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   Pete | Jan 17, 2006 02:53pm | #1

   I've seen a lot of fancy, labor intensive clamp storage racks -- but I have yet to see an easier one to access than this simple thing I came up with.  I can grab two besseys with one hand while lifting the hasps with the other -- nothing to unscrew or fuss with and they stay put.  (I had a similar setup in my cube van and they stayed put there too)

   
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   forestgirl | Jan 17, 2006 08:49pm | #2

   I'm not quite figuring out the things with the slots -- how was/were that/they made??forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   PHM | Jan 17, 2006 09:06pm | #4

   Slotted things look to be a bunch of hasps (think padlocks).  Really neat idea.

   PHM

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   forestgirl | Jan 18, 2006 02:19am | #5

   Ahhh, OK, gotcha.  That's where the hasp reference came in.  Very clever "thinking outside the box"!  Only thing is, aren't those hasps kinda expensive?forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   BG | Jan 18, 2006 03:51am | #6

   FG,
   If your Bessie's have a foot, as the Jorgie's do, then hanging the clamps by the foot provides lots of inexpensive options....think two tier storage....with or without mobility.

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   Pete | Jan 18, 2006 04:13am | #7

   PHM nailed it -- that is exactly what they are -- hasps -- yes, they are not inexpensive, but their efficacy dwarfs the miniscule cost.  just let it be said, when bessey introduces the same thing next Christmas -- I want witnesses.

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   Pete | Jan 18, 2006 04:16am | #8

   one more thing, they don't really even need the shelf beneath them to support them, it just makes them more uniform for display.  they'll hang there on the same principal that a pipe clamp works.

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   John_D | Jan 18, 2006 05:01am | #9

   You're not worried you could damage the teeth on the bar?My goal is for my work to outlast me.  Expect my joinery to get simpler as time goes by.

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   Pete | Jan 18, 2006 05:35am | #10

   never occurred to me, but to tell the truth, in years of using this system (including as I mentioned earlier, bouncing around in the back of a cube van) -- I've had zero problems.  zip.  the hasp steel is probably way softer.

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   forestgirl | Jan 18, 2006 09:48am | #11

   "the hasp steel is probably way softer."  Yet another argument for buying the cheapest hasps you can, LOL!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   forestgirl | Jan 17, 2006 08:52pm | #3

   I'm in the same boat, after the 25th Anniversary sale for Jorgies and Besseys.  Will be watching this thread carefully.  By trolley, I assume you mean something you can wheel around the shop to be close to your assembly place??  The basic design seems to be A-frame.  I just haven't focused on the problem yet, but to share my personal criteria:  Mobile, relatively small footprint, nothing needs to be squeezed to be put away or taken off the rack, nothing sticks out to strike shins, ankles, or knees!

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
   Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   DJBPS | Jan 18, 2006 04:33pm | #13

   Hi Forestgirl,

   You hit the nail on the head; that's exactly what I'm looking for. Wheels for mobility and something that can put as much as possible on a small layout.

   I know I've seen an A-frame one on a woodworking show up here in Canada (I think it was John Shoalts' show), but it's been a while. One of the other posters mentioned a two-tiered system based on hanging by the feet, which is what I believe the one I saw was.

   I'll try and look through the web to see if I can find any reference to the one I saw on TV.

   Dan

    

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   CharlesW | Jan 18, 2006 05:04pm | #14

   Dan,

   You might take a look a the New yankee workshop site.  Norm built one a few years ago.  I made one sorta based on his design, using a furniture dolley as a base.  Don't have any pictures, mainly cause it turned out a bit bigger and clunkier than I wanted, but works none the less.  Holds a bunch of bar and pipe clamps and has pegs for spring clamps, c clamps, etc.

   Good luck,  

   Chuck

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   oldfred | Jan 18, 2006 01:06pm | #12

   I was prowling around Rockler the other day and saw this.  Might give you an idea.

   http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=11303