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Clamp till / storage rack, I'm looking for ideas.

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I thought about cutting an old wooden latter in half and screwing them together side by side and mounting it to the wall so I can hang clamps on the rungs.

What do you think or what do you do for hanging clamps?

Bonus Question: Is it okay to store spring clamps clamped onto something or will it destress the spring after time?
 
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It does help the clamps stay straight if the rack is angled slightly outward at the bottom unless you have a setup that uses grooves to keep them straight, wouldn't take more then a 2×4 on the bottom to bring it out enough. Doesn't matter so much with F clamps but seems to matter a little with beam and pipe clamps which have shorter, flat pads that can slip off. Mine is just an A frame with some cross pieces to rest the clamps on and the whole thing is on wheels. my understanding is that spring clamps can weaken so I glued a couple of thin strips to the side of my clamp rack that the spring clamp can sit over without actually clamping the wood.
 
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I store my bar clamps in on stretchers over head
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I also have a straight, single board clamp rack, for my "F" clamps mounted to the wall.
I use small pieces of wood screwed between the stair stringers for my spring clamps. This type of storage could be adapted to any type of rack.

 

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Here's mine. It's a rolling stainless steel baker's rack I picked up at BJ's (like Sam's Club) for $49…
It's an old photo and the clamps have changed, but the fact that it rolls easily means I can pull the clamps over to where I'm using them. I thought it might be top heavy once I got it loaded, but it's not.
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Emma, I have some of my clamps hanging on aluminum extruded bars on a wall in the middle of my shop, and the spring clamps on a steel rod as they are not used as much.

If clamped to a board or other they will lose strength and the spring will not be very strong at that point.

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I built mine based on a sketch I saw on Stumpy Nubs site (and I saw a similar hinged-door idea elsewhere). I used 3/4" ply instead of pine. Holds around 50 clamps, occupies 36" of wall space and is hung on a french cleat

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Emma, I think that would work nice. The way you have it drawn it would probably be pretty wide to hold two drawers and two too boxes. You may want to go to one drawer and one tool box if you have a space issue. You may try to find a way to use the dead space above the tool boxes too. lastly, clamps can be very heavy so you may want to reinforce the bottom with some angle iron or put castors on the center too.
 
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