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> I have seen all sorts of methods, some sane, some????  



Then I'll leave them in the boxes for now.  I have around 120 clamps in three 
sizes 1", 4", and 5" with a few larger and a few much larger.  I tried the 
overhead rack but when a few of those big clamps nearly missed my head, 
didn't 
miss my toe, and far worse, nearly fell on the work piece, I took them all 
down.  I tried the bench level bar but they needed to be closed on the bar 
and 
that was too much trouble.  So it was wooden crates for them.  

The clamping I do over and over is now accomplished by some shop made clamps 
using a long carriage bolt, wing nut, and jaws which are a modification of 
violin maker's clamps.   </HTML>