Mk4 Baseplate - Compatible with Squash Ball Feet

Warning!

This baseplate is designed to be used in conjunction with the squash ball feet mod (by tterbocharged) and my other uploaded design, the MK4 Front Bin & Interface Plate for HyperPixel. The baseplate is designed to allow you to attach whatever custom designs (e.g. cable management) you like underneath, however it covers the standard attachment points for the Prusa cable clips, so you cannot use them with this unless you significantly modify the model.

Why did I create this?

I disliked having waste filament fall through the gap under the heat-bed and collect under the printer, so I designed this baseplate to fix that. As I already route my copper-shielded display cable and earth line underneath the printer I decided to cover the channels in the metal legs at the same time, to make things look a bit neater. As I'll want to re-do cable management in the future I've designed this baseplate to allow for the addition of custom plates underneath it using M3 hex nuts and a bolt length suitable for whatever you're attaching. These come with 4 covers that are a tight fit, therefore after installing the nuts (recommend using the “pull” method) I'd install the covers with some light pressure from pliers before installing the baseplate on the printer.

Why does it have those large rectangular holes?

As mentioned this baseplate is designed to be used with squash ball feet, I attach these to the printer using these t-nuts, but they can be a little fiddly to install, so the holes are designed such that you can screw these onto an M3 bolt on the other side of the squash ball feet, then push the nut through the hole before securing the whole assembly.

Print Instructions

The baseplate can be printed using any material, in the orientation given in the file. I've used PETG but I'm sure PLA or any other material would work fine.