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Pegging Engine

A simple tool for generating laser-cuttable pegboards and other mounting panels.

Units

Sheet parameters

(custom shapes besides rounded rectangles Coming Soon™)

Grid parameters

Horizontal parity
Vertical parity

Output

Materials advice

  • Standard pegboards are usually 3/16-1/4" thick hardboard.
  • IKEA sells SKÅDIS as ~3/16" thick fiberboard with acrylic paint.
  • Optical breadboards are meant to be dimensionally accurate and rigid. Thus, they are typically tapped from 0.5-0.75" thick aluminum or steel slabs. However, some breadboards appear to be sold in acrylic, a much laser-cutter-friendlier material. Since 1/2" may cause some laser systems to slope a lot, you may want to consider cutting multiple sheets, laminating or screwing them together, and then threading the holes through the stacked sheet.
  • Commercially-sold rigid MOLLE panels are often cut from 3/16" polyethylene aluminum, or plywood sheets, and then marked up a whole bunch because they're Tactical™. If you are choosing alternative materials, you should generally prefer less-brittle, more flexible materials.