Skirts for Kappy Printer

These parts are designed for Kappy, a DIY printer from Rolohaun Design, but you could use them on any printer with the right frame size

Just a heads up, the side skirts for Kappy are not done yet (and might not ever be done depending on how much I feel like designing them) but on any other printer with a flat 2020 aluminum extrusion frame that has nothing like steppers or pulleys mounted on the underside, the front/back skirt would work on any sides

Sizes

These dimensions are the total measurements of the front side of the printer. The parts are labeled by their actual size instead of the measurement of the printer frame they correspond to

• 240mm front width = 140mm front/back skirt
• 290mm front width = 190mm front/back skirt
• 340mm front width = 240mm front/back skirt

Assembly

Any configuration of skirt size will need 4 50mm wide feet which mount to the underside of the frame with 3 M5x8 screws per foot, using one screw to mount the rubber foot onto the main plastic part. These feet have cutouts for 5mm wide M3 nuts or holes to put in 5mmx4mm M3 Heatsets. The skirts can screw into these nuts or inserts with M3x10 screws although longer screws will work fine 

The skirts can be screwed into the frame with M3x8 screws if you wish, although it isn't completely necessary

One of the main features of this design is giving mounting points for a panel on the bottom side of the printer. Any material that is 3mm thick that can be cut to the size of the inner diameter of your frame will work. the corners need to be cut off at a 15mm chamfer to allow screws. Rubber feet need to be screwed on over the sheet of material for it to be secured to the skirt

Aesthetics

If you want to fill in the hexagons print out the inlay corresponding to the skirt size. To further customize the skirt, you can print out hexagon plugs that friction fit into the holes in the skirt. The attached OrcaSlicer project file includes 5 hex plugs that have Kappy lettered on them with the font “HEX:gon” by Iconian fonts

If you need a size that isn't listed on this page make a comment to ask for it and I can modify the CAD and post it within a day or two.