in a small wood shop, an important way to deal with lack of space is to GO VERTICAL

Whenever you can mount something on a wall, or put something up on a shelf, or even on the ceiling, do it!

• french cleats
  • TODO — here's a YouTube search to get you started
  • PeteSquared's novel design [3rd party intro] [intro] [buy] [more of his french cleat work]
    • buy brackets from AGlimpseInside
  • tips for cutting the cleats from hand tools:
    • tips by Wood By Wright
    • tips by Mellowpine Woodworking
      • once I get my jigsaw, that would work too
    • a miter shooting board would be pretty useful for refining the angle, after cutting the cleats
  • there are 45° router bits [2] [3] available for routing out french cleats
• Wall Control pegboards