2.5" to 3.5" SATA hard drive slot-in adapter

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I had some 2.5" SATA hard drives lying around which I wanted to low-level erase and check. So the best thing from my POV is to perform an [enhanced secure erase](https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/ATA_Secure_Erase) followed by a long [S.M.A.R.T.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T.) check (depending of your degree of paranoia throw in some destructive bad block scan and wiping with random data). Although it could be done via external USB enclosures more or less as well, the connection (for whatever reason) was not that solid, and so I decided to hook it up to one of my internal SATA ports. Unfortunately the tray-less slide-in dock of my PC does not play well with 2.5" drives, so I went looking for an adapter to hold the 2.5" SATA drive in place while plugging it in. Browsing through Thingiverse I found this design: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2779761 As I was in a hurry, I simply printed that one just in order to find, that it was made for 7mm hard drives, whilst mine measure 9mm. Well - read before printing... But I had other issues with the model, too: * consumes too much material and takes long to print * the screw holes for mounting the drive are not well accessible * does not fit all 2.5" models - only 7mm tall drives will work * the top circled hole catches the top spring of my slide dock So with a little time at hand, I came up with this design I am sharing here: * it is only 9mm tall but still rigid enough to hold the drive securely in place * screw holes are fully accessible for a regular Philips screw driver * as there is no top part, hard drives of all sizes will fit Just note, that there are no holes placed on the frame for mounting the 'caddy' into a PC, as it is purely designed for these kind of hard drive docks. But: the OpenSCAD file is there, so feel free to add them if needed.