Hinged clamp rack - GIF

**Jon** · Sep 29, 2018, 07:31 PM

Hinged clamp rack.

**PJs** · Oct 1, 2018, 05:38 PM

Like vises, one cannot have too many clamps and all or most in one place Nice build!

**Captainleeward** · Oct 1, 2018, 07:16 PM

O my o my that is the cats meow...........I want one nice job Jon

**Frank S** · Oct 1, 2018, 07:23 PM

Very nice racking system Now if I only had any of those type clamps. But of course I've only ever seen them used in wood shops.

**Jon** · Oct 1, 2018, 09:57 PM

This one I found uncredited, and without a source vid - if I can find the builder I'll invite him to this thread. In part because I want to ask him how this rack has worked out day-to-day.

Be mindful of the Facebook effect as it applies to tools and other builds online. Just as people often only post their picture-perfect moments on social media, we frequently only see these tools in their most ideal 30 seconds. A useful organizing method is an extraordinary time-saver, but it's often hard to beat just chucking stuff in a drawer or on a shelf, and then doing cleanup once monthly.

**Tonyg** · Oct 2, 2018, 05:52 AM

Extremely handy. At present those sort of clamp I store on the rungs of a ladder, which is fine until you need to use the ladder. Thank you Jon.

**mklotz** · Oct 2, 2018, 08:57 AM

Those clever, beautifully built, tool storage examples always bother me. What happens when you buy another tool of the type so stored?

The essence of storage in my shop is expandability. If you're the type of person who buys tools or builds his own, expandability has to be a consideration, especially so in current times.

The Stuckley tool case is a work of art, no doubt. But in his era a craftsman bought a good set of the basic tools and used them for a lifetime so building a case to hold them and protect them made good sense. Once that set was acquired the craftsman probably bought very few new tools. Not so today.

**Jon** · Oct 2, 2018, 09:51 AM

Agreed. Especially because "you can never have enough clamps" is a popular mantra of woodworkers. To be fair, if this hinged clamp rack is a good solution, multiple ones can be used, with one left mostly empty.

When I am battling my wife to prevent the latest knickknack or decoration or tabletop occupant from permanently inhabiting our house, I frequently use the old saw: "You fill your house with things, but you live in the empty space."

The shop version is: "You fill your shop with tools, but you work in the empty space."

**Frank S** · Oct 2, 2018, 07:49 PM

My empty space usually means I have to clear away a few flat surface dwellers to have enough space to work as soon as I turn my back these squatters retake their domain. I sometimes toss them to the floor only to find they somehow manage to retake the table again, and always hide from view should I decide I want to use one.
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