Long Farm and Furniture

French Cleat Wall Above Shop Workbench

Soon after I moved my tools into this shop, I threw a quick piece of pegboard on the wall above this workbench. After a while, I found that only about half of the items on the pegboard were used often. Most other commonly-used items were in the drawers. In order to help keep the bench clear, I wanted to hang those commonly-used items on the wall.

I really liked how this turned out, and it is quite useful. Being able to easily move items around is nice. The fun part of building the modules to hang on the wall is that you get to use up your plywood scraps and mess around with different designs without risking a big project.
Woodworking workbench with metal cabinets and tools on pegboard Support structure for post-frame construction building behind workbench OSB panels mounted to wall behind workbench Plywood French cleats mounted to wall behind workbench Shelf module for French cleat wall Sony bookshelf stereo sitting on shelf mounted to French cleat wall Plywood pieces with floating tenons cut sitting on workbench Bessey Revo clamps clamping together small plywood storage box Storage modules mounted to French cleat wall French cleat wall modules for storing pencils, tape measures, rulers, and combination squares Plywood pieces with floating tenons cut sitting on workbench French cleat wall module with shelves French cleat wall module with shelves holding drill bits and Dewalt drill and impact driver French cleat wall module with Milwaukee screwdrivers and Marples chisels French cleat wall for woodworking shop behind workbench

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