Jason White
12-13-2009, 6:53 PM
I think I've finally come up with a solution for storing all of my clamps.
Having tried a wall rack and a roll-around clamp cart (sorry Norm, your cart is great but I just don't have the floor space!!), I thought I'd try hanging them from the ceiling joists.
I work in television and we hang our lights from a "grid" of steel pipes mounted up near the ceiling. Based on that idea, I got some 1/2" black steel pipes, some 3/8" threaded rod and some "F&M" split-ring hangers. That took care of the K-bodies, pipe clamps, C-clamps and hand-screw clamps, but I still needed a way to hang the smaller bar clamps. So, I made a couple of racks out of plywood and mounted those to the joists as well. I also incorporated some rubber-coated ladder-hangers that slip over the tops of the joists for some other miscellaneous clamps.
It's a little weird having all of these clamps hanging over my head, but they're all within easy reach near my outfeed/assembly table.
Whad'ya think?
Jason
Having tried a wall rack and a roll-around clamp cart (sorry Norm, your cart is great but I just don't have the floor space!!), I thought I'd try hanging them from the ceiling joists.
I work in television and we hang our lights from a "grid" of steel pipes mounted up near the ceiling. Based on that idea, I got some 1/2" black steel pipes, some 3/8" threaded rod and some "F&M" split-ring hangers. That took care of the K-bodies, pipe clamps, C-clamps and hand-screw clamps, but I still needed a way to hang the smaller bar clamps. So, I made a couple of racks out of plywood and mounted those to the joists as well. I also incorporated some rubber-coated ladder-hangers that slip over the tops of the joists for some other miscellaneous clamps.
It's a little weird having all of these clamps hanging over my head, but they're all within easy reach near my outfeed/assembly table.
Whad'ya think?
Jason