Great Ideas for Your Shop
ClampRack
Easy-Store
When we first ran across this clamp-rack design, we did a bit of a double take. It holds
clamps by their handles, not by the
fixed jaws, as we’d seen countless times.
With this “backward” design, clamps
can’t fall off the rack, and it keeps the
movable jaw from sliding down the bar
when hung.
The key to building this clamp holder
is to minimize the gap between the
front and back pieces. The tighter the
opening around the clamp handle, the
more vertical a clamp will hang—a
1∕
8"
gap works well. A slight round-over
along the top inside edge of the front
minimizes marring the clamp-handle
finish when hanging the clamps.
Project design: Tyme, San Diego, Calif.
Note: Preview Tyme’s shop as well as those
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;∕;;" pilot hole
1¼" deep
#8 x 3" F.H. wood screw
centered over wall stud
BACK
;∕;;" shank holes,
countersunk
SPACER
BACK
Slight round-over
along inside
top edge
6"
10"
FRONT
6"
SPACER
¾"
O;set
#8 x 2" F.H.
wood screws
Width of clamp
handle plus ;∕;"
Length to ;t
wall space
FRONT
1"
Note: All stock is ¾" plywood.
Width
of clamp
handle
plus ;∕;"
#8 x 2" F.H.
wood screw
