Clamp Rack

lowpolyjoe · February 06, 2016, 11:45:21 AM

Another one of those projects where 25% into the job I realize things aren't going to go my way.

I've wanted to make a rolling clamp rack for a long time. I also wanted to cleanup some old scraps of useless wood I've had in my garage forever. Being the cheapskate that I am, I decided I would look around at all my junk wood and figure out how to make a rolling clamp rack out of it. Terrible idea.

It's too frustrating to account the entire process, but a few of the highlights - It was supposed to take one weekend but ended up taking about a month. During foolish use of the chop saw I almost got hit in the face with a flying piece of 2x4. During foolish use of the table saw I had a pretty bad kickback that bloodied my knuckles and I thought might have broken several fingers. It was cold, my hands were partially numb so it was hard to tell how bad I was injured - luckily I was OK. Also luckily, I was using a push stick so no contact with the blade.

All said and done, it's fairly close to what I wanted. Unfortunately, it doesn't hold all my clamps :( which is the most frustrating part of the whole affair. If I would have done some counting, measuring and planning, I could have just made it an extra 6" wider and I'd be set :

beenthere · February 06, 2016, 11:56:28 AM

Good project to have done... now to find an "out of the way" place to park that caddie.

Ljohnsaw · February 06, 2016, 01:58:01 PM

Ouch! One of those ~~days~~ months...

I don't have the floor space to handle such a nice rack. I picked up a bunch of coat hooks that were being tossed out. They are the kind that hang down and have two opposing hooks. I put them up on a low section of ceiling in my shop about 2" apart, side by side. Parallel and behind about 2 feet, I mounted a pipe rail. I put the long end of the clamp over the rail and the other over the hook. I have about 30 40 pipe and bar clamps hanging up in about 6' of ceiling space.