Wall holder for clamps
Carpentry clamps are often piled up or in the corner of a home workshop. Build a shelf for them from waste wood and a piece of sheet material.
Our homemade fixture holds up to six rack clamps. You can increase the size of the hanger to store more tools by approximately 30 mm for each. Please note that if the holder is significantly expanded, you will need to strengthen the bar or put an additional support in the middle.
Sizes of blanks for wall clamp holder.
Cut the workpieces to size and sand the visible surfaces. Align the parts and drill the countersunk holes.
Fasten the bar to the supports with 4.5x40 mm screws.
Turn the blanks over and secure the back panel.
Hang the holder to the wall through the drilled mounting holes.
There is a place to store the C-clamps directly under this fixture.
Ready-made wall holder for joinery clamps.
Holders for them are very simple, and are made separately for each set of clamps. The dimensions of the suspension are selected based on the fact that the width of the protruding shelf should be slightly less than the distance between the jaws.
Holder for storing C-clamps.
Self-production
For an experienced craftsman, it will not be difficult to create a convenient holder for your tool kit yourself. This method is much more economical than buying a finished product, and also allows you to create strictly individual designs, ideally suited to your set of equipment. The main problem in this case is the high labor intensity of the process.
The use of ready-made components that are currently widely available on the market will help save time. One of the leading manufacturers of such products is the German company Element System, which offers a wide range of holders for different types of equipment, including:
- steel key holders of various sizes, designed for mounting on a wall or vertical stands;
- wall brackets for screwdrivers, hammers, pliers and scissors;
- plastic hooks for attaching scissors, files, keys and other types of tools;
- Convenient metal hooks for hanging the power tool.
It will not be difficult to make a magnetic holder yourself - after all, several powerful magnets are enough for this (bipolar neodymium is best, although elements from old speakers are also suitable), a wooden strip and fasteners or glue. If you plan to store sharp-edged tools, you can protect the surface of the magnets from damage by using heat shrink tubes or ordinary electrical tape placed on top of them.
Unfortunately, ready-made racks for storing garden tools are currently almost not available on the market, so they will have to be made yourself anyway. The easiest way to create such a structure is from an unnecessary wooden plank pallet. Another option is a vertical panel with pieces of plastic pipes mounted on it, with a diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the cuttings of your garden accessories.
Bench drill stand
When working with a drill, you have to constantly change the attachments. It often happens that you put a drill somewhere, and later it is already difficult to find it.Having made a small stand of only four parts with your own hands, you will place drills, cores, pencils, cutters and other similar nozzles in it.
Photo of a table stand for drills.
For the top layer of the device, light plastic is optimal, on which the inscriptions are clearly visible, and neat holes in it are easier to make. For the middle, pick a piece of chipboard or MDF that is 16 mm thick or a little more. Fasten these two parts with screws and mark the location of the holes with an awl. Mark on a square grid with a side of 15 mm for drills, and for other items, be guided in place depending on their dimensions.
Making a tabletop drill stand.
Drill the holes using the drill bits 1 mm thicker than the shank of the bit to be placed.
Deburr the bottom plane and attach 3mm plywood to it. Screw in a wooden plank for feather drills from the end and mark the plastic to quickly find the bits.
Pliers holder
Pliers, round-nose pliers, wire cutters and all other similar tools are neatly located on this device.
Photo of the pliers holder.
Choose a birch batten for the hanging bar, and plywood for the brackets.
Pliers holder drawing.
Use a planer to round the top edges of the bar so that the pliers hang straight.
Making a pliers holder.
Mark the grooves on the parts, drill holes in them and saw through the material with a hacksaw.
Finish the edges with a square file.
Fit grooves and sand surfaces.
Connect the workpieces "dry" and screw the holder into place with self-tapping screws.
Place the desired hand tool on the hanger and use the holes in the brackets for storing screwdrivers.
Homemade pliers holder.
Change the dimensions and even the design of the reviewed projects, if necessary, adapting the holders to your needs.