Beginners guide about making French Cleats in just 7 minutes

Here is a complete guide about making French Cleats. Everything about measurements, angles, materials, and many pro tips on how to make them! I also fully explain why certain things are as they are.
You can get all my plans here!
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Chapters
0:00 Who invented French Cleats?
0:10 What is a french Cleat?
0:59 How to make a French Cleat
2:07 Secret pro tip when making French Cleats
3:09 Installation
4:34 Row distance
5:20 Making tool holders

[@elemenes]

Wow, thank you so much for this! Saved and thumbs up. Very clear explanations, measurements, and instructions. Very grateful for this!

[@laureanog1]

🎉 thank you. You're the 1st I've viewed with detailed instructions & the music not causing a distraction. Tons of diy videos are made where the music is so loud or obnoxious that you don't listen to the purpose of the video. I would give you 100%. But, the part about the sharp edge is still not clear. So I'll give you a 98.9%. 😊.

[@MjeanArtsCrafts]

thank you for sharing

[@1970Mrscott]

Good job

[@oriundodelbosque7912]

Great video.

[@kouyopoto]

Cool stuff, thanks

[@porsche606]

Great info

[@valterleao2798]

Simplesmente…, SHOW, estou a tempos tentando fazer esses tipos de suportes, acredito que agora vai sair…, 😂
Abraço aqui do Brasil 🇧🇷

[@josealvesferreira1683]

I loved it!

[@DesireToInspire1]

Me too! :D

[@roberthiday3342]

nice. thanks.

[@DesireToInspire1]

I'm glad i could help :)

[@andreav2125]

Question for you: Can cleats lift up on one side if there's too much weight unevenly placed on the other side? I'm making a single 54" wide x 32" high unit for cube wall storage and will have a 30" metal cleat in the center. One concern my partner voiced is it lifting up if someone (like a kid) steps on one side, or puts a lot of weight only on one side. I haven't seen anyone anywhere on YT demonstrate what happens in this kind of scenario. I'm also just curious to know in general if a cleat can lift up in this way regardless of relative sizes. Thanks!

[@drnickriviera8270]

If the cleats span the whole distance as the shelf unit than I don’t see how it would lift as there’s no fulcrum (pivot point) for which the weight can act against.
In your case the cleats will not span the whole distance and the cleat itself can act as a pivot point making tipping possible.

[@curlykipper]

What's the maximum width shelf a french cleat might support? 20cms, 30cms? 40cms?

[@Rgarcia713]

Will this work with no Sheetrock? Just got a shed built with no Sheetrock and want to do this

[@DesireToInspire1]

Should work :)

[@warren6135]

D Rex

[@nspctor7729]

loose the background music