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2 Styles of French Cleat Clamp Hanger Brackets

by jasonruhl on May 15, 2016

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2 Styles of French Cleat Clamp Hanger Brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Intro: 2 Styles of French Cleat Clamp Hanger Brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Step 1: Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Step 2: K-Body Revo Clamp Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Step 3: Quick Grip Clamp Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

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I've just started to reorganize my shop, and part of this re-org is finding a spot for my clamps that isn't a pile on the floor, or a pile on the bench, or a pile.... you get the
idea.

I generally use two types of clamps:

Bessey K-Body Revo, and

Irwin Quick Grip

Both of these I have in a variety of sizes.

I decided to use a french cleat system for some shop organization, so I built these clamp hanger brackets to work on that. Hwoever, the wall cleats are not built or
installed yet, so I don't have any 'in use' photos of these.

This was a very fast project, so I also don't have any build photos. What I do have is a photo of my plans, and photos of the finished result. This should be enough for you
to copy this idea, or modify it to suit your own clamps. I am very happy with the Quick Grip clamp rack, and I think the Bessey rack will work well. This is also a simple
design.

Materials:

3/4" Plywood (I used some scrap Fir plywood for this. I'd recommend Baltic Birch as well, but definitely don't use MDF or particle board. See the plans for size)
1 1/2" #8 wood screws
Wood Glue

Tools:

Tablesaw (This works best to get the 45 degree cut for French cleats. I have done French cleats using a router table and a 45 degree chamfer bit too)
Mitre saw or band saw (The angled parts are easier to cut than on a table saw)
Jigsaw, scroll saw, or band saw (Teeth for the quick grip clamp holder)
Belt or orbital sander, or sanding block
Countersink drill bit (Screws need to be recessed to ensure pieces are tight together, and so that they don't catch on the wall surface behind)

Time:

These took about 1 hour each, excluding glue drying time.

Step 1: Plans
These are the plans that I used:

The first image is for one single clamp rack that holds up to 4 K Body clamps.

The second image is a plan for two matching clamp racks that holds up to four Quick Grip clamps. I made a mistake measuring, which resulted in being able to fit 6 Quick
Grips instead of four.

I don't show fasteners here, but on the K-Body clamp racks there are 2 screws per cleat (4 per holder) and on the Quick Grip there are 2 holding the edge onto the long
flat piece, and 2 more holding the cleat to the long flat piece. So: Total 4 again.

To make 2 of each, I used 16 screws.

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 Image Notes Image Notes
1. 7" overall 1. Each bracket holds four clamps. Mine hold 6, which is fine... you'll need in
2. 19" overall increase the 5 12" dimension by 1 1/4" for each additional clamp space. Also:
3. Cleat dimensions. These dimensions have to be used for the wall cleat as This plan makes enough parts for two matching racks.
well, as it has to fit in between two cleats 2. 13.5" overall
4. This top is chamfered to allow installation. If it wasn't, installation onto the 3. 11" overall
rail would be impossible. 4. Each 'recess' is 3/4" wide.
5. This should hold four Bessey K-Body Revo clamps I made them 3/4" deep as well.
5. Each ;tooth' is a minimum 1/2" wide. They can be made a bit wider as 1/2"
looks pretty small and fragile.
6. This is the chamfer. See the prior plan for a side view of the cleat part.

Step 2: K-Body Revo Clamp Rack

I glued the edge of the plywood to the cleat, top & bottom, then screwed them together.

When gluing end grain, I forced some glue into the edge of the plywood before putting another coat on & attaching the parts together.

I also sanded the larger pieces, just to knock down the corners and smooth out the faces a bit.

In the fourth picture I have put two back to back: This shows how the hanger will sit on the french cleat rail that will be fastened to the wall.

The last picture shows the hanger, in a rail (i'm holding the rail upright in this picture), with a clamp.

Instead of using screws, biscuits would work well in this application.

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 Image Notes
1. For some reason, this picture only wants to show up upside down - ???

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Step 3: Quick Grip Clamp Rack
This one is simpler.

I marked and cut the teeth out using my scroll saw, but a band saw or jug saw would work too.

I glued & screwed the 2 main verticals together, then glued & screwed the cleat onto the back.

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1. This piece, and the cleat, were cut from the same length - which is why this 1. These little 1/2" w x 3/4" d fingers are fragile. If I did it again I'd probably make
end is angled. The angle is not required. them 3/4" wide to avoid breakage such as this.

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 Image Notes
1. This image also doesn't show up in the proper orientation. This is, sadly, not
an anti-gravity clamp rack.
2. I am holding this rail against the wall

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