Why do so many seem to hate pegboard?

[Ruffgeezer]

I must admit I've a pegboard in my garage, I've a set of metric spanners on that, and I've a Snap on top box with the pegboard built in the lid too, I just keep my ratchets on it, so it's easy to see when someone has been borrowing them!

 

[santagary]

I dislike pegboard because it is always dusty and dirty. I generate a lot of dust w/ my hobbies. Metal work and a little woodworking. I like cabinets and toolboxes to cut down on the dust all over my tools. Grinding dust is a nuisance to clean off of your tools.

Just remember kids, the original pegboarders were Quakers. Chairs, tables, etc were prominently displayed on pegs off the floor and kept dusted and clean.

 

[Troutsqueezer]

If God wanted us to use pegboard, he wouldn't have invented toolboxes.

 

[nicksnothereman]

If God wanted us to use pegboard, he wouldn't have invented toolboxes.

Yeah but all the tools got a hole in the handle...okay not all but enough to see that there's probably a lot of pegboarders out there.

 

[santagary]

Recently overheard a craftsman wrench speaking to a SO wrench..."I sure enjoy being hung instead of being tossed into a dark drawer." lol

 

[bobbyu]

I don't have the floor room for a tool box. It would be great to be able to have everything in a tool box. In my case peg board has worked good. Granted it's not for everyone.

 

[PatStroud]

Yeah but all the tools got a hole in the handle...okay not all but enough to see that there's probably a lot of pegboarders out there.

Also I think God might have invented peg board ...... that why its so "Holy" .............. couldn't resist .....

 

[BDT/NWMN]

Trying to come up with pegboard without all those little holes in it.
Nice to have things neat and orderly; but going over a wall of pegboard with that little hole cleaning brush every week is taking up allot of time.

 

[rice rocket]

You clean every hole? I don't think I know anybody who cleans their pegboard. Maybe some compressed air or a shop vac (or both)?

 

[lilscorpion]

You clean every hole? I don't think I know anybody who cleans their pegboard. Maybe some compressed air or a shop vac (or both)?

Think he's joking. Besides, they haven't made pegboard cleaning brushes since the 40's.

 

[Makoto]

I see pegboard as having a use in a dedicated spot or if you have run out of space in your toolbox. Since harbor freight opened up a local store they've made my tool box a lot smaller

 

[Pixar]

I just got a small 2 x4 sheet of board for my hobby room the tie wrap chargers to it, however the thing stinks really bad, does that smell ever go aways?

 

[kbs2244]

Dismount it and paint it.
It is not sealed from the store and will soak up moisture and smells.

 

[4 FN 27]

I don't mind pegboard as long as it is made from Metal not wood.

Here is a bench I made almost 20 years ago with some left over Pegboard we assembled into an Everyready Battery Display I design for Walmart back in 1994. Last year I replaced all my Work Bench Pegboard backers with Aluminum panels custom fit with Electrical wired in.

The third picture is my welding bench. Peg allows me to keep all my "stuff" off the table but within reach. And I pretty much know when anything is missing.

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

I have a problem of folding my peg board walls and throwing them in the truck to go help the kids out.

 

[Pixar]

Thank You !!

 

[exranger06]

I plan on installing some pegboard in my garage, but not to store tools. It will be used to store random materials and consumables, like rolls of brake line, spare belts, hose clamps, containers with bits of hardware in them, etc.

 

[jonshonda]

Only on GJ would there be a peg board criticism thread. Who gives a f@ck what you do or don't use, peg board is the most readily available and pocket book friendly wall storage system on the planet. No, it isn't meant to hold 300lbs of tools on one peg, but if you space stuff out enough it's like having the most organized and largest drawer in a tool chest. Only problem is stuff gets dusty.

 

[laser3kw]

Think he's joking. Besides, they haven't made pegboard cleaning brushes since the 40's.

I think there are pictures of one in the vintage tool forum

Only on GJ would there be a peg board criticism thread. Who gives a f...

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[jmarkwolf]

My Dad had his tools on pegboard when I was growing up. It seemed that every time that I grabbed a tool I pulled the hooks out of the board as well. I have hated pegboard ever since.

Exactly this.

 

[TractorJeff]

10 pages of "Pros & Cons"?
WOW!
This rates higher than OSB & Sheetrock!

PS
I didn't read all 10 pages

 

[Pathfinders]

10 pages of "Pros & Cons"?
WOW!
This rates higher than OSB & Sheetrock!

PS
I didn't read all 10 pages

Good thing, thread was pulled out of the year 2014.

 

[cuddy_k]

I like pegboard for commonly used hand tools. Easy access and high visibility. I also have a bunch of tool chests and sometimes lose track of what's in them. The only thing more fun than buying a tool, then discovering that you already had one...is doing that multiple times!