Wire Forks
A two-piece, pegboard-mount fork for harness assembly boards — a standalone alternative to proprietary systems and cheap metal-tine imports, with solid plastic tines, customized to your line and mounted on the pegboard you already have.
Every other fork has a catch
You can buy a wire fork today — but look at what comes with it. The big proprietary option means buying into a whole ecosystem: their boards, their parts, their way of doing things. The cheap imports use thin metal rods for tines, which works fine right up until someone trips into the board and runs one through their hand.
Ours is a standalone fork with solid plastic tines — no proprietary ecosystem to buy into, and no thin metal rods sticking out of your board. (The two halves are joined with brass inserts and a threaded rod, so it's plenty strong where it counts.) It mounts to the standard ¼" hole pegboard you already have, comes color-coded by gauge, and gets customized to your line without paying for new tooling.
- Solid plastic tines — not thin metal rods that can impale
- No proprietary ecosystem to buy into
- Fits standard ¼" hole pegboard
- Customized to your line, color-coded by gauge
Two variants, two gauge ranges
Pick the tine count for your wire bundle, then the gauge range — color-coded the same way crimp terminals are, so a board reads at a glance.
4-tine
The standard fork. Two of them mount side by side on standard ¼" pegboard for tighter bundles.
6-tine
More tines for wider or denser runs — same mount, same hardware.
Blue — 14–16 AWG
For heavier-gauge wire. Color follows the standard crimp-terminal code, so it matches what your builders already read.
Red — 18–22 AWG
For lighter-gauge wire. Same terminal-code logic — no new system to learn.
Run your own color scheme? On orders large enough to justify a dedicated spool, we can match most any available filament color — just ask.
Specs
| Configuration | Two-piece: fork body + washer |
|---|---|
| Variants | 4-tine and 6-tine |
| Gauge ranges | 14–16 AWG (blue) · 18–22 AWG (red) |
| Mount | Standard ¼" hole pegboard |
| Hardware | ¼-20 brass heat-set inserts both sides, joined by a threaded rod |
| Material | PETG |
| Print orientation | Horizontal — layer lines run along the tine for bending strength |
Why it holds up
Earlier snap-fit and threaded-stud designs were tested and rejected — printed plastic threads and load-bearing layer seams don't survive real use. The production design uses brass heat-set inserts for true reusable threads, and prints the tines flat so the layer lines carry the bending load instead of splitting under it.
A note on what you're buying: these are 3D-printed parts. Expect minor surface texture and small dimensional variation from unit to unit — that's normal for the process and doesn't affect fit, mounting, or strength. If you need a tighter tolerance for a specific feature, tell us up front and we'll work to it.
Customization is the moat
A molded part is whatever the mold says it is. Ours is parametric — we change a value and reprint. That opens up a roadmap a single injection tool can't follow:
Tine & gauge options
4-tine and 6-tine today, in two gauge ranges. More tine counts and ranges as the line grows.
Standard pegboard
Mounts to standard ¼" hole pegboard — no special board, no retrofit. Two 4-tine forks sit side by side, so you can pack a board tight.
Color-coded by gauge
Blue for 14–16, red for 18–22 — the industry-standard crimp-terminal code your builders already read. Custom colors on full-spool orders.
The same job, three ways
| DnA Plastics fork | Proprietary system | Cheap import | |
| Tines | Solid plastic — no sharp metal | Plastic | Thin exposed metal rods |
| Buy-in | Standalone; standard ¼" pegboard | Whole proprietary ecosystem | Standalone |
| Customization | Tine count + gauge color, made to order | Catalog options only | Fixed, one size |
| Made | Small-batch, to your spec, in the USA | Mass-produced | Overseas, mass-produced |
Priced by the run
Forks are made to order with volume price breaks. Pricing depends on configuration and quantity, so we quote each order directly — no list price that pretends every job is the same. There's a small minimum order and standard tier discounts for production volumes.
Custom variants may include a one-time setup fee to cover the CAD work; repeat orders of an existing design skip it.
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