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10" rack mount for 3.5" hard drive with status creen.

Building neat and clean 10" rack for you home server needs? This for sure will help you with that.
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Building 10" rack home server and needs some neat mounts for extra hard drive space, this will surely help you.

Includes hole in the face for display to show HDD status so you know exactly what is happening with a quick glimpse.

USB-C / HDD adapter with a screen is from Aliexpress (No affilate).

Print front face down if you want to transfer print plate texture and/or add text to the face. No supports needed.

Includes holes/loops for cable management with zipties.

There are some things i'm not 100% happy, but thats unfortunately mostly market reason. I was not able to find fitting 90deg SATA extension cables that would work without modifying the screen.  So before you go forwards building one, make sure you are willing and capable of unsoldering the SATA connector from the adapter and soldering a SATA cable directly on the PCB.  (take note of the connector direction before, during and after).

Screw holes for the harddrive mounting are for screws i had at hand. Adapters or spacers for different screws might be necessary (maybe use TPU for vibration dampening)

USB-C cable will have quite tight 90-degree curve from the screen. This is optimal but make sure your cable has short enough strain relief or buy 90-degree connector cable. 

For material, PLA seems to work just fine.

Screen is somewhat friction fit, but i added hot glue to make sure it stays in place. Maybe one day i design a clip or something for cleaner mounting, but how i see, the stup is basically permanent.

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