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(03-26-2025, 02:00 PM)jsears Wrote: I’ve used pegboard before, and yeah, the hooks can be annoying when they fall off. If you go that route, zip ties or hot glue can help keep them in place. Lately, I’ve been using a simple plywood wall with screws, nails, and a few custom brackets made from scrap wood. It’s cheap, easy to customize, and holds everything securely.
Same here. Nothing fancy and it's not going to make the pages of Home & Shop magazine, but it gets the job done.
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I have a bunch of scrap plywood, so I'm going to try to do the french cleat wall. (Since it will cost me nothing in materials). But my wall space is going to be near my workbench, so the intent is to have it nice to move the things I am using within arm reach, while stuff I'm not currently using can be moved higher up the wall.
Lots of youtube videos about it. It does take more time to set up than simply putting up pegboard, but IMO, it allows a lot more customization in the future. But if I had to buy all the plywood to do it (as opposed to having tons of long scraps), I'm not sure I would go that way to be honest.
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I use french cleats. I make different holders depending on what I need to store and can move them around as needed. I need to do some tidying up but they work well for me.
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Nice setup FrankAtl, that's what I aspire to do with mine
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Thanks. It works well for me. I've acquired a CNC router since I originally set these up so my plan is to design some different holders and make things a little neater.
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Just found this photo. An example of 16d finish nails. I put up this scrap piece of 1x12 on the wall when I first set up my shop building in 1996. I needed a 'temporary' place to hang tools. Its pretty much been like this ever since. Hand tools come and go so I just hang them on a convenient nail. It doesn't take much searching since the daily use tools are at least somewhere on this wall space.
