old hard drive fan

a cooling fan for your old internal hard drives (HDDs) that are now "external"

Generic 80mm fan versions are included,
but i designed this specifically to fit the 80mm "Thermaltake Mobile Fan II Adjustable Speed External USB Cooling Fan." The black & orange one.

print .STL files oriented as is.
the BASE holds up the fan and allows air intake from below.
the TOP has rails for a 2.5 inch HDD or a 3.5 inch HDD.
print 2 FanCLIP1 to hold the base & top together.
metal fan guards must be removed.
print one fan SCREEN to put on top of fan (optional).
there is no fan guard for the bottom of the fan.

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BASE, TOP & FanCLIP

.2mm layers
.4mm linewidth
20% infill
support everywhere
a Brim maybe

SCREEN

.2mm layers
.6mm linewidth (with a .4mm nozzle)
print only walls & infill
2.4mm wall thickness
17% grid infill
top thickness = zero
bottom thickness = zero
no support

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there is also a BLANK top piece to make your own "thing that needs it's own fan" fan
use FanCLIP2 to hold it together & the SCREEN also fits. find FanCLIP2 on one of the following pages.

also check out these other HDD & fan things
the whatever fan https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4846339
2.5 inch hard drive holder https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4846354
four 2.5 inch hard drive fan https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4846371

made with Tinkercad

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5-29-21 added taller wider base with a fan guard