Ikea Skadis compatible tiles

Introduction:

Here are some add-on elements for the Ikea Skadis pegboards. I found the plain whites a little boring, so I thought some color is always nice :).

I designed various sizes and shapes that complement the Ikea-made boards but can also be used on their own (but I'd probably get some proper metal mounting material depending on what you plan to hang on it).

There are only relatively small boards, if you want colored full-size boards, you probably better get a can of spray-paint ;) and larger printers aren't that popular (plus it would take for ever to print).

There are multiple sizes that you can use for various things:

Two of the 180x180mm pieces are as wide as a narrow original board

two of the 200x280 (above each other) can be used to match a narrow to a square original board (or a square to a wide board, or four in total for a narrow to a wide board).

Four of the 180x280mm boards form a original narrow board,

four 280x280 match a square board or you can use them to extend it.

The triangle parts are meant for odd sized walls like at roof angles.

There are also some stranger sizes and shapes that you can use to make your own shapes or fit it to places where no regular board fits (probably very wide but low, or the other way round. Or maybe you want to make a little white house with squares and two red triangles as a roof... be creative)

Here's a short manual how to use these parts:

The boards can just be printed like provided with whatever material, color and settings work for you.

I used PLA with 0.3mm layers, 0.2mm first layer (to achieve 5mm thickness), two wall perimeters, three top and bottom layers, 20% infill. Matte colors look nice, since it matches the finish of the original boards (the original boards are about RAL 9016 in color in case you want to match those).

The connectors are designed to be printed in 0.2mm layers.

You might notice that there is a single solid layer above the cutouts, that is needed to make the hole above nicer printable. Your printer will print that layer at a lower density so you can easily poke though it after printing. After cleaning the cutout you can insert a regular M4 nut to have something the bolts can grab. You need a little force to push it in so it is hold in place and can't fall out.

The filenames of the connectors are named with the distance of the mounting points in their name, the -a one are to connect horizontally, the -b one vertically, the -ab are rectangular, there is also one with three mount points and one with wall mount holes attached.

I might add additional ones over time if there's need for it.

The included washers can be used with M4 countersink bolts, you can alternatively use the original mounting material from Ikea, which also uses M4 parts (or you can use ones from here for the original boards).

I recommend to use a original board (or multiples) as a starting point to have a rigid base, you can then connect your printed tiles there.

There's a stack of four square 280mm tiles places vertically with built-in supports. I didn't test that, it was basically an idea how to fit that size on my printer. If you are brave, you can try if that actually works

History:

12.03.2022: Initial release

14.03.2022: Added two additional mounts that utilise a single hole of the board

Print Settings

Printer Brand:

Ultimaker

Printer:

Rafts:

No

Supports:

Resolution:

0.2mm

Infill:

Filament: Polymaker PolyTerra PLA Lava Red, Sapphire Blue, Forrest Green, Peach

Notes:

Category: Organization