Craig Hickman

• Gym Rack

  

  I have a weight lifting setup at home, and wanted cable attachments that let me be more flexible with how I use the cable system I’ve built up. To get that result, I quickly modeled and built a set of easily adjustable cable attachments. These are super easy to move around my power rack, which lets me quickly and easily adjust my cables to provide resistance at any angle. The parts themselves are simple laser cut, bent, and powder coated sheet steel, and are designed with a lot of extra attachment points and flexibility in mind.
  Jun 20, 2025 - 1 min read

• Rivian Gear Anchor

  

  The Rivian R1T has a neat security system in the truck bed: Two sockets pair with a steel cable to lock valuable items in the truck bed. When the truck gets locked, a deadbolt goes through those sockets, locking the cable (and the item) while you’re away. Unfortunately, the cable Rivian ships is rather weak, and could be cut easily with most hand tools.

  So built a much beefier one that’s properly secure.

  Jun 13, 2025 - 1 min read

• The Tank

  

  Starting in April 2025, I spent some time building a remotely operated tracked vehicle. The goal of the project was mostly silly: I wanted to have fun driving a little tracked vehicle around.

  The vehicle is entirely 3D printed with the exception of the COTS components like motors, sensors, and gears in the custom gearbox I built for the tank. The main chassis is printed in segments which are aligned using dowel pins before being permanently adhered to other chassis segments.

  Jun 11, 2025 - 4 min read

• Rivian Frunk MOLLE

  

  I wanted a better cargo holding method for the Rivian R1T’s front trunk. The OEM solution is a simple elastic and mesh pouch against the front wall of the frunk, and it’s almost good enough. I had a few requirements, like gaining the ability to stop grocery bags from sliding around, spots for storing a supercharger adapter, and expandable storage for random items I’d need to carry.

  Sep 26, 2024 - 1 min read

• Low Profile Antenna Mount

  

  I have a cell signal booster on the roof rack of my truck. Sometimes when you’re barely out of cell range, it’s great at boosting that into quite usable signal. I don’t always use it, so its normal state should be folded up. Here’s where I complain about something particular: All of the products for folding antenna mounts seem to mount ON TOP OF roof rack crossbars, none of them mount to the SIDE of the crossbar.
  Jul 28, 2024 - 2 min read

• Rivian Air Reel

  

  

  Rivian trucks (gen 1, anyway) came with an air compressor built into the bed. It’s useful for airing up tires after letting air out for offroad segments, but coiling up the hose the trucks come with sucks. Luckily Apex makes a nice product in the form of the Compact Reel System. A person I met online showed me his idea for a bracket that used the Gear Guard sockets to hold the Apex Designs CRS. He intended on selling them. After waiting a few months, I chose to design my own based on the concept, and have it machined.

  Jul 15, 2024 - 1 min read

• Rivian Kitchen

  

  After receiving my Rivian R1T, I was excited to also get their Camp Kitchen, a fully equipped kitchen that slid out of the gear tunnel. Unfortunately due to pesky things like vehicle safety rating and weight limits, Rivian was unable to ship theirs. So, I built my own.

  Jun 12, 2023 - 2 min read

• Rivian Keyfob

  

  I got a Rivian R1T, and it came with a ‘clever’ keyfob that doubled as a carabiner. Unfortunately, it wasn’t very good as a carabiner, and the extra pocket real estate wasn’t worth it to me. So I set out to remove the clever carabiner and replace it with a more traditional keyfob. This meant a bit of CAD and a CNC aluminum part to replace the larger original part.

  Mar 27, 2023 - 1 min read

• Twoco the Taco

  

  This project is a summary of many projects on a tacoma I owned, affectionately nicknamed Twoco the Taco. It includes significant suspension upgrades, trail protection, onboard air compressor, lighting, and circuit controls.

  Feb 5, 2023 - 1 min read

• Taco Rack

  

  In 2022, I wanted a roof tent rack that shared the mounting slots of a retractable tonneau cover I had on my tacoma. No one made or sold one, so I made my own with the exact specifications I wanted. It’s built from a combination of tube steel, laser cut bent sheet metal, and some riveted components.

  Jul 31, 2022 - 1 min read

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