External 2.5" Hard drive USB enclosure - HHD SSD Caddy

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Turn your spare 7or 5mm thick SATA HHDs or SSDs into an external storage device using the linked Aliexpress SATA to USB 3.0 board. MODEL W2530P4 https://it.aliexpress.com/item/4001216615241.html Read 3d print settings carefully It consists on 3 parts: body, back and front. Notice that it works for 7 and 5mm thick drives only (for now) and that the front and back parts have to be placed properly cause they are not symmetrical. The front part has to match the board ports hole and distance relative to the disk. I could easily redesign the whole project to match other boards . Unfortunately the linked board has the sata port surface mounted and that makes the whole caddy thicker than necessary. I can add versions for 9mm o other thickess if you need, feel free to ask. Same for the top decoration or labeling the possibilities are endless and depend on your needs and taste, I went for a simple numbering. The tolerances between the disk and the printed parts are 0.2mm and the tolerances between the printed parts are 0.15. Make shure that the printer is well calibrated (flow and e-steps). The body part can be printed at your precise tested flow (in my case 96%), while the front and bottom parts can be slightly overextruded to make them fit tighter (in my case 98%). If you nail the tolerances it can just stay in place by friction, but I preferred to glue the back to the body and add 2 M2 6mm screws that match the board and keep everything in place. Superglue not recommended for gluing the numbers in place because stains the print, it's better to use bouble sided tape. In the bottom of the body there are places for 4 8mm wide rubber feet. The front feet hide the screws so you'd need to remove them to dismantle the whole thing https://it.aliexpress.com/item/1005003229678059.html