Get Organized with these French Cleat Tool Holders!

Here's my latest set of 10 new French Cleat Tool Holders for all of your French cleat tool storage needs! If you haven't made any tool holders recently, take a look at these ones to get those creative juices flowing again.
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00:00 Intro
00:03 French Cleat Pencil Holder
01:07 French Cleat Screw Bin Organizer
02:06 French Cleat Notebook Storage
03:36 French Cleat Clamp Rack 1
04:15 French Cleat Installation
04:40 French Cleat Clamp Rack 2
05:10 French Cleat Clamp Rack 3
06:28 French Cleat Clamp Rack 4
06:55 French Cleat Phone Amplifier
08:14 French Cleat Squares Tool Rack
09:06 French Cleat Marking Knife Rack
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Jet Jointer JJ-6CSX: amzn.to/2UwVywd
Jet Mortiser: amzn.to/2QXtFLA
Dewalt 20V Drill Driver Combo: amzn.to/2JBEwXy
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Hegner Multi Max 18 Scroll Saw: amzn.to/34hF5iV
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2hp Dust Collector: amzn.to/2VbkKHV
Workshop Vac: amzn.to/3bF7ul6
Polyurethane mallet: amzn.to/3bVgl2z
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Website: www.eveningwoodworker.com/
I am an engineer by day and a woodworker by night... usually after the kids are in bed and before the neighbors call the cops!
I have a passion for building things out of wood and all things woodworking. I am always looking for new projects that look fun and challenging. My woodworking inspiration comes from my kids, my wife, and the forests around my house. I consider myself a serious hobbyist and I hope you can learn something and get inspired from the projects and mistakes that I make. I will also show you how I organize and work in my small shop in 1 bay of my garage. I will share videos of my past, current, and future woodworking projects with the goal of getting you out in the shop making sawdust!
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[@tombiggs4687]

I really appreciate that your design ideas are creative *and* practical. The pacing is good, too. There's no need for us to watch your cut & assembly steps in slow real-time. You have sped them up just enough to remove tedium, yet easily grasped Good stuff, thanks, looking forward to seeing more..

[@EveningWoodworker]

Thanks! I figure if I get bored watching my videos, then other people will too!

[@marshallflyer]

There’s some awesome ideas here. Thanks for sharing.

[@EveningWoodworker]

No problem! Glad you liked it

[@TheRichardSpiller]

Great video. I also use French Cleat all over my shop for storage. I don't move stuff around frequently. However, when I do need to reorganize things, it is great how easy it is to move stuff around. I have found that I use a lot of dowels in my various French cleat tool holders.

[@matthewn2559]

Awesome ideas. I think I'll be using some

[@EveningWoodworker]

Sweet! Have fun making them!

[@PPHalpert]

This is super freakin awesome!!!

[@David.M.]

I have french cleats and love it. Thanks for new ideas.

[@EveningWoodworker]

You're welcome!

[@NewTestamentDoc]

awesome ideas... saved your video.. I always save the best in my woodworking video folder!

[@EveningWoodworker]

Thanks! Hope it's a good resource for you

[@bridgetb3480]

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[@tomjudkins3799]

Clamp racks are the best application for French cleats I've ever found...

[@EveningWoodworker]

Agreed! It makes the storage so much easier

[@edwardwilliams9923]

I'm just starting French cleats in my shop. You have some great ideas. Thanks for your video.

[@EveningWoodworker]

Sure, no problem!

[@beneg417]

This whole video is amazing. My mom wants a wall like this to hold a bunch of cute plants and candles 🌵

[@EveningWoodworker]

Thanks! I've seen some impressive French cleat walls with stuff other than tools and I'm sure it'll look great!

[@grandolddrummer]

These are all great ideas, but the star of the show for me was that stud finder. I gotta go pick one of those up.

[@EveningWoodworker]

Haha I know right? Here it is amzn.to/3u88zRw

[@rickmunn7356]

Cool ideas. I’ve just started my French cleat wall and so far my favourite holders are for clamps, sandpaper/sander and squares. My plan is to only mount the tools I use often. The rest can hang out in my cabinets. Fun stuff. Thanks. Rick, Canada.

