9 Clamp Storage Ideas to Declutter Your Garage

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PVC Pipe Clamp Rack

Here’s a slick snap-in, snap-out storage rack made from PVC pipe. For 1/2-in.-dia. iron pipe, use 3/4-in. PVC. For 3/4-in.-dia. pipe, use 1-in. PVC.

To make the rack, cut two-inch lengths of PVC with a hacksaw or band saw. Slice them lengthwise about 3/16-in. past the diameter’s center line. This creates the gripping action to firmly hold the heavy iron pipe.

Drill and countersink two holes in each PVC piece, then space and screw them along a pair of two-inch-wide boards. Attach the upper board to your shop wall and snap a pipe clamp in either end to position the lower board for screwing to the wall.

That’s it. You’ve shaped AWOL pipe clamps into an orderly arrangement.

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Pipe Clamp Hanger

Since these caps screw tightly on 3/4-in. pipe threads, you can use them to store your pipe clamps on a shop wall. Drill holes in the top of the caps, tighten eye bolts in the holes with nuts on both sides, then attach them to your clamps and hang them up.

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Pipe Clamp Pincushion

Cut two 12- by 16-in. pieces of 3/4-in. plywood and temporarily screw or nail them face to face. Drill 1-1/4-in. holes (if your pipes are 1-in. outside diameter), spaced three inches apart, through both pieces. Pry the plywood apart, then screw them to two 16-in.-long pieces of 2×8 to make an open-ended box.

Add a couple of narrow 3/4-in. boards on the bottom for feet, then set the box in a convenient spot along a shop wall. To keep it from sliding, attach it to the studs with screws driven through the 2x8s.

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