone have something
unique?

Unique? There's nothing new under the sun.

C-clamps occupy a drawer in my workbench, which is maple and has 12
large drawers.

Large clamps are clamped to a 1x2 secured to the wall.

What matters is what's handy for you. Some like a gun-rack approach
for bar clamps. Just keep them off the floor so you don't trip over
them.

I always know where mine are. I am quite good about returning them to the
same disorganized pile after use. Need to organize.

"Reynaud" wrote in message
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I'm looking for idea's to store my C clamps , bar clamps , spring clamps
it
seems every time I need them I have to hunt all over. Anyone have
something
unique?

Rey

"CW" wrote in message
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I always know where mine are. I am quite good about returning them to the
same disorganized pile after use. Need to organize.

LOL sounds like me
too much mess and too little time to do anything but woodworking (the
cleanup is a low priority).
I'll clean up when I retire!
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On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 21:29:03 -0500, Reynaud wrote:

I'm looking for idea's to store my C clamps , bar clamps , spring clamps
it seems every time I need them I have to hunt all over. Anyone have
something unique?

Hardly unique. I took an old wooden ladder, hacked it in half, leaned 'em
against the wall, and hung clamps on 'em. It was the perfect project for
me- I didn't need to think too much.

--
-Joe Wells

"Reynaud" wrote in message
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I'm looking for idea's to store my C clamps , bar clamps , spring clamps
it
seems every time I need them I have to hunt all over. Anyone have
something
unique?

I posted a picture of a clamp rack to abpw.

I'll second Bob's choice of Norms clamp cart/rack. I
copied it about a year ago. For just a few hours of
work and some scraps, it has turned out to be a
great organizer - I now know where every clamp
I have is located.

My only regret is that I didn't make it a little wider
since I started adding Besseys to my pipe clamp
collection.

Lou

In article , bob
wrote:

Check out the New Yankee Workshop website. Norm did a kick butt clamp cart
a few seasons ago. I built his cart earlier this year. It rocks. I have
close to 50 bar clamps (mostly K Besseys and Jorgenson's) and a bunch of
smaller clamps all stored in 28" x 28" x 72" tall.

Bob

"Reynaud" wrote in message
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I'm looking for idea's to store my C clamps , bar clamps , spring clamps
it seems every time I need them I have to hunt all over. Anyone have
something unique?

Rey

On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 21:29:03 -0500, the opaque "Reynaud"
clearly wrote:

I'm looking for idea's to store my C clamps , bar clamps , spring clamps it
seems every time I need them I have to hunt all over. Anyone have something
unique?

I built an A-frame mobile cart which works well. I have 50+ clamps on
it in a 24x36x60ish" space.


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Regarding Upscale's clamp rack:

(Usually reserved for the ladies) Nice rack!

Seriously though, I have something sort of similar. Two reasons why the
clamp rack concept works well a

1. Its multi-sided, therefore you have more surface area to store clamps
than, say, a wall-mounted storage space. Like upsale, I store my bar clamps
on the back side. If I need those, I just spin it around.

2. Wheels enable you to move the storage to your work area. I tend to use my
outfeed table in the middle of the room for glue-ups. It is not unusual for
me to use 16 F-clamps. When I stored clamps on the wall in a corner, I would
have to take five steps over with each "handful".

-Steve
"Upscale" wrote in message
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"Reynaud" wrote in message
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I'm looking for idea's to store my C clamps , bar clamps , spring
clamps
it
seems every time I need them I have to hunt all over. Anyone have
something
unique?

I posted a picture of a clamp rack to abpw.

Reynaud wrote:
I'm looking for idea's to store my C clamps , bar clamps , spring clamps it
seems every time I need them I have to hunt all over. Anyone have something
unique?

Rey


For bar clamps, I use a 5-gallon plastic container bolted to a 24-inch
square piece of 3/4 plywood with small casters at the corners. The
bucket is filled with various appropriate lengths (18-30") of 1 1/2"
plastic pipe into which I slide the clamps, bar and all. It takes up 4
square feet of space, rolls around and keeps everything in place. Not
elegant, but effective.

Bob

Joe Wells wrote:
On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 21:29:03 -0500, Reynaud wrote:


I'm looking for idea's to store my C clamps , bar clamps , spring clamps
it seems every time I need them I have to hunt all over. Anyone have
something unique?


Hardly unique. I took an old wooden ladder, hacked it in half, leaned 'em
against the wall, and hung clamps on 'em. It was the perfect project for
me- I didn't need to think too much.

That is tres cool. Now where did I put that old ladder?

