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French cleat dimensions: 45° on 3/4 in stock from a 5 in blank

What size should a French cleat be? · Standard part · basis: Popular Woodworking's French cleat method (3/4 in plywood, 5 in blank ripped at 45°)

Also called: french cleat size, french cleat dimensions, french cleat 3d print

Exact dimensions. True size, with no printing tolerance added.

sizes
4 in table

Notes

  • Rip a 5 in (127 mm) blank of 3/4 in (19.05 mm) plywood at 45° down the middle: two halves, each 63.5 mm wide on the long face.
  • Wall half: bevel up and facing the wall, screwed into studs; cabinet half: bevel down. Printed cleats (PETG, 6 walls) suit light tool holders on a plywood wall cleat.

French cleat dimensions: 45° on 3/4 in stock from a 5 in blank size chart

itemmminch
stock thickness19.053/4
blank width127.05
half width (long face)63.52-1/2
bevel45°45°

Where the files are

Other publishers' files are linked, not hosted. "verify" = check the license at the link before commercial use.

Popular WoodworkingFrench cleat techniquewebPublisher's page; dimensions are facts

Free files

★ Free files 3 parts. Generated by Xem Studio from the standard; threads are plain cylinders at major diameter. CC BY 4.0. index.json

french-cleat-3-4in-150French cleat half, 3/4 in (19.05) stock, 45° edge, 63.5 mm wide, 150 mm longSTEP · STL
french-cleat-3-4in-300French cleat half, 3/4 in (19.05) stock, 45° edge, 63.5 mm wide, 300 mm longSTEP · STL
french-cleat-3-4in-600French cleat half, 3/4 in (19.05) stock, 45° edge, 63.5 mm wide, 600 mm longSTEP · STL
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Plain text: sheet.txt · JSON: /api/geometry?object=french-cleat

French cleat dimensions: 45° on 3/4 in stock from a 5 in blank, isometric render of a generated part
Render of french-cleat-3-4in-300 from the free STEP; not to scale.

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Questions

What angle is a French cleat?

45°, ripped from 3/4 in stock.