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This is a proto type clamp rack that I will rebuild in my new shop slated for 2013.
I brought a bunch of Pine 1X4 and 1X6 material from Missouri to our new home in Surprise Az. ... well Surprise! as soon as the sun hit it it all warped and twisted. Seems to be a humidity thing. (I could have made some really nice propellers). Well being the Yankee that i am, I won’t throw it away, so I cut them up and used the Kregt jig, clamps, and a bunch of glue for assembly.
I have seen these racks on the net, and Stumpy Nubs made one, but I had no drawings or dimensions, so I set it up using the best SWAG engineering for 15 clamps to the tier. Habitat RE-Store had the hinges. I ended up with 45 clamps in the rack and a bunch of squeezy clamps on the sides of the rack and room for some C clamps along the bottom stretcher. Total cost … $5 for the hinges at the Re Store.
The next one I build for the permanent shop will not have the mistakes that this one has, but it was fun to do anyway. Oh, by the way, after I built this I did find that there are drawings available on Stumpy’s web site.
Thanks to all of you for being here.
-- Grumpy old guy, and lookin' good Doin' it.
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Skylark53
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#1 posted 324 days ago
Good use of small space. You never have too many clamps. Great project!
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robscastle
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#2 posted 323 days ago
OMG Looks like somethig out of M.A.S.H. when they say Clamp!
there is so many its a wond?er the wall dosent come down
I just counted them there is over 50 there.
I am thinking falling asleep at a party at your place would not be a good idea !!!
Clamps absolutley amazing !!!
What could you possibly dowith them all ?
Regards
Robert Brennan
jerrells
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#3 posted 323 days ago
In the first picture I thought, “that won’t work”. Then I saw the hinges – great idea and a good use of space.
-- Just learning the craft my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ practiced.
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#4 posted 323 days ago
Very nice! Oh, and sorry you had to move away from the beautiful, humid state of MO…
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ldl
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#5 posted 323 days ago
Nice looking rack.
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tonny
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#6 posted 323 days ago
I Love it !!
I need to do something like yours. Do you mind share the plans?
Thanks
robscastle
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#7 posted 323 days ago
Hello Grumpymike,
Me again, and I owe you an apology.
After seeing how many clamps you had I added the OMG and MASH comment.
So here I am offering a retraction of my silly remark, as I decided to count up just how many clamps I had as I was still wondering what somebody would do with them all.
To my dismay I found have almost the same as yourself, and was wanting more as well!
I could not believe I had that many! anyway regardless,
Apology tendered !!!
Regards
Robert Brennan
a1Jim
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#8 posted 323 days ago
Nice rack it looks great.
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Grumpymike
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#9 posted 322 days ago
Thanks for your comments … is this a great site or what?
Robert, I agree that this is a bunch of clamps, and I will admit that I didn’t know how many I really had untill I got them all in one spot.
Tonny, Plans? Well my plan was to put all the clamps in one spot …
the irst tier is 36 X 21-1/2” the second is 24 X and the third is 12X. I bored 3/8” holes spaced 1” and cut the slots with a band saw. I just plotted 15 clamp slots, cut the board and copied it 3 times. did modify the first tier to accomadate some short pipe clamps.
-- Grumpy old guy, and lookin' good Doin' it.
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