5.25 Inch PC Drawer (V2)

Description

This is a drawer to go in the 5.25" bay in the front of a PC. My previous version needed quite a bit of support to print properly. I have redesigned it to work with no supports at all.

Improvements over previous design and similar models

1. Reinforced screw holes to make it a bit less easy to crack (still be careful)
2. No supports needed to print anything
3. Most PC drawer designs that I've seen basically have a drawer that fits in to a box. It seemed like a lot of unnecessary plastic to me for it to be designed in this way. This simply has some nubs on the side of the drawer that slide along a rail on the mounting bracket. The nubs keep the drawer aligned and prevents it from tipping or being pulled out too far. This design also allows for a larger drawer.
4. Relatively low profile handle to minimize the possibility of it interfering with the front door that some pc cases have.

In order to simplify this design, I now only have one mounting bracket option.

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. If you have a screwless quick-connect system you may need to drill the holes out a bit larger to accomodate the post or whatever replaces the screws in your setup.

Assembly Instructions

Put the drawer in to position in the rails first. The nubs will need to be slid in from the back before the front panel is slid in to place.

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Print Settings

I printed all pieces at a 0.2 layer height with no supports and 15% infill. 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 likely to print accurately enough.