Wall covering for hanging tools etc

[Charles Castle]

I am about to get a small 1.52m x 2.26m steel framed colourbond shed. As always space will be at a premium. My idea is to cover the walls with pegboard or something similar. In the past I have found that the pegs on peg board keep coming out, which is a nuisance. I also wonder about how much load the pegboard can carry. I have read about slatwall, which will be a lot more expensive but may be much more useful.
I bascially wnat to have all my woodwork tools, and jigs etc on dispaly so I can find them easily and put them back quickly, rather than having cupboards which will take up mor room. A cupboard will be necessary for tins, etc.
Does anyone have any comments or suggestions?
Charles Castle

[Claw Hama]

Hi CC, I just use cheap 12mm ply and 50mm screws. You have lots of adjustment and they don't fall out.

[RETIRED]

Hi CC, I just use cheap 12mm ply and 50mm screws. You have lots of adjustment and they don't fall out.
What he said.

[Ian Smith]

Charles,
What they said - but I've used those hooks in peg board and it took about a nano second to really pi$$ me of so I went around the lot with a hot melt glue gun and tacked the buggers down - problem solved.

Ian

[ravna]

Charles....the new pegboard hooks , available from Bunnies, have a small lower peg that lines up with the hole below....never come out.

I have four full pegboard sheets of tools in my new shed and have never had any problems.

[Sawdust Maker]

I've always thought that pegboard and those fancy hook things were a lot more expensive then a screw or a nail :rolleyes:

[Robson Valley]

I have 10 or 15 tool boxes, all shapes and sizes, no two the same. That's my organization. The only exception is a hard-side suitcase full of acrylic artist's paints & brushes which I inherited. WIP get stashed in boxes from the bottle-shop.
No hooks on my shop walls but I can never, ever have too much shelving. Sure, they get dusty. Makes me even more diligent with dust collection.
Still, I think that peg board & hooks does a good job. If the end justifies the means then it's cost-effective.

[STAR]

Charles,
What they said - but I've used those hooks in peg board and it took about a nano second to really pi$$ me of so I went around the lot with a hot melt glue gun and tacked the buggers down - problem solved.

Ian


What Ian said. The beauty is when you want to change position a little twist and they come off,

The secret is to use the cheapest you can find from a dollar shop. too good a quality might make it a bit harder to remove, but not that much.

Pete

ps

Having said that I would not go and actually spend any money on peg board. The fact that I did in the past and have some spare, means it is cheaper for me now to use it then go the full plyboard way.

[BobL]

I am about to get a small 1.52m x 2.26m steel framed colourbond shed. As always space will be at a premium. My idea is to cover the walls with pegboard or something similar. In the past I have found that the pegs on peg board keep coming out, which is a nuisance. I also wonder about how much load the pegboard can carry.

Pegboard has always surprised me how much it can hold. In my old shed I had 3 x 1200 x 900 panels of the stuff, not very well organized but often packed to the gunnels.
http://www.woodworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=174038&stc=1&d=1308824361
What I found was it does need suitable bracing at the top so it does not bend under the weight of tools.

In the new shed there will probably be no pegboard as I am going top try and squeese all my tools into drawers (see below). Here is a temporary pegboard panel arrangement in the new shed while I build some shelves for this space.
http://www.woodworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=174039&stc=1&d=1308824361
The pegboard stays much straighter if it is hung like this. There are two 50 x 25 pine battens screwed to the top and bottom and at the top 2 1/4" bolts are going thru into the angle iron truss above it. The pegboard is just hanging in free space and the weight of the tools makes it surprsingly stable.

In terms of hooks I have most types but like these slightly longer ones or those with the two hole location. The others need a glue gun or even just a whisker of patience.
http://www.woodworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=174040&stc=1&d=1308824361


I bascially wnat to have all my woodwork tools, and jigs etc on dispaly so I can find them easily and put them back quickly, rather than having cupboards which will take up mor room. A cupboard will be necessary for tins, etc.

As I said I've become a big fan of drawers (http://www.woodworkforums.com/f245/bobls-shed-fit-134670/index4.html#post1326902).

[derekcohen]

Hi Charles

I truly dislike the look of pegboard. A woodshop should be something that you enjoy.

I have an area above my bench where I hang tools. The backing is 1/2" cheap -but substantial - plywood.

http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/ImagesOfMyWoodshop_html_m2feaf3e6.jpg

http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/ImagesOfMyWoodshop_html_68f46a8d.jpg

It gets tarted up with a piece of scrap Jarrah here-and-there ..

http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/ImagesOfMyWoodshop_html_m22a19ddd.jpg

http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/ImagesOfMyWoodshop_html_59dfa047.jpg

Woodshop: http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/ImagesOfMyWoodshop.html

Regards from Perth

Derek

[Charles Castle]

Thanks everyone for your suggestions and particularly for the photos. Having read all your comments, I think I will go down the route of sheets of ply. It will be stronger and cheaper, although more fiddly. I might just use pegboard on one small area.
I really appreciate all your help.
Charles Castle

[Christos]

Currently doing a clean up as we all do from time to time and I was using pegboard everywhere but found that this might not be the best option. So far what I have re-done is used a pegboard between the bandsaw and drill press.

The reason that I have gone this way is to get items specific for those machines in this location such as goggles, hearing protection, blades and bits etc. So no excuse to not have protection at hand.

I am intending to get or make some cupboards in order to remove the rest of the tools. As always slowly slowly.

[soundman]

peg board is good and its bad.

The biggest problem is that it is flat and that limits its storage capacity....same as any form of wall storage.

So you don't want to try and store everything you own on pegboard...unless you don't own much.

draws and crates will take up much more stuff than peg board will.

If you are in one of those small sheds garden shed size or a little larger..one of the issues is moisture....whatever you do, seal both sides of the sheeting.....watered down old paint will be fine for the back.

Naother thing if you are going to sheet up.....it's worth sticking some sort of insulation behind the sheeting......some sections of my shed have variuos off cuts of shop baught insulation, a couple of sections have pieces of 25mm styro sheet that came in amplifier boxes.

The insulation will make ya shed much warmer in winter and much cooler in summer and well and making things much quieter.

cheers