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On Wed, 23 Jan 2025, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:

> rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>> However, that assumes you've installed a program like FreeCAD and figured
>> out how to use it to generate the stl files and have a good feeling of
>> what you can and can't do with 3D printing.
>
> I see a lot of Raspbery Pi NAS cases on Thingiverse already for
> various numbers and sizes of drives.

What I would ideally like, would be to get all cables fixed and drawn, so 
that I could just slide in a Pi and get it all connected and started, 
without any manual fiddling around.

I guess for that to work in a smooth way, perhaps I'd have to bypass the 
ports and do some light soldering to make sure all connectors are facing 
the back.

>> Or, if you're me, you shuffle out to the shed and paw through the
>> materials, adhesives, fasteners, and tools to see what you can whack
>> together.
>
> That might be quicker than waiting many hours for a big long
> 3D print job (possibly more than once if you have print failures).
> On the other hand it's easier to get mounting holes in exactly the
> right position with 3D printing (to bolt on drives and the RPi
> board), compared to marking them and drilling them. There are
> probably lots of inelegant alternative ways to secure them though.
>
>