[@EveningWoodworker]

Good call, I only put stuff up there that I need to access regularly (tools) or that can be stored easier that way (clamps).

[@fin3125]

Like you, I waited forever to buy an impact screw gun. Buying one was one of the best purchases I made.

[@EveningWoodworker]

Yeah they're pretty handy! Glad I finally got one too

[@kathrynnewton8721]

So good thank you! It would be great to see them in slow o to get the angles and detail!

[@EveningWoodworker]

Haha but I gotta keep everyone watching!

[@SaludWoodworks]

Great video, always love the engineering that is applied to even the simplest designs.

[@EveningWoodworker]

Thanks! It's fun to over- engineer the heck out of it!

[@GUIDE_Nico]

The Cell phone amplify is awesome. I have plenty of scrap cuttings. This is really inspiring.

[@EveningWoodworker]

Thanks, now you have a use for your scraps!

[@mattdworaczyk1884]

Great video! I can't make myself pick between making a French cleat wall, or just hanging a sheet of plywood on the wall and screwing holders directly to it...

[@EveningWoodworker]

I thought about that too, but I've realized that my tools and projects change so often that the ability to move things around without leaving holes in everything is awesome.

[@troyboy4345]

Some very nifty ideas !

[@EveningWoodworker]

Thanks!

[@royal4463]

nice touch for the shop i may consider this for mine nice job

[@EveningWoodworker]

Thanks!

[@iisreset]

I totally forgot about french cleats! I am going to make a cleat wall in my shop after watching this. :)

[@EveningWoodworker]

Woohoo! It's totally worth it

[@GreggHuisingh]

Love my french cleat wall. It is making more room on my bench; actual work space. My clamp holders I like the best.

[@EveningWoodworker]

Yes! That's exactly how I decide which holders to make- what gives me more space on the workbench.

[@ikust007]

Thank you

[@DAS-Machina]

I am in the early stages of setting up a new shop and one of the first things I did was make a 24' french cleat wall. I am about 1/3 into putting up tool holders, I am certain that I am going to move things around.Matter of fact I am thinkingthat I might even put up french cleats on some addditional walls. we shall see.

[@robertspeer]

I made an angled shelf to hold my pack out style boxes that I put fasteners in, and my kreg kit. That way they are always accessible for grabbing stuff in the workshop, and I can easily pack them up and go quickly too. They look cool on the wall like that too.

[@EveningWoodworker]

That sounds like a great way to do it especially if you have wall space for it.

[@kathrynnewton8721]

Love French cleats

[@ohgary]

Watching him use all that premium stock is like watching someone doing origami with $50 bills…

[@EveningWoodworker]

Haha, my big box store had some 9 ply pine plywood that looked fancier than it was. Some of this is the good stuff, but a lot of it is the cheaper knockoff.

[@darrenganz1]

Lol

[@GUIDE_Nico]

​. 9:27 Are you using a medium multi purpose CA glue

[@Shadoweclipse1386]

Fantastic! I love seeing all the different tool holders that people make for French cleat walls! My favorite that ive built is a rack for things on the drill press and router table. It's a deep box (8-10" or so), and I've got 5 2×10"s at an angle: metric Forstner bits, SAE Forstner bits, drill press tools (chuck keys, sanding drums, countersinks, etc.), 1/2" shank router bits, and 1/4" shank router bits. Fully-loaded it's like 10-15 pounds, but it's held up for a few years and looks awesome.

[@EveningWoodworker]

Sounds like it has everything on it!

