Clips for Hanging Storage Cabinets on Wall Control Slotted Metal Pegboards

Is your design lab large and roomy, or small and cozy? Either way, being productive requires that work areas and surfaces be clear of clutter and tools and components be within easy reach.

In our lab, we have a seemingly endless array of different components and connectors, bearings and bushings, screws and servos that we keep organized using parts storage cabinets with drawers of various sizes.

We used to set all these cabinets on work surfaces that line the walls of the lab, which reduced the usable area of the work tables. So we installed Wall Control metal pegboards metal pegboards along the walls and designed these simple 3D printable clips. This allowed us to mount the cabinets on the wall above work surfaces, though still within reach, to reclaim the surface area the cabinets used to take up.

These clips are designed to be compatible with most Akro-Mils, Stack-On, Johnssteel, Stow-Away, and Balance World parts storage cabinets. But we would love to hear from you if this design doesn't fit a cabinet in your lab. Please send us a picture of the back of your cabinet along with an accurate measurement of the cabinet's thickness when the clips attach to the caninet so that we can adjust our designs.

Wall Control metal pegboards are strong, durable, and look great - making them a common addition to garages, labs, studios, and workshops everywhere. If you have Wall Control metal pegboards in your shop then you should also check out these 3D printable shelf units and parts storage racks.

Come on, get your life together!

Print Settings

Printer Brand:

Prusa

Printer: 

i3 MK3

Rafts:

No

Supports: 

No

Resolution:

0.2mm

Infill: 

100%

Notes:

These clips CAN be printed in PLA. However, the total weight of a storage cabinet stuffed full of parts may be more than PLA-based clips can handle, causing them to fail over time. We've done extensive research trying out various clip geometries and comparing performance of different material types. From our experience, we've found that the clips we printed using PETG are much stronger in this application than PLA, PC, and the several different nylon forumlations that we've tried. We have yet to experience a PETG failure of this clip design in our shop or other shops that are using clips we've printed for them.