Quick shop rack with dado joints and french cleats
Organize everything - Now !! Over time, I had gathered quite a few tools, paints and other consumables / durables that were either stacked around the workbench or on the same. So thought of building a hanging shop rack from 12mm ply to organize the sundry items and test the following things: The Freud undersized plywood router bits How well the said bits perform on the plunge router How well french cleats can hold up weight As the project was done for the shop and done in a speedy manner, I do not have many WIP photographs. Cut the sides and the racks from a sheet of 12mm plywood first. Then with a tape measure and speed square, marked the spots where the shelves were to be placed. Made a quick router jig from scrap plywood to do the dados - then set the plunge depth (it is important to measure the length of the shelves before setting the plunge depth) and made short work of the dados. This is the quick dado jig for the plunge router: The Freud bit wa