Comments on: Prevent Pegboard Pull-Out With Pegmate http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/31/prevent-pegboard-pull-out-with-pegmate/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:33:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Zathrus http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/31/prevent-pegboard-pull-out-with-pegmate/#comment-220280 Zathrus Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:22:45 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/31/prevent-pegboard-pull-out-with-pegmate/#comment-220280 Benjamen -- ah, got you; yeah, the little plastic anchors prevent that, but they don't fit the 1/4" pieces very well at all. This looks like a nice solution for that (and it does look better, as you note). Honestly, the guy that jumped all over you on that Alligator board post was just a jerk, plain and simple. I've used pegboard for a decade or so and the only time I've ever had to pick a hook up off the floor was when I dropped it before putting it in the pegboard (and the few I found, weirdly, in the backyard of my current house). Benjamen — ah, got you; yeah, the little plastic anchors prevent that, but they don’t fit the 1/4″ pieces very well at all. This looks like a nice solution for that (and it does look better, as you note).

Honestly, the guy that jumped all over you on that Alligator board post was just a jerk, plain and simple. I’ve used pegboard for a decade or so and the only time I’ve ever had to pick a hook up off the floor was when I dropped it before putting it in the pegboard (and the few I found, weirdly, in the backyard of my current house).

]]> By: Benjamen Johnson http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/31/prevent-pegboard-pull-out-with-pegmate/#comment-219933 Benjamen Johnson Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:02:50 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/31/prevent-pegboard-pull-out-with-pegmate/#comment-219933 It first started in a HOT or NOT Feb 3rd 2007 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/03/hot-or-not-pegboard-in-the-shop/ Then what you probably didn't find by searching was a second post about alligator board a couple of days later where some stronger opinions were expressed. http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/05/reader-find-alligator-board/ Well in hindsight it really I guess I took a little artistic license by calling it a war. All I remember was that I was one of the casualties It first started in a HOT or NOT Feb 3rd 2007

http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/03/hot-or-not-pegboard-in-the-shop/

Then what you probably didn’t find by searching was a second post about alligator board a couple of days later where some stronger opinions were expressed.

http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/05/reader-find-alligator-board/

Well in hindsight it really I guess I took a little artistic license by calling it a war. All I remember was that I was one of the casualties

]]> By: Eeyore http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/31/prevent-pegboard-pull-out-with-pegmate/#comment-219911 Eeyore Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:39:20 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/31/prevent-pegboard-pull-out-with-pegmate/#comment-219911 Can somebody please post a link to the "pegboard war"? Can somebody please post a link to the “pegboard war”?

]]> By: Benjamen Johnson http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/31/prevent-pegboard-pull-out-with-pegmate/#comment-219060 Benjamen Johnson Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:27:22 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/31/prevent-pegboard-pull-out-with-pegmate/#comment-219060 Zathrus, I don't really consider tear out and pull out the same thing. I would define tear out as the hooks physically damaging the pegboard --either by too much weight or yanking tools off. What I meant by pull-out is that annoying tendency of for pegboard hooks to come out of their holes when removing tools. In the worst case you have to replace the hook in the hole before you can rehang the tool, the best case is you lift the tool off very carefully to prevent it. I have noticed pull-out happens much less frequently in 1/4" vs 1/8" pegboard. The 1/4" pegboard hooks seem to fit more snugly into the holes. The only place I talked about damage was in moving the pegboard hooks. I have had the experience that removing the little plastic keepers can damage the pegboard holes. Zathrus, I don’t really consider tear out and pull out the same thing. I would define tear out as the hooks physically damaging the pegboard –either by too much weight or yanking tools off.

What I meant by pull-out is that annoying tendency of for pegboard hooks to come out of their holes when removing tools. In the worst case you have to replace the hook in the hole before you can rehang the tool, the best case is you lift the tool off very carefully to prevent it.

I have noticed pull-out happens much less frequently in 1/4″ vs 1/8″ pegboard. The 1/4″ pegboard hooks seem to fit more snugly into the holes.

The only place I talked about damage was in moving the pegboard hooks. I have had the experience that removing the little plastic keepers can damage the pegboard holes.

]]> By: Zathrus http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/31/prevent-pegboard-pull-out-with-pegmate/#comment-219034 Zathrus Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:12:26 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/31/prevent-pegboard-pull-out-with-pegmate/#comment-219034 I can't say I've ever had any issues with tear out on my pegboard -- even with heavy things like a FUBAR 3 or an electric (corded) string trimmer. A lot of my tools are in tool bags/boxes, but for stuff I work with on my workbench I like having them up on the pegboard. I can’t say I’ve ever had any issues with tear out on my pegboard — even with heavy things like a FUBAR 3 or an electric (corded) string trimmer.

A lot of my tools are in tool bags/boxes, but for stuff I work with on my workbench I like having them up on the pegboard.

]]> By: Simon http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/31/prevent-pegboard-pull-out-with-pegmate/#comment-218866 Simon Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:27:05 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/31/prevent-pegboard-pull-out-with-pegmate/#comment-218866 : :

]]> By: Ted http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/31/prevent-pegboard-pull-out-with-pegmate/#comment-218847 Ted Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:17:55 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/01/31/prevent-pegboard-pull-out-with-pegmate/#comment-218847 I secure my pegs with a squirt from my hot-glue gun. Just a little bit in the hole keeps them from popping out. I secure my pegs with a squirt from my hot-glue gun.
Just a little bit in the hole keeps them from popping out.

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