DIY Molle Panel for Truck Bed

[Pyrotech]

A little something I put together for the front of the truck bed.



Back from the laser cutter, from design to reality less than 6 days



Had to slot the mounting holes since My measurements was off by about 1 cm. I also updated the cad model to put a bit of a radius in at the bottom corners

 

[Lanlubber In Remembrance]

A little something I put together for the front of the truck bed.

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Back from the laser cutter, from design to reality less than 6 days

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Had to slot the mounting holes since My measurements was off by about 1 cm. I also updated the cad model to put a bit of a radius in at the bottom corners


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What does it do ? The purpose of it ?

 

[Pyrotech]

What does it do ? The purpose of it ?

A grid to mount standard Molle Pouches which there is just about one for anything you can imagine. and the holes are for quickfist or whatever else you can think of. basically a frame work for origination of storage

 

[Lanlubber In Remembrance]

A grid to mount standard Molle Pouches which there is just about one for anything you can imagine. and the holes are for quickfist or whatever else you can think of. basically a frame work for origination of storage
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Ah haaa very clever way to store them with some organization.

 

[Jedi]

What did it cost to have this cut?

 

[Pyrotech]

What did it cost to have this cut?

it was cheaper for me to make my own than buy one. I am thinking about offering them for sale if there is enough interest to help drive the unit cost down a bit.

 

[Lanlubber In Remembrance]

it was cheaper for me to make my own than buy one. I am thinking about offering them for sale if there is enough interest to help drive the unit cost down a bit.

Do you have a laser cutter and cad program to do this ?

 

[Cprosser99]

I see you having success selling these to people who have a barn door style rear door (obviously Jeeps but also the new Ram trucks with the barn door tailgate) or as an attachment for the swingarm between the wheel well and tailgate (name escapes me). Another idea is inside of a camper shell or camper... Cool idea though.

 

[Pyrotech]

Do you have a laser cutter and cad program to do this ?

no laser cutter, that is outsourced. but I did the design in inventor 2020 for both this and the bed rack

 

[Pyrotech]

I see you having success selling these to people who have a barn door style rear door (obviously Jeeps but also the new Ram trucks with the barn door tailgate) or as an attachment for the swingarm between the wheel well and tailgate (name escapes me). Another idea is inside of a camper shell or camper... Cool idea though.

would need to measure and figure out how to mount them. Right now All I have is my Tacoma, and an old Jeep Cherokee.

 

[Lanlubber In Remembrance]

no laser cutter, that is outsourced. but I did the design in inventor 2020 for both this and the bed rack

And you take it to ? A welding shop, machinest, sheetmetal shop ??? Is it aluminum ?

 

[Lanlubber In Remembrance]

would need to measure and figure out how to mount them. Right now All I have is my Tacoma, and an old Jeep Cherokee.

I'm thinking small travel trailers, they have a lot of flat surfaces to attach too ..

 

[Pyrotech]

And you take it to ? A welding shop, machinest, sheetmetal shop ??? Is it aluminum ?

it is an online shop that does laser cutting and it was made from Cold rolled steel 16 gauge

 

[oldmopars]

I love that. I was planning on the same thing for my truck. I was going to have it cut on a Water-Jet, but I am in that world, not lasers.
I did find a company on-line that sells them, but they want more for them than I am willing to part with.
Great job on that.

 

[Baipin]

And you take it to ? A welding shop, machinest, sheetmetal shop ??? Is it aluminum ?

I've had success getting this kind of stuff done at places which make signs; specifically those offering metal signs. I've made load-bearing parts this way before. Not their typical customer... but I'm sure the machine doesn't care if it's cutting structural brackets or words out of a 1/4" stainless plate. :-)

Definitely call them up and determine the max size of material they can work with, before you make your design!

 

[Boostpowered]

Id like to see some made from 1/4" delrin for the inside of truck tailgates it can double as a slick surface to load heavy items in the bed.

 

[Rubiconcruiser]

it was cheaper for me to make my own than buy one. I am thinking about offering them for sale if there is enough interest to help drive the unit cost down a bit.

 

[Rubiconcruiser]

Put me down for 2 sets of 2 if you go I like the idea. Thanks

 

[Rubiconcruiser]

Put me down for 2 sets of 2 if you go I like the idea. Thanks

 

[MjC54]

A little something I put together for the front of the truck bed.

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Back from the laser cutter, from design to reality less than 6 days

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Had to slot the mounting holes since My measurements was off by about 1 cm. I also updated the cad model to put a bit of a radius in at the bottom corners


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Those turned out nice. I had some made by a local shop on their laser cutter. We used 3/16 aluminum. Gave me a ton of new mounting options. Also added some strength to my RTT rack.