Enhance Pegboard Storage

I was never fond of using pegboard for storage because the hooks were always falling out when I removed a tool. My toolbox cart has three pegboard panels that were going unused. Then I thought of rivet nuts.

Rivet nuts, sometimes called rivnuts, install like a rivet using an inexpensive tool. Internal threads in the rivets make them an ideal solution for mounting custom tool racks to pegboard.

I found that metric M4×0.7 rivnuts are perfectly sized for standard pegboard. To mount custom tool racks made from 3/4"-thick material, M4×0.7×30 machine screws are ideal. Rivnuts provide a secure and flexible option for storing tools and accessories.

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