THIS IS AN UNTESTED PROTOTYPE: Inspect fit clearances before printing.
This is a 3D printed harddrive bay for standard 3.5in harddrives. It uses bare drives without the need for trays/rails. The door actuates a lever arm to unseat the drive for removal. It fits in a CD drive bay and mounts the same way. SATA hotswap capability requires a motherboard with AHCI.
Required hardware (lengths are not strict. Check files for exact hole lengths):
7 M2x15
2 M2x10~12
1 M3x35
CD drive mounting screws (M3)
Future plans:
If I can get dimensions for a cheap SATA 22-pin cable (like this one ebay.com/itm/Male-to-Female-7-15-Pin-Serial-ATA-SATA-Data-power-combo-extension-Cable-FO-/291369269696) I would integrate it into the rear plate. This would make the connectors slide together more reliably and with less tweaking of the dimensions.
| exported.igs | 2.5MB | |
| upload1_main_rails_v75_door_1_Body1.stl | 146.7KB | |
| upload1_main_rails_v75_eject_pivot_1_Body1.stl | 33.1KB | |
| upload1_main_rails_v75_front_frame_1_Body1.stl | 44.7KB | |
| upload1_main_rails_v75_lever_arm_1_Body1.stl | 17.0KB | |
| upload1_main_rails_v75_pressure_plate_1_Body1.stl | 13.6KB | |
| upload1_main_rails_v75_pushrod_front_1_Body1.stl | 3.8KB | |
| upload1_main_rails_v75_pushrod_rear_1_Body1.stl | 1.1KB | |
| upload1_main_rails_v75_rail_large_1_large_rail.stl | 117.3KB | |
| upload1_main_rails_v75_rail_small_1_small_rail.stl | 52.0KB | |
| upload1_main_rails_v75_rear_bottom_1_Body1.stl | 43.5KB |