Bob

I chose the Tom Plamann "gun rack" style myself. Since I have a pathetic few
good clamps I'll send the link to his clamp racks ;-)
http://www.plamann.com/sys-tmpl/tool...ools&UID=10009

"Knothead" wrote

I chose the Tom Plamann "gun rack" style myself. Since I have a pathetic
few
good clamps I'll send the link to his clamp racks ;-)
http://www.plamann.com/sys-tmpl/tool...ools&UID=10009


That picture definitely qualifies as tool porn.

For simple bar clamps, a number of HF pitsburgs in the 24" and under
sizes. I hung a french cleat upon the wall, then mortised a square
1/2" piece of baltic birch about 8" long by 1" wide into a 7"x10" piece
of another BB. The clamps are closed and the "prong" of BB slides
between the jaws. SInce it is flat the clamps are flat on the
underside of the top jaw, they site square to the top. I can put 8 or
9 together this way alternating handle to jaw pads and back and forth.

My small bessy/jorgy collection is housed in a two lawer dovetail jig
like configuration. I made it a bit too skinny to hold all the k-body
blocks, but with one hanging out they all fit on a shelf underneath the
clamps themselves.

photo:

http://www.webbyhome.com:8080/ia5/photos/20050501_garage/20050501_garage(9).JPG

On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 21:29:03 -0500, Reynaud wrote:
I'm looking for idea's to store my C clamps , bar clamps , spring clamps it
seems every time I need them I have to hunt all over. Anyone have something
unique?

I clamp all my assorted clamps on the lower chord of the steel I-beam
holding up the main floor of my house. Right down the middle of my
shop. The taller clamps go towards the wall, the small ones clip on
above the walkways.

"Reynaud" wrote in
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I'm looking for idea's to store my C clamps , bar clamps , spring
clamps it seems every time I need them I have to hunt all over. Anyone

C-Clamps are in the rolling tool cabinet as I don't use them that often.
Quik-Grip and Spring clamps are clamped onto a wire shelf that's holding up
other crap in my garage. And the bar clamps are hanging from the garage
door tracks.

On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 21:29:03 -0500, "Reynaud" wrote:

I'm looking for idea's to store my C clamps , bar clamps , spring clamps it
seems every time I need them I have to hunt all over. Anyone have something
unique?

Rey




http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/page28.htm

"Reynaud" wrote in message
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I'm looking for idea's to store my C clamps , bar clamps , spring clamps
it seems every time I need them I have to hunt all over. Anyone have
something unique?

Rey
@#@ Thanks for all the replies to my clamp question. There were an amazing
number of ingenious ways to store clamps.

Rey

On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 12:32:04 -0400, Tom Watson
wrote:

http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/page28.htm

Hey, aren't you kinda young to be driving that truck? And where do
you hide the sawdust? Do you wax everything after cleanup?

No kidding ...I'd like the space, but my wife insists on us keeping
our cars in the garage. I'll keep my clamps clamped to the roughly
1x2 secured to the wall.

I concur. I made my own without needing to purchase the plans. I simply
watched the PBS episode. It was really easy. I have a about 50 assorted
clamps as well, about 1/2 Bessy and 1/2 aluminum bar clamps and it's
perfect. I added a small fixed tray in the center to store cauls.

"....this just proves, you can never have too many clamps"

- Brother Norm

"bob" wrote in message
.. .
Check out the New Yankee Workshop website. Norm did a kick butt clamp
cart a few seasons ago. I built his cart earlier this year. It rocks. I
have close to 50 bar clamps (mostly K Besseys and Jorgenson's) and a bunch
of smaller clamps all stored in 28" x 28" x 72" tall.

Bob

"Reynaud" wrote in message
...
I'm looking for idea's to store my C clamps , bar clamps , spring clamps
it seems every time I need them I have to hunt all over. Anyone have
something unique?

Rey

On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 21:29:03 -0500, "Reynaud" wrote:

I'm looking for idea's to store my C clamps , bar clamps , spring clamps it
seems every time I need them I have to hunt all over. Anyone have something
unique?

Rey

I made the clamp storage from ShopNotes. It uses a pegboard system
which allow you to move the shop-built racks around as you add to the
collection. I followed up on the design with a tip to put the panel
on a hinged frame so you can store more (less used) clamps on the
other side. Works great when you have all the clamps in one
place--easy to find a clamp and put them away.

On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 12:49:06 GMT, Bob Schmall
wrote:

Reynaud wrote:
I'm looking for idea's to store my C clamps , bar clamps , spring clamps it
seems every time I need them I have to hunt all over. Anyone have something
unique?

Rey


For bar clamps, I use a 5-gallon plastic container bolted to a 24-inch
square piece of 3/4 plywood with small casters at the corners. The
bucket is filled with various appropriate lengths (18-30") of 1 1/2"
plastic pipe into which I slide the clamps, bar and all. It takes up 4
square feet of space, rolls around and keeps everything in place. Not
elegant, but effective.