[@Shadoweclipse1386]

@@EveningWoodworker It might actually have too much! When I built it, I had *only* French cleats, and I'm starting to go back to drawers a little, but only for dedicated things (no general/open drawers that will become junk drawers). I still love that one though :)

[@funkypunkypine]

These are amazing. Yeah, that notebook one is particularly cool! Great idea. Thanks for sharing! Also: "...easy to find the slot with your tool..." 😂

[@EveningWoodworker]

Haha, guess I can't say that anymore

[@DamianSheesh]

I really like the marking knife holder! I built a plane holder similar to yours, but it has a simple shelf just underneath to hold various odds and ends. I've also got a very simple rack for my Japanese saws and chisels. I also like how you made the square holder. I've seen so many people hang them flat, which just wastes so much space. I've prioritized efficiency over form since I have a pretty small space to work from

[@EveningWoodworker]

Yep I needed to fit more stuff in a smaller wall space so this square holder worked better for me. Glad you liked it!

[@ScottTaipaleRail]

i like the notebook one

[@EveningWoodworker]

Yeah that's my favorite too!

[@Rusty_ok]

My favorite French cleat holder has a wooden mallet right above the workbench where I use it.

[@EveningWoodworker]

That's a must have!

[@chunkkingmann309]

I do have some French cleats-mostly for hanging cabinets. And this video may have convinced me to try making one of those passive amplifiers. Like you say, sometimes its just more convenient than the BT system.

[@EveningWoodworker]

It's fun and surprisingly effective at amplification

[@petenelson8136]

No French Cleats in my shop, but then again nothing at all on the walls yet.... I just moved into my new house and have a 14'x32.5' woodworking shop. Had to buy some shelving to get some stuff off the floor so I could begin to get organized. Should be finishing my outfeed/assembly table this weekend, and then I'll be able to start my next project, built in cabinets for our pantry. We left some of the cabinets for me to build, so I've got to get my shop up and running while trying to get organized. I'm slowly acquiring new tools to round out what I still need for my shop. Just got a Record Power 90L CamVac to take care of the dust collection and hooked it up to a 55 gallon drum with an Onita 4/5 Cyclone separator. 1st time I've had dust collection and it's sure nice. Thanks for sharing your organizational skills.

[@EveningWoodworker]

Sounds like you got some fun projects coming!

[@widerstandjetzt7661]

nice things!

[@EveningWoodworker]

Thanks!

[@scottlandb6579]

Boston - The Originators 🤘🏼

[@EveningWoodworker]

Yeah baby!

[@paulkraft8290]

Boston. nice.

[@EveningWoodworker]

Gotta stick with the classics!

[@Not_TVs_Frank]

I have some French cleats and pegboard, and if the pegboard didn't have a certain college logo on it, I'd probably have traded half for more cleats. My 2 favorite holders are for my nail guns and clamps. My nail guns have literally no place else to go. My clamp racks have nice handles on them so they can easily jump off the wall and move closer to a project when needed.

[@EveningWoodworker]

Haha, yeah sounds like you need to paint a logo on your French cleats!

[@FabricaBenedicta]

Love your creative approach. Just not doing things like everyone else. I just did a short on my channel of a Drill Holder and Bits Organizer, all in one and completely modular. Keep up the good work.

[@EveningWoodworker]

Thank you sir! I try to do things a bit different cause it makes things more interesting for me too!

[@Hetreounepalette]

Hello you have very good ideas ! Can you tell me where you bought your marking knifes please ? I love them :)

[@EveningWoodworker]

Thank you! The knife set was from Woodcraft but it looks like it's out of stock currently: www.woodcraft.com/products/classic-finish-marking-knife-set-3-piece-woodriver

[@Mukes4889]

wow what a great video, I loved it. Which camera do you use to video shoot?

[@EveningWoodworker]

This video was shot with an old Canon T4i, and sometimes my phone!

[@karatekid10908]

The hidden notebook storage is by far my favorite. But also, I love your marking knife set. Where did you get it?

[@EveningWoodworker]

Thanks! Those were from Woodcraft, but I'm not sure they sell them anymore.

[@cfdtv1]

Great ideas! Loved the video. What is the stud finder you are using?

[@cfdtv1]

Never mind, I found it. At first I was only finding the one without the laser. here is the one He is using Kreg KMM1000LZ - Kreg Magnetic Stud Finder with Laser-Mark

[@EveningWoodworker]

Yep it's a brilliant idea from Kreg!

