French Cleat Wall - Cheap And Easy Shop Storage

Check out our other wood shop projects: • Wood Shop and Tool Pro...
We added a French cleat wall to the back of our shop. We already have two large orange French cleat walls you've seen in other videos but this one is on the back wall and it's gray. We built it because we like variety, modular work spaces, and cheap storage solutions.
French cleat walls are extremely simple to make and they hold just about anything you can think of. You can easily make any type of hanger or hook to hold things on the wall and you can move stuff around simply by lifting the hanger off of the cleat. Super simple, super inexpensive, and a very cool way to stash your gear in an easy-to-reach place.
Build a French cleat wall and all of your woodworking buddies will automatically think you are cool. True story.
Subscribe to us for more videos!!!
Follow us on our Social Media to know when we’re building stuff!
UA-cam: / atomicdairy
Instagram: / atomicdairymaker
Facebook: / atomicdairy
As always, thank you for watching and we’ll see you next time!
#frenchcleat #woodworking #woodshop #carpentry #shelves #diy

Thanks for your sharing, I really like the way you are using 1x3x8 pine fir strip to make 2 French Cleat. That way will be more economy than using the 1/2" or 3/4" birch plywood as other youtuber woodworker did. Plywood is quite expensive these days...

[@AtomicDairy]

Absolutely agree. I used pine because it doesn't flake on the edges as much as plywood, and it's cheaper. Good luck with your wall!

@@AtomicDairy Thank you!

[@Goosefang]

Thumbs up, because I love the content! But the glove box being upside down is drivin my OCD crazy 😳

[@AtomicDairy]

Sorry. I will fix that today!

[@Goosefang]

@@AtomicDairy 🤣

[@lewisway6811]

Great video.

[@AtomicDairy]

Thank you! We love our French cleats!

[@timspence7843]

Great Job!!! Thanks for sharing!! you guys Rock!

[@AtomicDairy]

Thank you very much sir!!!

[@anomaly0001]

Sweet. I was needing a solution like this. Thanks.

[@AtomicDairy]

French cleats are useful but very addictive...

[@TrashPanda.Garage]

I love your cranial! where did you get it?!

[@AtomicDairy]

The green one is my father's from the his Vietnam tour in the late 60s. It works so well for the shop we got two more on Ebay. FANTASTIC shop hearing protection!!!

[@jfruser]

I am trying to figure out how to finish out an enclosed cargo trailer into a robust, reconfigurable RV that can be stripped out and used as a cargo trailer. If I could find a way to secure them from vibration, these French cleats (or a double French cleat) would be just the solution I am looking for WRT cabinetry & suchlike.

[@AtomicDairy]

They should work for you, and you can put strips behind them to lock them in place so they won't shift when you drive.

[@matthoffman6962]

Can you do this with 1x3 or 1x4s? My problem is I don’t have a table saw so it’s hard to get that straight bevel edge :/

[@AtomicDairy]

It could work with those boards, but the 1x3s might be a little light for the side rails.