5.25 Inch PC Drawer

This is a drawer to go in the 5.25" bay in the front of a PC. There are little nubs on the back side of the drawer that fit in to a slot on the mounting bracket to prevent it from accidentally being pulled out too far or tipped when nothing is mounted above it. It works quite well.

I have included two different mounting brackets which I've called "Double" and "Single". One is a two piece bracket that takes less time and uses less plastic to print, and the other is a single piece bracket. I recommend the double bracket in most cases. I've only included the single piece bracket because I think it will work better in cases that use a screwless quick-connect system, or cases that only allow you to put in screws from one side. If you have a screwless system, you may need to drill out the screw holes a bit larger to accomodate the post or whatever replaces the screws in your setup.

I recommend using #6-32 UNC screws, which are the standard size screw normally used to affix hard drives. NOT the finer thread M3 that are usually used to affix optical drives. I opted for the coarser screws because I thought they'd work better and be harder to strip when using them in relatively thin plastic. You still need to be careful about this.

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I printed all pieces at a 0.3 layer height with supports and 20% gyroid infill. I put support blockers on the screw holes to make it easier, but you don't necessarily need to do that if you'd prefer to try to clear the holes out yourself or drill them out. Even though these brackets do have modeled threads, you're most likely going to be self tapping the holes with the screws. Such small screw holes aren't going to print accurately enough, especially at a 0.3 layer height.