[@dave_ecclectic]

Nice Job. I think you should _finish_ the holders with oil or shellac or something, after all the care you took in materials and construction they need a finish. I think you should have changed your bandsaw blade before starting. Watching the vid shows the hindsight of needing to cut all those curved parts and would have eliminated the relief cuts and most if not all the sanding. My favorite holder is not the holder but my method of making them. I laminated the plywood with burl veneer that I was able to buy much cheaper than you would think. I used ash and hickory as _shaped_ wooden posts or pegs (for the cordless tools) not squared chunks and also to 'frame' the plywood covering the plywood edges simply and easily. And of course, I *finished* everything with shellac or Danish oil and then shellac. So, I disagree with your statement of building these out of anything. If someone has no budget for the wood that is one thing. if someone is using Baltic $$ birch for the plywood then they have no excuse for not making it look good. I should add I used lathe strips, that crappy 1"x3" stuff, it worked fine.

[@FearsomeWarrior]

Fantastic. I’d watch ten more videos like this. The passive amplifier made me wonder if new mini Bluetooth amps are improved or a reliable model has risen to the top. Maybe you are using yours less because it’s getting old. Or maybe just keeping volume low in late evenings.. as the Evening Woodworker, that checks out.

[@EveningWoodworker]

With most music, I'm still listening with my mini amp and shop speakers, but sometimes I'm working out of range or just want to hear a podcast or something quieter right where I am. Now I have options!

[@philipsondreal7727]

Really good. Do you generally use ½" plywood for your French cleat tool holders (except for the ¾" cleat)?

[@EveningWoodworker]

Yes... for the holder itself, 1/2" is usually plenty, but I still use the 3/4" on the cleat.

[@philipsondreal7727]

@@EveningWoodworker Very good - thank you very much!

[@ifiwooddesigns]

Want to put this French cleat system all over my garage for stuff laying around. What is the size of the width for placing at 45 degree angle and what is the spacing between the rows?

[@EveningWoodworker]

For the cleats, I rip a 5" board down the middle at a 45. Then the spacing between each row is 3". Cut some extra cleats so you have them ready to make holders too.

[@bmz1]

It sounds interesting. But if you take a step backwards, how many hands do you have to use so many pens...? Can you just limit you to 2-3 pieces with different characteristics? And for you Clamp rack 4, you could rather make the same holding type as the rack 2 and 3. The current design force you to close the clamps for every storage. Otherwise some cool ideas to take with.

[@EveningWoodworker]

The clamp racks were kind of creative challenges to make each one different... and the pens are always getting left somewhere so it's good to have extras!

[@RWAllen-jx8gi]

A bit off video topic, but I am trying to find some in depth videos about setting up a lathe. Most of the ones I see these days are modern/variable speed and attached motors. Mine is an older Delta Lathe with separate motor and belts. I have had it since 1995, since my uncle passed. It has never been fully set up to turn anything. Any help/directions would be greatly appreciated.

[@EveningWoodworker]

I've used various lathes, but I've never owned one myself... mostly because of space. I would see what existing documentation is out there online for the model you have. If you felt adventurous, you could calculate the RPMs based on the diameter of the pulley wheels. Or you could just hook up one component at a time and turn it on for each one to see what works and what doesn't (motor w/no pulley, the motor with slowest pulley, etc). At the end of the day, if you clamp something in the lathe and it holds it tight and doesn't wobble when you turn it on, you should be good; they're not super complicated. Good luck!

[@RWAllen-jx8gi]

What Bandsaw are you using?

[@EveningWoodworker]

It's the Laguna 14BX

[@GUIDE_Nico]

What about making a whole for a handle?

[@EveningWoodworker]

Not a bad idea... we'll see on the next one.

[@bertiemenheere2994]

How muts space ibetween the french gleeds tho you juce n cm. ????

[@EveningWoodworker]

I usually have 3" between each french cleat

[@bertiemenheere2994]

Thank you for your Answer 👍

[@scott98390]

If you weren't diagnosed with OCD, you _don't_ have OCD.

[@celtic_dog_forge]

Your right I don't have ocd I have cdo