Clamp Rack

I've been wanting to find a better way to store my clamps. Until this project they have been in a plastic bag in a caibnet and not easily accessable. This project was inspired by two things:

1) An episode of the New Yankee Workshop where Norm made a huge rolling clamp storage system with angled dowels for storing smaller clamps; and

2) Zanshin's use of hose clamps in his Wood Slab Instructable

I combined the angled dowels from Norm's storage system and mounted it using hose clamps to my workshop shelf. I'd just like to note that I'm dissatisfied with the quality of my execution on this project. However, it still functions and I thought it might serve as an inspiration to someone who is more skilled than I. So here it is.

Step 1 Materials

The materials I used are:

• A scrap board
• A 7/16" dowel rod
• 2 hose clamps
• 2 screws with wide and flat heads

Comments

[georion]

Soooo simple yet i never thought of it !~1!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks -gonna make me TWO tomarrow !!!!!!!!!!
really realy need this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[shannonlove]

Very nice. I might recommend substituting 1/2 or 3/4 metal conduit for the dowels as a cost saving measure. Dowels are usually $0.30-$0.50 a foot whereas the conduit usually runs about $0.20 a foot or less. Also, using the metal conserves hardwoods to some minor extent.

[unjust]

why not just clamp them to the underside of the shelf? you'd block off less of the shelf.

[RadBear]

They don't block off the shelf as they stick out from the side of the unit. The shelves are positioned in such a way that I don't pull stuff from the sides. As for clamping to the bottom of the shelf I like to leave the area clear in case I want to store something tall. Plus being tall it is hard for me to see stuff there, and I like to be able to see stuff easily. And I'd probably hit my hands on the handles that were hanging down, which would make me cranky. Also my one bar clamp would be difficult to store this way.

[LinuxH4x0r]

Nice! I just clamp mine to the wall