C-Clamps Storage ??

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Any good ideas on different ways to store C-Clamps?
Reply:Years ago I made a clamp rack on wheels. It was 4' long and 2' wide at the base. It was 4'-6" tall and tapered to 4' long by 8" wide at the top. Think of a tall narrow a-frame, or trapezoid. It had several rows of 1/2 sq. bar on each side to hang the clamps on. In the center of the bottom I took a piece of 4" channel 4' long and placed it in the center flanges up. I had divided the narrow top with more sq. bar. This was where we stored all our pipe clamps. Drop them in from the top and the channel caught the bottom. I used 4 casters, 2 fixed ones mounted in the center and 2 swivel ones on the ends, that way it could be spun around inside it's own length.It could hold well over 100 C,G clamps, vice grips, bar clamps and about 2 dozen pipe clamps. It was super handy to be able to drag the whole mess of clamps to anywhere you needed them.Brian LeonardAppalachian Ironworks L.L.C.434 Long Branch Rd, Marshall, NC 28753828 649 9966828 702 [email protected]
Reply:Storage in the shop or something portable?
Reply:Here is an idea, it has served me well, if you do something like this and it is over head weld a washer on the end so they don't slide off.
Reply:**begins taking notes** Great ideas there, guys.  Thanks for the pictures.
Reply:Or......................... Attached Images"Any day above ground is a good day"http://www.farmersamm.com/
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Reply:My clamp storage is a little too tidy, honestly.  But it works.Folded up:Folded down:
Reply:Originally Posted by Jack OlsenMy clamp storage is a little too tidy, honestly.  But it works
Reply:Ok, not the neatest in the world. but works for me.   Rafter storage never used,  Under bench, used often,  in bench, constant use Attached ImagesLincoln Ranger 8                        Lincoln 175                          Drill pressLincoln 225 mig                            Plasma                              8 ft brake        52" jump shear
Reply:I just clamp most of my clamps to the ceiling (floor) joists. They take up no space, but are always handy when I need them.Midwest Metal ProductsMetal Wire Forming Fan Guards Delta-Larm
Reply:Jack, your workbench is nauseatingly clean - do you detail that with a toothbrush or something ??????  I only wish I could have a workspace that looks like that .... Mine looks more like Samm's and gclamp's thrown together, with a grenade tossed in for good measure.  Sooner or later I'll find my workbench again ....All my clamps are (mostly) currently residing in a canvas tool bag, with the magnets hanging off the side rail of my garage door track.
Reply:All right.  All right.  When it gets used, it's not so clean.  This is what it looks like this week:I'm making my first fence.
Reply:Thanks All,I was hoping to see a rack that held the clamps by the T-handles.   I hate adjusting clamps back to the closed position!
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Reply:A lot of good ideas here.I wish we could see this one: Originally Posted by app-ironworksllcYears ago I made a clamp rack on wheels. It was 4' long and 2' wide at the base. It was 4'-6" tall and tapered to 4' long by 8" wide at the top. Think of a tall narrow a-frame, or trapezoid. It had several rows of 1/2 sq. bar on each side to hang the clamps on. In the center of the bottom I took a piece of 4" channel 4' long and placed it in the center flanges up. I had divided the narrow top with more sq. bar. This was where we stored all our pipe clamps. Drop them in from the top and the channel caught the bottom. I used 4 casters, 2 fixed ones mounted in the center and 2 swivel ones on the ends, that way it could be spun around inside it's own length.It could hold well over 100 C,G clamps, vice grips, bar clamps and about 2 dozen pipe clamps. It was super handy to be able to drag the whole mess of clamps to anywhere you needed them.
Reply:Unfortunately I don't have any photo's of it. So here's the next best thing.NOTE: Not to scale  Brian LeonardAppalachian Ironworks L.L.C.434 Long Branch Rd, Marshall, NC 28753828 649 9966828 702 [email protected]
Reply:I like Sam's the most. Mine are tangled in my leads on the bottom of my welder cart.
Reply:Originally Posted by Jack OlsenAll right.  All right.  When it gets used, it's not so clean.  This is what it looks like this week ...I'm making my first fence.
Reply:Originally Posted by SpyGuyWoohoo!  ... blah blah blah...Nice rack, App.