Transform Your Walls with an Elegant French Cleat Solution
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- čas přidán 15. 05. 2024
- Transform your woodworking shop walls with an elegant French cleat solution! In this video, we'll show you how to install a French cleat system in your shop to add extra storage and style.
Woodworkers, Decorators and homeowners everywhere are starting to use French cleats to add extra storage and style to their wall spaces. This system is easy to install and can be used to hang clamps, tools, planes, and so much more! If you're interested in adding extra storage to your shop, then this video is for you!
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Video Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:47 - Layout
02:25 - Painting Background
04:15 - Making Cleat Blanks
06:27 - Cutting 45 Degree Angles
08:25 - Adding Border
13:54 - Cleat Spacing
14:42 - Cleat Installation
16:18 - Installation Jig
17:15 - Plugging Holes
17:30 - Sanding
17:46 - Finishing
18:20 - Closing
Awesome cleats and by far the best I've seen on any channel.
Thanks David! I appreciate that. It was fun making them, and i think they turned out pretty good as well! Thanks so much for watching!
I look forward to your french cleat projects. Cheers
Thanks so much David! Me too. I appreciate you watching! :)
Dogg, Man, nice job.Who would know? Don't let form surpass function. I'm cheap, so I never spend money on the "French cleaat system." You've got the room, so it makes sense. Let's get the lathe up and running...you're killing us. Holy Cow, walnut for a border. Adopt us. Glad to see that Woodpecker T square making it into frame; as soon as the shoulder heals, I'll be joining the Meatballs in the push-up workout again. Keep up the good work. Oak and walnut seems a bit extreme, but it makes you happy so drive on, Dogg, man.
Oh I hear you Meat! Function will always beat form in my shop. My dad was an engineer and he used to always make function without any form, but it worked. Wasn't pretty but it worked (usually flawlessly). I was telling my wife last week, that i want this shop to look and feel better thank any shop I've had in the past. But it's got to work. Stay tuned for the lathe. Probably need to make a stand first! :)
@@FlynndoggWoodwork Heck, my dad was a butcher, you know what his shop looked like. I'd be lying if I didn't think you already have a pretty sweet looking shop. I like that you took the time to layout the floor plan. That's something I never do, so I wind up moving tools around, constantly. Just keep Dogging, man.
I'm diggin the black background and border.
Thanks so much Toothlesschunk! I like it as well. I was going to do brown, but I think black makes the wood show up better. Really appreciate you watching!
I really like the idea of the finish French cleat pretty awesome!!!!
Thanks so much Clayton! I know it will probably get a little marred up over the years, but until then I think it looks good too! Thanks so much for watching!
Still think it’s a giant cutting board. Happy New Year, Brian
Now you've got me wanting to make a huge cutting board! :) Thanks as always for watching Paul!
The shop is coming along nice work
Thanks so much Ponyboyc! Thanks for watching!
Cool!
Thanks so much for watchign Ken!
Looks GREAT!
Thanks so much Travis! I'm very pleased with the result. I appreciate you watching! :)
That looks awesome!!
Thanks so much MrGrant440! I really like it too! Just need to make some things to hang on it now! Really appreciate you watching!
Nice!
Thanks so much tc9148! And thanks for watching!
Looks great Bryan!
Thanks so much Mike! I appreciate it, and thanks for watching!
Thanks for the Saturday coffee video, I love the French cleat, they are handy as hell. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Thanks so much Pat! I always want a cup of coffee after you comment! :) Thanks as always for watching!
Looks magnificent
Thanks so much Peter! I appreciate that, and thanks for watching! :)
Mon Dieu! What a nice wall feature, Bryan. Now let's see what styles of shelves or moveable hooks you come up with. I saw something like this in a Family Handyman magazine where the author had quite a few boxes, shelves, and hooks to use.
Thanks so much ManWorkingHere! I'm excited to see what I come up with. It will be fun designing some new features for this wall. The first thing on my list i think is a clamp rack... or at least that is what I'm thinking right now! Thanks so much for watching!
Use the top cleat for a strip of LED lights to highlight the wall and make it easy to see your wall of tools. Happy New Year also Bryan
What a great idea!!!! I'm going to look into that, that would have a very cool effect! Thanks for sharing Anthony!
Looks really nice. It will give a ton of space with the size you made it. I think you are the first one I’ve seen go above and beyond by painting and framing. Really makes it look better than just a piece of shop furniture. Artsy! Great video. Love these how to videos! Always great to see another makers perspective!
Thanks so much Jeffgass! I really like it as well. So much in fact I'm thinking about making at least one more in the shop! Really appreciate you watching and thanks so much! :)
You have a big advantage because your walls are plywood to begin with. If a ply backing is needed, these cleat walls get expensive, quick. Plywood is nuts! I'm not sure it's code in a residence, either.
@@kwilliams2239 I totally get it. I actually had them put up 3/4 inch plywood everywhere mainly to give me the flexibility to do stuff like this. Before when I was jjust dealing with the studs, I could have still done it but wouldn't have looked as nice or be as stable with the hollow backing. I'm very lucky to be able to drill right into the walls like this!