Bob


I have a couple of buckets of those. the clamps still get tangled. I'm
presently scrounging parts and ideas for the next version, which will
be built on a shop cart I built some years ago. it has a couple of
drawers for c clamps and such. I'll include storage for glue,
biscuits, dowels and the tools used with those thinga as well as the
pipe and bar clamps.

On 6 Jul 2005 07:08:25 -0700, "arw01"
wrote:

For simple bar clamps, a number of HF pitsburgs in the 24" and under
sizes. I hung a french cleat upon the wall, then mortised a square
1/2" piece of baltic birch about 8" long by 1" wide into a 7"x10" piece
of another BB. The clamps are closed and the "prong" of BB slides
between the jaws.

one design requirement for me is that I don't have to fiddle with the
jaws to put a clamp into or out of the rack.

What is the ShopNotes issue number?

John

"Phisherman" wrote in message
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On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 21:29:03 -0500, "Reynaud" wrote:

I'm looking for idea's to store my C clamps , bar clamps , spring clamps
it
seems every time I need them I have to hunt all over. Anyone have
something
unique?

Rey

I made the clamp storage from ShopNotes. It uses a pegboard system
which allow you to move the shop-built racks around as you add to the
collection. I followed up on the design with a tip to put the panel
on a hinged frame so you can store more (less used) clamps on the
other side. Works great when you have all the clamps in one
place--easy to find a clamp and put them away.

I put up some shelf brackets (screwed to wall studs) in the garage for
clamp storage. Align several in a row for horizontal pipe clamps. Single
brackets can be used for short pipes, c clamps, and everything else.
The best part is it's really cheap and quick and saves floor space.

"Reynaud" wrote in
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I'm looking for idea's to store my C clamps , bar clamps , spring
clamps it seems every time I need them I have to hunt all over. Anyone
have something unique?

Rey

On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 21:29:03 -0500, "Reynaud" wrote:

I'm looking for idea's to store my C clamps , bar clamps

I've got a ladder to store too.

So I hang the ladder up along the inside of the windows, then I can hang
clamps off the rails too.

I created a clamp store on a rolling platform, about 2foot square at the
base. Supports quite a lot of clamps, with the advantage that I can roll it
away when its not needed. I didn't want to use up wall space, so it works
well. Can post a picture if anyone is interested.


"Andy Dingley" wrote in message
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On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 21:29:03 -0500, "Reynaud" wrote:

I'm looking for idea's to store my C clamps , bar clamps

I've got a ladder to store too.

So I hang the ladder up along the inside of the windows, then I can hang
clamps off the rails too.

ShopNotes Volume 4 Issue 19, Modular Clamp Storage. I used three door
hinges and attached the frame to a 2x6 frame bolted to the wall. I
added a wheel on the frame for additional support. The downside of
this system is that it is stationary and should be mounted near your
primary assembly/workbench.

On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 08:54:00 -0400, "John"
wrote:

What is the ShopNotes issue number?

John

"Phisherman" wrote in message
.. .
On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 21:29:03 -0500, "Reynaud" wrote:

I'm looking for idea's to store my C clamps , bar clamps , spring clamps
it
seems every time I need them I have to hunt all over. Anyone have
something
unique?

Rey

I made the clamp storage from ShopNotes. It uses a pegboard system
which allow you to move the shop-built racks around as you add to the
collection. I followed up on the design with a tip to put the panel
on a hinged frame so you can store more (less used) clamps on the
other side. Works great when you have all the clamps in one
place--easy to find a clamp and put them away.

Thanks

John


"Phisherman" wrote in message
...
ShopNotes Volume 4 Issue 19, Modular Clamp Storage. I used three door
hinges and attached the frame to a 2x6 frame bolted to the wall. I
added a wheel on the frame for additional support. The downside of
this system is that it is stationary and should be mounted near your
primary assembly/workbench.

On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 08:54:00 -0400, "John"
wrote:

What is the ShopNotes issue number?

John

"Phisherman" wrote in message
. ..
On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 21:29:03 -0500, "Reynaud" wrote:

I'm looking for idea's to store my C clamps , bar clamps , spring
clamps
it
seems every time I need them I have to hunt all over. Anyone have
something
unique?

Rey

I made the clamp storage from ShopNotes. It uses a pegboard system
which allow you to move the shop-built racks around as you add to the
collection. I followed up on the design with a tip to put the panel
on a hinged frame so you can store more (less used) clamps on the
other side. Works great when you have all the clamps in one
place--easy to find a clamp and put them away.