Clamp Cart

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

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

Very nice. I need one of these.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

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

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

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.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/

well organized!

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

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

-- Kaleo , http://www.kalafinefurniture.com

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

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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.

-- "so much to learn and so little time"..

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.

-- Mark, Norfolk, VA

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

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

Nice rack. Reminds me that I need more clamps.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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.

-- Jeff, South Carolina

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

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

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. :-)

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

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

-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.

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

Nice clamp holder.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Karson – I won’t get any. I’ll just use two 36” clamps. :-)

Hey, I have actually done it.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Way too organized! You sure your a woodworker?

-- DaveH - Boise, Idaho - “How hard can it be? It's only wood!”

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?

-- www.robneves.com

For those interested in the construction, I have added a Sketchup file.

Clamp Cart Sketchup Drawing

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Thanks Gary! I think I need one of these….

-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"

Hi Gary,

sIKE contacted me off-list and was wondering why your model, when run through my CutList plugin, wouldn’t produce any results. This was because your parts were not made into either components or groups. As a quick little exercise, I converted your model and uploaded a CutList ready version of Gary's Clamp Cart.

The dimensions are still there, just on a ‘measurements’ layer. Turn on this layer to display it along with the model.

It’s now got named parts and some ‘plywood material’ ( ok, not a very pretty one ).

Here is the cutlist and the layout for those who just like to look at the answer at the back of the book. You probably already know it, but your design nicely fits on a single 3/4” piece of plywood. You didn’t include the clamp shelves but it looks like they might fit in the remaining space.

Steve

-- Steve, New Zealand, www.steveracz.com

Thanks Steve,

Sketchup is not one of my favorite programs so I appreciate your taking the time to do this and posting it.

I left out the parts to hang the clamps out because everyone has a different collection of clamps. What works for me might not work for the next guy.

The cutting diagram that the cutlist program came up with didn’t take into account the kerf width of the saw blade. You wouldn’t get true 24” pieces cutting it as shown. If you were to cut it as shown below, it can be cut to exactly 24”. This was how I originaly layed it out.

Thanks again

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Gary,

You’re quite right…unless you have my ‘no kerf’ atomic wood fiber splitter saw ;)

Well, this simple example has actually pointed out the two features of my plugin which can be improved – kerf size and part rotation. It doesn’t do the first and there is no standard way to specify grain direction in Sketchup for the second.

Thanks for posting your version of the layout. Either way, if people want to build this, I think they have all the info they need and they can make their own decisions on part sizes and orientation and clamp shelves to suit.

My own clamp rack would be much, much smaller! Those K-body Besseys run between $100-$150 each here in NZ, so they are out of my league – though my clamp collection is growing now that I have have learned to make my own out of wood.

Steve

-- Steve, New Zealand, www.steveracz.com

Excuse the play on words but ,Nice rack Gary! <vbg>

Mine is a lot more messy than han and you have prompted me to redo mine soon as the dust settles.

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

Well, Bob, if you do decide to make one there is one thing in the “sheet goods” list I just noticed.

The center piece should only be 46 3/4” long. It’s not dadoed into the base like the two sides. That is unless
you want to get out the router and add that dado. I used nothing but the tablesaw to make the dados.
The center piece is dadoed into the two side pieces to that provided more than enough strength.

Don’t forget to post some pics!

I would think that your shop would be done by now.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Very tidy job indeed. I wish I had the space to do the same.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python