Hard Drive Holder (HDD, SSD & M.2)

Our storage device for storage devices; a customizable hard drive holder design, is available now (for free).

This design comes with support for several common hard drive form factors (including 2.5 inch, 3.5 inch and M.2) but you can adjust it to suit any size. Specify how many drives you'd like it to hold and how tilted you'd like the drives to be and an 'anti-topple' support will automatically be added (if required). You can fine tune it to add extra support and we've included some visual aids to help you.

We've also included over 5,500 hard drive holder STLs that we've generated from this design.

This design is completely free and shared under a permissive license. Your support is hugely appreciated.

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Customizer Options

We recommend you use OpenSCAD to customize this design.

This design has the following Customizer options:

Drive

• Drive_Type - The type of drive
• Custom_Drive_Length - Custom drive length (Z axis)
• Custom_Drive_Width - Custom drive width (X axis)
• Custom_Drive_Height - Custom drive height (Y axis)

General

• Material_Thickness - The thickness of the material

Slot

• Number_of_Slots - The number of drive slots
• Slot_Height_Percent - Height of each slot as percentage of maximum possible
• Slot_Tilt - Degrees of tilt
• Drive_Gap - Amount of space around all sides of each drive
• Notch_Height_Percent - Notch height as percentage of maximum possible (set to '0' for no notch)
• Notch_Width_Percent - Notch Width as percentage of maximum possible

Base

• Base_Radius - The radius of the base
• Additional_Topple_Support_Percent - Amount of additional topple support to add as percentage of maximum possible
• Topple_Support_Width_Percent - Width of the topple support to add as percentage of maximum possible

Preview

• Drives_to_Show - Which drives to show in preview mode
• Show_Drives - Show drives in preview mode
• Show_Center_Markers - Show center markers in preview mode

Design Considerations

The anti-topple support at the rear of the design is calculated on the assumption that the hard drives' center of gravity is at the center point of the drive. If the center of gravity is off-center, it may be necessary to increase the Additional_Topple_Support_Percent value to compensate. Use the tools under the 'Preview' tab to help you.

Material

This design is perfect for printing in many filaments, including PLA, PETG and ABS.

Versions

• 1.2 (19 Jan 2022) - Added support for M.2 drives
• 1.1 (24 Sep 2021) - Fixed typo (width > height)
• 1.0 (1 Jul 2021) - Initial version

Printing

Recommended slicer settings:

• Resolution: 0.1mm - 0.2mm
• Infill: ~20% recommended.
• Supports: Not required. All overhangs should be 45 degrees or less.
• Rafts: Not required, unless you experience adhesion issues.

License

The "Hard Drive Holder" models (.stl) are licensed under the CC BY license by Code and Make.

The "Hard Drive Holder" code (.scad) is licensed under The MIT License by Code and Make.

Note: 'BSD' license has been selected as it is the closest available option in the list.

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