Pegboard grommet and mounting spacer

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The **grommet** is for pegboards with 1/4" holes where the 3mm thick hooks are too loose. The hooks fall out when you remove tools and items on them. They always seem to fall in the most difficult place to retrieve them I bought a 8' x 4' pegboard sheet, 6mm thick (1/4"). The holes are larger at 6.6mm (1/4") than the usual 4.2mm (5/32") holes my 3mm hooks are designed for. Having about 60 hooks of various shapes it makes sense to print a grommet to tighten up the fit so the hooks don't drop out every time I remove something from the pegboard. They look cool too! This grommet can be inserted before or after the hook and will make the fit a little firmer. If you colour code them you can be even more organised. The **spacer** is so that you can mount your pegboard directly to the wall and still have some space behind the board for the back of the pins. Although mine is 17mm long you can scale this with your slicer (Z axis only) when you slice the model to change the space from the wall. Use as many as you need around the edges, corners and middle parts of the perforated board. The spacer hole diameter is just over 6mm and your screw should obviously be long enough to go through the board, spacer and into the wall. If you cant find a stud, just use more spacers. **Pins** hold the spacers in position as you mount the board. You can use 6mm screws or print the pins. These pins are temporary, you pull them out one at a time whilst pressing the pegboard against the wall and putting in a screw. If they are too loose then put some masking tape or paper in the spacer centre hole when you insert the pin. If they're too tight the clear out the spacer hole with a drill or sand the pins a bit.