Popular Woodworking 2007-10 № 164, страница 56
Mobile Clamp Cart BY ROBERT W. LANG This small rack rolls easily to anywhere you need it. Ready and mobile. This simple cart holds many clamps and takes up . little floor space. nline EXTRAS For more information on the necessary clamps for your shop, go to: popularwoodworking.com/oct07 TMI 1BIL._. .■■ . ?! 70U* : Popular- WopdWsrkin|l^jOC«ber 20O7_ f jjrag": -i,T . ■ *■" ." -' T here here is an old saying in woodworking that you can't have too many clamps. While this is true, it is entirely possible to have too many clamps in the wrong place at the wrong time. The last thing I want to do in the midst of a complicated glue-up is to set off to the far reaches of the shop in search of a needed clamp. A rolling cart is an obvious solution, and we have had one for years. The problem with it is that it holds only parallel-jaw clamps, and is so big that there is only one place in the shop that it fits. And if we could find another place for it, it would be difficult to move. It's always reminded me of a retail store display. It looks nice, but it may as well be fixed to the wall. I decided to make a smaller rack, one that would hold wood hand-screws and F-style clamps in addition to big cabinet assembly clamps. I wanted it to be mobile and functional with a small footprint. I sacrificed a bit of organization to gain usable space. The cabinet clamps are contained in a three-sided corral mounted on a simple cart. F-style clamps hang on the outer top rails, and wooden handscrews fit over two upright pieces at the back. Now I can have the clamps I use most often right where I'm working, and when I don't need them, I can roll them out of the way. The lower part of the cart is a piece of 3A"-thick plywood, fastened to the top of a hardwood frame. On each corner at the bottom of the frame is a 21/2"-diameter swivel caster. The frame is made from 1"-thick x 3V4"-wide poplar. The three frames that form the upper part are made of the same material. Any hardwood would work, or these parts could be made from 2x4 material prepared the same way as in the miter saw stand article on page 38 in this issue. The cart holds a lot of weight, so it should be made of solid, sturdy material with solid |
