Organizing the shop...and lots of clamp storage ideas.

One thing leads to another as I organize my shop. It really just started by wanting some clamp storage racks. That got me to make a new lumber storage rack, which inspired me to go through my wood hoard. Now I have a bunch of wood in my driveway I need to get rid of.

The clearing of excess lumber got me to clean out a bunch of other junk under my workbench. Mostly, a large pile of towels that have been doing nothing but collecting sawdust for a couple years. When my wife buys new towels for the house, the old ones become shop towels. And shop towels are not like clamps: you can definitely have too many.

Now I have seemingly tons of extra space in my shop. I'm going to give this all some thought before I start slapping up shelves willy-nilly. Need to fully examine the long-term implications.

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Thirteen-year-old Connor DeWald (so close to DeWalt!) began organizing his clamps with this DIY rack. Connor sent me over a shop tour, BTW. Great looking shop in the making.

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Here's a clamp rack Wil Wilson built with his father-in-law to store his massive collection. Wow!

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And Bill Wilson was able to organize some of his clamps using my rack:

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Looking for a simple clamp storage solution? Check out Dallas Diehl's system. PVC pipes! This make a lot of sense.

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And just in case you've been wanting to buy some green clamps and having a hard time finding any, it appears Michael Calhoun bought them all.

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But you won't need to buy any clamps at all if you make your own. Here are Dave Rutan's homemade bar clamps and awesome fold-up storage system. Check out the full story here.

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Tomas Johansson shows how clamp storage is done in Sweden. Well, at least in his shop. Very organized!

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Quarto!

Lest you think people have stopped making Quarto games, here's Ibrahim Al Abdulaaly's all-in-one board with storage. He made it using an old Ikea bench!

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Patrick J. O'Rourkemade this version with oak and walnut pieces (love the shaping on those pieces) and used a glass cutting board for the game surface. Clever!

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Shane Rudnik really took Quarto to another level by making a dual-function game table. Quarto on one side, chess on the flip-side. Sweet.

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Mere Minutes

Here's an update on the lumber rack from last Friday.