I’ld be interested to see everyone’s examples at fixture storage. What works, what doesn’t. I’ve seen Jason’s cart and seems like a good concept , but it’s always all cluttered up in the videos 
. When I get back to the house in 3 weeks I’ll post some pics of my square storage, would also be interested in seeing everyone’s take on that as well!
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US General rolling tool chest from Harbor Freight. Currently just use drawers in the larger of the two I have in the garage, but may pick up one of their 42x22 series 3 chests to be dedicated storage for all welding related gear.
I’ve currently got a large toolbox with a bunch of fixtures and clamps organized in various drawers, but it still doesn’t feel like the optimal choice for the setup and workflow.
I’d love to see other people’s setups and anything they’re particularly happy with.
Here’s what I put together recently: I used two harbor freight single drawer carts back to back. I bolted 1" square tube risers between the two carts. I used a single caster to “jump” the gap between the two carts, as four casters on each cart would hit each other. I had a piece of scrap 1/8" aluminum that I used for the clamp “wall”. To hang the vice grip clamps, I used 1/4" bolts with a nut on either side of the aluminum. To hang the Fireball clamps, I cut the head off the bolt and gave the end a little bit of a bend upwards. I had a piece of 16 ga laser cut and formed to hold the push clamps on the other side that I riveted to the handles of one cart. It’s nice and stable and works pretty well for less than $300.
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That’s pretty slick. I’m sure lots of people will want to copy this idea.
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Now that’s pretty slick! I was thinking long same lines, HF makes great toolbox’s and farts and if you catch them on sale and have the inside track memberships you can get them for way cheaper than trying to build from scratch !
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I agree that HF makes some pretty decent boxes for their price point. I like keeping things organized, so I started out with an old cart that I had in the shop–until I found out I had more fixtures and clamps than it would hold! A friend said I should bolt two together, so I went and bought two new ones so they would match up (they are a tiny bit different than my old one). When I started putting them together I thought a spacer between them would be good–that’s when the center “wall” section popped into my mind and became a riser to hold the sheet of aluminum which helps keep everything square and rigid and creates a “peg board” of sorts for hanging clamps.
I have a table s guy gave me that he got out of a door making shop. Would have been perfect for a fixture table but to thin. 3/4 inch holes on 3 inch grid. I wss thinking of building something similar to yours use the thin table as a peg board type of deal except with holes. The table is just seting out in the weather not doing anything
I love this design. I didn’t have the floor space for it, but it’s a sweet setup!
A couple more orders with Fireball since those pictures were taken and I’m running out of room! I either need to quit buying fixtures and clamps or start thinking about the next generation of storage!
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