Quick and dirty vice grip rack

[Ditchdigger]

In an attempt to declutter a few drawers in the box I pulled out most of the vise grips and then realized I needed a place to store them.

A piece of "chromed" oval tubing picked up a while ago because it was interesting and I might have a use for it someday



Milled 3/4" holes and 7/16" slots



Yep that looks like what I wanted



Found some scrap 16ga under the shear and scribed out some lines



Clipped, bent and welded



Fogged some of whatever paint was handy on the mild steel bits and screwed to the side of the box



And started populating




Tools slide in like this






I intentionally made this with only two access areas. I made it to hold 10 8" and 10 C clamp style and am not worried about having to remove a few to get to one I might need.

It also occurred to me that a 1/4" hole at the end of the slots could allow a padlock to easily lock them in place. My shop is secure so I don't have to worry about that.

 

[Robert Haas]

so you have to remove all of them to get at the first one in line?

 

[txvwnut]

I like it! Gonna use that idea for my vise grip welding clamps.

 

[d.mcfarland]

Nice work!

 

[SlappyWhite]

First off this is infinitely better than my vice grip rack which is just a bunch of vice grips piled in a drawer! So take the next within that context...

Very nice work but some food for thought... You could have a hole at either end of each slot so you do not have to remove them all to get the size you need. Each slot can then have two sizes and you would never have to remove any to get to the size you want. Just dimple up (curve up) the ends of the slot right at the hole so they do not slide out on their own (sort of a detent). Each bar can hold four sizes with two slots per bar.

Again, infinitely better than my pile in a drawer.

 

[Cue]

That's great and I am going to steal your idea.

 

[gte718p]

That's great and I am going to steal your idea.

Definitely an idea worth stealing. Thank you

 

[Ditchdigger]

You could have a hole at either end of each slot so you do not have to remove them all to get the size you need. .

I specifically didn't do that because I wanted to just slide them over to the end. With a hole at both ends of the slots you could easily knock them out and would have to be careful about not sliding the grips on the ends too far.

 

[larry4406]

I like this. I can see using multiple separate slots, a slot for each wrench type.

 

[Richard Cranium]

I like this ideal.

 

[beelsr]

nice idea and execution.

if you wheel the base around a lot you might want to add a bumper-strip something to the side of the base to deaden the sound of the clamps smacking it all the live long day...

 

[kkroger]

I've made mine for a while now, they can be scaled up... I've shipped them all over.

 

[chryslerben]

I like both ideas, certainly going to go away and consider my vice grip organisation.

 

[Hammer1963]

Great idea and nice work. Looks like it came from a tool company. I could definitely see this working very well.

 

[JUNK-MAN]

Nice job! I would like to make something like that to store my pile.

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