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Well, the new shop needed a place to store my clamps, so I built this rolling storage cart to store them. Makes it nice to have all my clamps in one place, within easy reach.

It's made from a single sheet of plywood.
The ends are for bar clamps of all sizes.

The insides are made for smaller C-Clamps and spring clamps which are held up by dowels.
There is also a section for small bar clamps.

In the first picture you can see a couple of larger C-Clamps but there is a whole column
of 6" clamps.

The dowels make it easy to add them as my clamp collection grows.

Swivel wheels make it easy to move around.

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Nice cart. As they all say "You can never have enough clamps" Boy and isn't that the truth.
 

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Very nice. I need one of these.
 

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Just a great job done on this Gary. I think most of these LumberJocks here would need at least one of these.
 

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A very practical project, Gary.

I have a lot of clamps, but they are wall mounted. I simply can't sacrifice any more floor space. I just lost another three square feet last week when I purchased a stationery belt/disk sander.
 

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well organized!
 

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Well done, it's nice to have all your clamps right there ready when you need them.
 

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wonderful.
Some day I hope we have enough clamps to need one of these!
 

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Very handy, it is on my future project list. Do you find it top heavy at all? What size casters did you use? I would assume that smaller casters would help keep it less top heavy if I build one. Thanks for the inspiration.
 

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Good looking cart, I'd build one myself if I had the room. I am looking at building one on the wall to hold my clamps instead. Nice clamp collection, as others have said you can never have enough clamps.
 

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Gary,
Thanks for sharing your great ideas with us. I can tell you are an organized woodworker, which makes you more efficient.
 

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Nice rack. Reminds me that I need more clamps.
 

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Nice. You got a pretty pricey collection, I see. I'd love to have a third of the parallel clamps you have. Good storage and mobility. I'm in a small garage, so mobility isn't a big deal for me. I hang most of mine on the back of a door. I dedicate a few to specific tools and hang them on the machines or carts themselves.
 

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I'm with Don I can't sacrifice any more floor space. I hangum on the wall, and yes, I need more. jockmike
 

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Thanks for all your comments.

As has been stated before you can never have enough clamps.

Before I built my current shop I was in a two car garage along with the washer and dryer so I used to just
line all the bar clamps up along the wall and the rest were in a 5 gallon paint bucket.

As far as them being pricey, well they were collected over a long period of time and when they were on sale.
It was a sacrifice I had to make. :)
 

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Nice looking rack Gary…..the clamp rack that is…..I wasn't inferring….oh nevermind!
 

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beats my "2×4" on the wall clamp board. but I only have about 60 clamps so far, and still growing.
 

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What are going to do when you get some 72' clamps Gary.

Nice clamp holder.
 

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Karson - I won't get any. I'll just use two 36" clamps. :)

Hey, I have actually done it.
 

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Way too organized! You sure your a woodworker?
 

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oh… he's a woodworker! I am always floored by his work. I had one of those bessey clamps in my hands the other day and it looks like you have managed to get your wife to let you invest more in clamps than I do in my minivan. How did you pull that off?
 
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