How do you store your table saw sleds?

[Jeff Bartley]

Chris, I put a 2x6 french cleat around two walls of the shop and all the jigs and sleds get hung on 5/8" dowels glued into brackets that hang on the cleat. I also use it to support the last section of ductwork into the cyclone. It took about a year to completely fill every available space on it, now I wish I had another 15' of wall space!

[chris renfrew]

Everyone - thank you for the responses.

I certainly have some good ideas from this thread. A lot of really impressive looking sleds (and shops!) for me to drool over. I'm going to consider the best way to hang up my sleds to get them off the ground and hopefully stop them from warping (I'm also going to stop using junk plywood as my bases and continue using MDF). Jeff - I like the french cleat idea. I'm implementing something like that in my garage for hanging up tools right now.

[Harley Reasons]

Jeff - I like the french cleat idea. I'm implementing something like that in my garage for hanging up tools right now.

I just did away with all the peg board in my shop and went to the french cleat system. It takes awhile to build the tool pods but the time is worth it. I used a whole lot of scrap material and only had to purchase some dowel rod. I actually have more storage now than I did with the peg board. As I made each tool pod I used a label maker to mark what was stored on it. Now I can tell at a glance what tool is missing from the wall. "Everything has a place, and everything in place"

[jim gossage]

I have a 4x8' extension table and leave my sled in the miter slots of the extension table - keeps it flat and available

[Ole Anderson]

My big and heavy sled hangs on two 1/4" lags screwed into the studs with matching holes in the back of the sled, and a mark on the wall and sled to help line up the lags with the holes, similar to what several others have posted. Smaller sleds get just one lag and hole. My largest, low budget, door cutting sled just sits on the floor.

[Andrew Pitonyak]

Mine sits on a shelf under the TS. I cut dados into the shelf to clear the runners and allow the sled to sit flat. No problems with warping.

Now Bruce, that beautiful thing under your table saw looks more like fine furniture than a sled

[Andrew Pitonyak]

I certainly have some good ideas from this thread.

Some great questions Chris, I learned from the answers as well.

Not sure I would refer to Baltic Birch (BB) as "junk plywood", I would never have expected it to warp.... to date I have not used BB as a base, but I had intended to (time permitting). I might want to rethink that.

[Art Mann]

I just did away with all the peg board in my shop and went to the french cleat system. It takes awhile to build the tool pods but the time is worth it. I used a whole lot of scrap material and only had to purchase some dowel rod. I actually have more storage now than I did with the peg board. As I made each tool pod I used a label maker to mark what was stored on it. Now I can tell at a glance what tool is missing from the wall. "Everything has a place, and everything in place"

This might be a little off topic from the original poster's question but I would sure like to see pictures of your french cleat implementation. I have been wanting to go that direction too.

[Harley Reasons]

This might be a little off topic from the original poster's question but I would sure like to see pictures of your french cleat implementation. I have been wanting to go that direction too.

Will get some pics up tomorrow, out of town today.

[glenn bradley]

I just did away with all the peg board in my shop and went to the french cleat system.

This might be a little off topic from the original poster's question but I would sure like to see pictures of your french cleat implementation. I have been wanting to go that direction too.

THREADJACK! Oddly enough I have pegboard panels incorporated into my cleat system . Some tool pods hang directly on the cleat rails that run along the walls at different heights and some tool fixtures hang from pegboard panels that hang from the cleat rails. the pegboard makes changes to small items quick and easy while the cleat system allows larger pods and panels to be moved as required. My walls change more than you might think.

[Art Mann]

Thanks Glenn! I don't think those photos are too far off topic. I can see how a french cleat system could be used to store sleds (of which I have many) along with a lot of other things.

[Andy Pratt]

I try to keep mine in a place where the clamps on them get caught in a mess of electrical cords whenever I need one, and where the handles will catch on other jigs as I pull them out. In case I manage to avoid doing those two things, I also lean a few portable outfeed supports on them so that those will fall over when I have my hands full pulling a jig out.