Looks amazing Bryan so glad to see you being able to start getting things organized in your new shop can’t wait to see what tool holders you come up with. You should check out Chris at A Glimpse Inside he makes French cleat hangers, that really cool. Maybe you could get some great ideas and inspiration.
Thanks so much Jim! You know I've watched quite a few of his videos. I am thinking about implementing his double cleat system in some of the things I make with this wall. He is actually the reason I think I came up with making the top border have an extra cleat in it! Thanks so much for watching!
Great job. Now you have a whole new objective to create custom cleat hangers. I also enjoy making my shop furnishings look good. It helps put me in the correct "frame of mind" to produce quality pieces. Most folks seem to be perfectly fine with raw pine and/or poplar. I've tried it, but it always looks like it was something that needed fixing. I'm enjoying watching the evolution of the new shop. Thanks for another great info-taining video.
I 100% agree with you! That is one thing I really want to do with this shop is to make it really enjoyable when I walk into it. I've had pine shop furniture of years, and I learned a heck of a lot from making all that furniture but I'm ready to take this one to the next level. In fact i just got rid of a lot of my old furniture last week, so I wouldn't revert to having it in my new shop. I had a nice fire with it! :)
I second this I definitely use pine but I stain and finish it to make it look nice takes some time but enjoy my shop a lot more
Agreed. I also have pine and plywood fixtures. Adding an extra day to apply a finish seems worth it. If nothing else, a coat of poly makes it easier to keep clean.@@ponyboyc
@@ponyboyc Awesome ponyboyc! I bet it looks amazing. Thanks for watching!
Looking good
Thanks so much Ken! I appreciate you watching!
@@FlynndoggWoodworkI would do that but have run out of walls.
@@kenerickson4923 I hear you! I was kind of like that before, plenty of space now!
@@FlynndoggWoodwork your new shop is awesome
Mate, that looks really slick, well worth the extra effort. I've wanted to put up french cleats for a long time but keep agonising over details, width and spacing. Even her ladyship told me the workshop build has to be my first major project of the year, because it'll make everything so much more efficient. I don't suppose you'd like to take a "vacation" to London and give me a hand? 😄
Oh man! You have no idea! I would love to go to London, Haven't been there since the early 2000s! You should go for it, It really is a quite easy project, you will be so happy you did! Thanks so much for watching worstuserever! :)
@@FlynndoggWoodworkYou're right, I know it'll transform my room of tools jumble into an actual workshop. Bryan, you and Mrs Flynn are more than welcome at our place if you can get over here for a trip, we love having friends in town from overseas. 😊👍
@@worstuserever I just may take you up on that someday! :).
The wall looks really sharp. It will be interesting to see you make the other half of the cleat system and what all you hang on it.
One question, why didn't you use the laser to help position the cleats when you screwed them on? It looked like using the level was ackward at times plus the chance of the level falling off, getting damaged and maybe putting a ding in the floor?
Thanks for the video
Thanks so much Mike! Great question on the laser, part of the reason was I was having a really hard time positioning it high enough so that I could get a line to base the cleats off of. I really would have liked to use it for that purpose, but i couldn't easily position the laser high enough at the different heights to accommodate using it. Great question and thanks for watching!
@@FlynndoggWoodwork Thanks for the answer. I really like my laser and use it anytime that I can. I find it much easier to use than having to move around a level and keep it where I can look straight at the bubble to make sure I am reading it correctly. I have a small (torpedo sized) digital level that solves the reading problem but I always worry that it might have gotten zeroed off level and through off my reading.
Thanks again for the video. Looking forward to Part 2
@@mikewatson4644 That's awesome! Thanks so much for watching again. Trying to think of ideas for the first storage unit as we speak!
Everyone when he says 3 or 4 hours that is working time , not research and development planing and zoning lol , give your self 1 full day
Haha! You are probably right with that one! :) Don't mention filming time too for me. It took me two days, but probably about 3-4 hours of actual work time! :) Thanks for watching Wealro!
If you would have painted the background red, it would have looked like an American flag 🇺🇸. Nice job
It's funny you mentioned that. I was thinking about that after I made it as well. I even could have done some stars, etc. on the left hand corner. Maybe the next one I do! :) Thanks for watching and the idea David!
Love your channel
@@davidtomlin8481 THanks so much! :)
Can you make the cleats with the track saw?
Great question! Absolutely. Just make sure you really check that blade before you cut to make sure it is registering at 45 degrees, and make sure that the angle is locked on your saw nice and tight! Excellent question jaykrusac!
My problem is that the walls aren't straight, by along shot. Just hang a long track, I had to mount and shim a strip of plywood.
Oh man, I can only imagine. That's exactly why I sanded down that wood before I added the cleats. It was going to be a mess if I didn't. Thanks so much for watching Kwilliams!
That not black Stanley. That's dark blue. Lol
I know right, I feel like black paint always does that! Thanks for watching Tylerburtch!