This FRENCH CLEAT Design Change is AWESOME

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[yokademmers]

My husband passed away almost 4 yrs ago. He was a real clutterbug and left his workshop in such disarray, that every time I went out to work in there I became overwhelmed. I didn’t know where or how to start organizing the shop until I started watching your channel. Thank you, you’ve broken the tip of my iceberg.

[pcatful]

When I find the walls of my garage, I'll try this out!

[DutchyBrit]

I came here through Stumpy. Love your positive outlook 👍 I just turned 60 last week, and started woodworking a few weeks ago, so I am brand new. I hope I can learn from you as well. Steve Ramsey was my first “teacher” and I am now addicted to many more channels. Good luck with your channel and your family. They are so lucky to have you as a carer. Best wishes from a young at heart female in Germany 🙋‍♀️

[davekavanagh]

The thing running through my head is just imagine having birch ply so readily available 😂 the dream

[littlebrother]

Love the hanging system for a home shop, keeping things modular and mobile like that is so handy.

[georgejudd]

It's nice to see a person who truly loves his hobby

[BMad-weqf]

Add cleats to a storage trailer and you can easily set up a mobile workshop without having to duplicate all of your tools, supplies, and storage containers. You could probably create a work bench that hooks into the French cleat system and has foldable legs. This also frees up that storage trailer for other uses; moving, transporting big toys, camper set up….

[ronaldgroseiii]

20 yr carpenter from metro Detroit MI here. Love your enthusiasm and ideas! I'm too busy working in the field to set up my garage for finish work. One day soon hopefully. I'll be "barrowing" your tips and ideas. Thanks

[littlebrother]

Good idea. In the professional millwork world, french cleats are done a little differently, they're rabetted cleats instead, which I found is for good reason. If you're hanging wall panels that need to sit side by side and line up with millimeter precision, a diagonal cleat like this will sometimes cause issues. If the wall isn't straight, the panel will tend to ride higher on the cleat and not sit tight to the wall or flat down to the bottom, the rabetted cleat gives reassurance here, either it doesn't go on at all, or it sinks down tight to a reliable height. It's a special case of course, this diagonal cleat is definitely faster and easier to make and will do a great job in regular circumstances.

[danielmahler]

I'm going to start installing a cleat wall on my new shop wall tomorrow morning. I was browsing videos to gather ideas and find the do's and don'ts before I begin.

This was the last video I needed to watch and I am glad I saw it before I started.

The parallel cleat idea eliminates steps when cutting the cleats and, as you said, adds functionality without a down side.


Thanks for sharing.

[williamhustonrn]

Love the video, something that I use the french cleats for is securing my sky workstations to the wall. I have a single car garage with taller ceiling due to being unfinished and exposing the roof rafters, but I still want to be able to park in the garage, and having workbenches and places to put all my woodworking stations was not viable on the ground, because typically you build a workbench or station to sit on the ground, but my ground space is off-limits when my car is parked in the garage. So I built smaller standalone stations that my equipment is mounted to IE sander, router, grinder, and such.. and instead of building them to sit on the ground, I use multiple french cleats on them and have them on a cable pully system that stores them up in the ceiling corners of my garage out of the way when I need one of them, I lower it via the cable assigned to it, then as it's lowered down I attach it to the wall on the french cleats so I can use it. When I am done I lift them back up and out of the way.

[petermccuskey]

Excellent idea for the shop. Been using cleats for over 30 years to hang custom cabinets but never thought about using them this way. Thank you Sir.

[TimHoff]

We're looking to build a new house soon and I am planning on doing French cleats in the pantry. This will be perfect to add even more modularity and functionality.

[wesleeredinger]

I really like your channel and I think your explanation for the projects, with your style is refreshing. God bless you!

[SSJIndy]

This is a very well done channel. It provides plenty of detail, moves quickly and doesn't bog down with pointless banter.

[PolishX]

This is the easiest most straightforward way I have seen. Thank you once again

[mridahokrieg]

Dude, how have I not thought of this before lol Going to re-due my cleat wall as soon as I get home.. this is brilliant lol

[jasonbourne]

Dude, you’re an artist! Terrific topic, excellent production. Keep up the great, informative vids.

[DoneRightReviews]

Well done, dude! Subscribed!!! I have French cleats in my garage, and the flexibility and efficiency they allow are second to no other wall storage.

[johncstahnii]

Very cool new idea! I haven’t replied your posts in a while now. Sometimes I’m just not in the mood for new ideas but I regularly download videos & save them. Sometime later I come back when I have more time & watch. I have two walls of my shop for French cleats including some nice cherry cabinets purchased in a yard sale, before I ever had my shop built. I’m taking some of my tool holders down & redoing them to be more versatile. Thanks for this idea & all the great videos you’ve done.