WOOD Magazine – October 01, 2019

62 WOOD magazine October 2019

Put a pinch on clamp clutter

The ⅜"-wide notches hold most F-style and

one-handed bar clamps. For pipe or alumi-

num bar clamps, widen the notches and

adjust the spacing as needed, or hang them

from the ends of the rack.

Note: If the rack shifts

as you remove clamps,

drive a single screw

through the back (C)

and hanging cleat (D)

to hold it in place.

Tip! If you plan to make

both the clamp rack and

glue station, cut both

hanging cleats at the

same time.

1 CLAMP RACK

Start your One-Wall Workshop with the workbench and

mitersaw table from issue 260 (May 2019). Then add

cabinets from issue 261 (July 2019) and the drill holder

and fastener rack from issue 262 (September 2019). See

all of the plans by pointing your smartphone’s camera at

this code, or by searching for “one-wall” at woodstore.net.

Drilling and cutting notches in the top/bottom (A) before cutting the blank in

two provides a long workpiece for easy clamping to a worksurface.

1

Cut a 6×18¼" blank for the bottom (A)

and top (A). Cut clamp rack parts B–E to

size [Clamp Rack Materials List].

2

Lay out the notches on the bottom (A)

[Drawing 1]. Drill ⅜" holes at the end of

each notch, then jigsaw the notches [Photo A].

3

Cut the bottom and top (A) to length,

and glue and screw them to the sides (B).

Glue and nail the back (C) to the assembly.

4

Fasten the hanging cleat (D) to a sheet of

Baltic birch plywood with the edges f lush

using double-faced tape. Bevel the cleat edge

in two passes with a 45° chamfer bit. Then

glue and screw the cleat to the rack.

5

Glue the cover (E) to the top (A). Apply

three coats of wipe-on polyurethane fin-

ish and hang the clamp rack.

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