Before you start Batch B08¶
Before you start · Batch B08 — Skirts and front modules
These are the parts people see. They print on GT2, the current Gen 1 belts — the four plates in this batch carry the 150–182 mm skirt segments, large flat vertical faces, exactly where VFA shows most. The Gen 2 belt upgrade is deferred to the INDX rebuild this winter, so the whole run including B08 stays on GT2; Galaxy Black's metallic fleck hides the ripple, and it is cosmetic only. GT1.5 lands with the INDX + Gen 2 rebuild, after kit day.
Time: 29.2 h (4 plates) — PrusaSlicer 2.9.6 estimates.
Sessions: 4 plate starts (~5 min hands-on each, 5.0–9.5 h unattended) + ~20 min inspect and bin.
Prerequisites: Gate A (Step B00.5; no bearing seat here, so Gate B is not needed), on the current
GT2 belts. B02 (accent belt guards, fan grills, faceplate) and B07 (power_inlet_IECGS_1mm) feed the same
skirt ring and are already on the shelf; the dry-fit at B08.10 wants the inlet to hand.
The skirt ring is made of ten structural segments plus two "module" pieces — the TFT mount and the power
inlet — sharing a 67–72 × 20 mm cross-section. On the 350: front = front_skirt_a + TFT mount + front_skirt_b; rear = rear_center_skirt
+ power_inlet + keystone_panel; each side = side_skirt_a + side_fan_support + side_skirt_b.
Printed parts
| STL | Repo path | Qty | Colour | g ea | Bin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
rear_center_skirt_350.stl |
Voron-2 STLs/Skirts/350/ |
1 | Black | 71.9 | 11-skirts |
front_skirt_a_350.stl |
Voron-2 STLs/Skirts/350/ |
1 | Black | 41.4 | 11-skirts |
front_skirt_b_350.stl |
Voron-2 STLs/Skirts/350/ |
1 | Black | 41.4 | 11-skirts |
side_skirt_a_350_x2.stl |
Voron-2 STLs/Skirts/350/ |
2 | Black | 36.9 | 11-skirts |
side_skirt_b_350_x2.stl |
Voron-2 STLs/Skirts/350/ |
2 | Black | 36.9 | 11-skirts |
side_fan_support_x2.STL |
Voron-2 STLs/Skirts/ |
2 | Black | 33.0 | 11-skirts |
keystone_panel.stl |
Voron-2 STLs/Skirts/ |
1 | Black | 38.6 | 11-skirts |
mount.stl (BTT Pi TFT4.3) |
LDOVoronTrident STLs/BTT Pi TFT4.3 Mount/ |
1 | Black | 30.1 | 10-tft |
power_inlet_IECGS_1mm moved to B07 — it's consumed in Ch 09, not the skirts chapter.
mount.stl vs mount_thick.stl
mount.stl is 30 g / 44.8 mm tall; mount_thick.stl is 74 g /
67.8 mm and gives access to the screen's brightness buttons with a pointy tool. mount.stl is the
recommendation — swap if you find you want the buttons (judgment; LDO links the folder, not a specific file).
Do not print: mini12864_case_front/rear, [a]_mini12864_case_hinge, [a]_mini12864_case_front_insert,
[a]_btt_knob_light_shield — the touchscreen mount replaces that whole front module.
Hardware: none.
Read first
- Checkpoint after B08: lay every skirt segment on a flat reference (granite counter) and check for rocking. A bowed skirt is the most visible defect on a finished Voron. Dry-fit the ring: front + TFT mount + front, rear + inlet + keystone, sides + fan supports.
- Most commonly reprinted here:
rear_center_skirt_350(182 mm — the worst warp candidate in the set). - Two to four of these long parts fit per plate — every one is 117–182 mm on its long axis and 67–72 mm deep, and the outline packer interleaves the C-shaped segments at a 6 mm gap on the 250×220 bed.
- 3 mm brim, already in every project, on
rear_center_skirt_350,front_skirt_a/b_350,side_skirt_a/b_350,side_fan_support,keystone_panel(per 00-slicer-setup.md);mount.stlon P3 has none. At each plate you verify the outline in the preview — you never add one. - Optional, not printed here:
[a]_fan_grill_open_optional_x2(more airflow, less filtering) instead of[a]_fan_grill_a/b; extraldo_bestagon_inserts.
