French cleat storage system for hand tools

I built this tool Hutch back in 2002 and it served me pretty well and I like everything about it except the peg board I put these hooks up here when I originally set this whole thing up and I've really never touched them I guess I like to be somewhat organized just not neurotic about it I've got a lot of different types of screwdrivers and I'd like to keep most of those on here just a better system than these holes which I've ran out of holes and I end up just throwing these in here I've also got a lot of pliers and although those aren't woodworking tools per se I use them a lot so I'd like to have a better system for them rather than trying to find an empty hole to put the handle into and for the most part I don't even need all these hammers so I'm just going to get rid of a couple of these that I don't use and same with these handsaws I do use the hacks saw and this saw uh from time to time mostly what I want to do is I want to figure out what tools I use the most frequently and the rest of them store someplace else like a crowbar I really don't use that very often so I can certainly put it away in a drawer I've also got things like a Dusty hand drill that I think I've used well never I think the first thing I need to do though is take all of these tools down boom they're [Music] gone I'm making some French cleats by cut add some plywood strips at 45° [Music] bevels the way the French cleat system works is that you have one strip hanging on the wall this way and then whatever hangers you have have an opposite 45° angle that just drop down in like that and hold it securely the back of this is/ Quin plywood so what I'm going to do is I'm just going to screw these cleats right into that Plywood And then just into the wall [Music] I'm going to use a 2x4 to make holders for these [Music] saws I've cut some 1/4in plywood and I'm going to glue it to one of these strips I'm going to grab the saw that goes with the piece and then I'm just going to try to figure out where it hangs straight then then I can draw a line around that I can glue these on and after letting that glue dry for a few minutes can screw these on start putting my saws up here and see how they're going to [Music] fit [Music] I might as well put the rest of these strips on now and then I can just rearrange everything how I like it I'm not sure if I'll put another strip down here or not I'll just have to see how it all starts to work [Music] out to make angled holes I'm just going to tip this over on its side and I'm just going to glue some dowels in those [Music] holes I'm going to make some wedge shaped cutouts in this 2x4 and see if that will hold the [Music] screwdrivers [Music] and I'll glue this onto this cleat my idea behind this hanger is no matter what the thickness of my screwdriver it'll be able to fit in there if I've got a narrow one like this it can go all the way to the back or however hey for the plier holders I've cut a couple of boards and I'm just going to put a dowel in it and then glue it to this CLE [Music] I'm still going to need one hanger that just has holes in [Music] it here I've made just a simple block for these squares well as it turns out these wedge shaped screwdriver holders aren't such a good idea after all as I pull I pull off screwdrivers and they just tend to fall out of there so I've got to fix for it all I'm going to do is glue a board on the front of [Music] that there I could still get different size screwdrivers up in these but they won't fall out and actually that gives me more room so I can stick in some other things like my scribe and some calipers well there's my new organization and since it really feels like spring today I actually cleaned up the whole workbench and everything I can really get creative and making different types of hangers and that sort of thing I've seen some where people make little shelves and that sort of thing I I don't really need any shelves because I I have shelves but anything that I want to hang I think I may always be coming up with new hangers thank you thank you everybody on Facebook who helped me out with this project a couple of weeks ago I asked how you store your hand tools and I got lots of good responses and that's why I came up with the French cleat system uh if you're not already on my Facebook page go over there and like it right now and I will talk to you next week and I'll be over this cold that's killing me it's killing me I'm telling you killing me

Channel: Steve Ramsey - Woodworking for Mere Mortals

Views: 1,740,304

Keywords: woodworking project, woodworking, how-to, DIY, easy woodworking, storage, hand tools, pegboard, storage solutions, workshop storage, wood shop, Wood, Do It Yourself (Hobby), french cleat, tool hangers, wwmm, mere mortals

Id: 53Upi0GUwVw

Length: 6min 30sec (390 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 01 2013