I've had several shops in my life and they've always been small. My present shop is no exception.
"You can never have enough clamps", right? Well in my case I've had enough to do what I've needed. My problem for many years has been "where to store all the clamps". They just took up way too much wall space, so I had them hung from the wall, in the corner, hung from the ceiling, etc.
I think I've now found the solution (picture 1), but I've filled it up already, so may be increasing it's size soon. Instead of putting clamps side by side along the wall, then more clamps in the corners, and then even more long clamps hung from the ceiling, I'm now stacking them out from the wall with a separate slot for each size. Now I can easily find them and find the right size when I need them.
The supports (see 2nd picture) need to be very strong because of the weight of the clamps, so I used 2 X 4 and 2 X 6, depending on the support space required for the particular clamps. To construct them I used biscuits, glue, and screws at every joint. The tail piece of the support is a piece of 3/4 plywood, also glued and screwed in place. It acts as a hook to engage the french cleat (horizontal 2 X 4) on the wall. The French Cleat is a rabbeted 2 X 4 that is anchored by #10 3" power drive screws (2) in every wall stud. A second 2 X 4 below it mostly acts as a spacer, but it is also anchored heavily to the wall. The support brackets are also screwed to the upper and lower wall 2 X 4 once the correct spacing has been determined.
Other misc. clamps were put wherever they fit. The 2 screw clamps are clamped to the window frame (good thing I never put trim on it). The larger C clamps are clamped to the narrow shelf under the large clamps (many C clamps in use right now as are 2 Bessey band clamps).
Charley
"You can never have enough clamps", right? Well in my case I've had enough to do what I've needed. My problem for many years has been "where to store all the clamps". They just took up way too much wall space, so I had them hung from the wall, in the corner, hung from the ceiling, etc.
I think I've now found the solution (picture 1), but I've filled it up already, so may be increasing it's size soon. Instead of putting clamps side by side along the wall, then more clamps in the corners, and then even more long clamps hung from the ceiling, I'm now stacking them out from the wall with a separate slot for each size. Now I can easily find them and find the right size when I need them.
The supports (see 2nd picture) need to be very strong because of the weight of the clamps, so I used 2 X 4 and 2 X 6, depending on the support space required for the particular clamps. To construct them I used biscuits, glue, and screws at every joint. The tail piece of the support is a piece of 3/4 plywood, also glued and screwed in place. It acts as a hook to engage the french cleat (horizontal 2 X 4) on the wall. The French Cleat is a rabbeted 2 X 4 that is anchored by #10 3" power drive screws (2) in every wall stud. A second 2 X 4 below it mostly acts as a spacer, but it is also anchored heavily to the wall. The support brackets are also screwed to the upper and lower wall 2 X 4 once the correct spacing has been determined.
Other misc. clamps were put wherever they fit. The 2 screw clamps are clamped to the window frame (good thing I never put trim on it). The larger C clamps are clamped to the narrow shelf under the large clamps (many C clamps in use right now as are 2 Bessey band clamps).
Charley
I don't have floor space either, so I can't do it like you. That would be nice, though. I had a small clamp cart, but ran out of floor space for it and cut it up. My clothes pin type orange clamps are on the legs of my workbench.
