Before the snow started flying here in Iowa I bought some sheets of Baltic Birch plywood to use on various projects. One of these projects was wall storage for my clamps along with other various woodworking tools and jigs. This last weekend I finally got a sheet of it on the wall with help from a couple of friends. I took a before and after photo, one can easily see the wall space cries out to be used.

The sheet was 5′x5′ and I had to trim 2″ off the heater side to clear the gas lines. I am glad I went with this dimension of plywood as it gives me more surface space then a cut 4′x8′ sheet would have. I used 3/4″ but could have easily used 1/2″, at the time the price was not that much different. Why Baltic Birch instead of some other cheaper plywood? I like the looks and holding power of the tight plys with no voids. This way I can use 1-1 1/2″ screws when mounting to this board with no worries.

The board itself is screwed into the 16″ on center wall studs with #10 3″ screws, about 16 to be exact. My plans now will be to add some french cleats along with other shop built storage. The nice part about hanging this board on the wall is now I do not need to use anchors or fasten to a wall stub when hanging things.

The next phase will be shop made clamp hangers, as you can see where I have them now is not optimal.

Projects like this are not big or a glorious piece of furniture, but for me they make my shop more organized and enjoyable to work in.