🚀 Episode 4: Designing Hard Drive Drawers for a Custom NAS Case

In this latest episode of our design series, we tackle one of the most critical components of a NAS: the hard drive drawers!

Using SOLIDWORKS xDesign, I focused on creating a solution that is:
✔️ Secure: Hard drives stay firmly in place.
✔️ Accessible: Easy to remove and replace drives when needed.
✔️ Efficient: Proper cooling with strategic air vents and optimized structure.

This project highlights advanced design techniques like thin extrusions, interlocking features, and linear patterns, all leading to a functional and 3D-printable result. 🖨️

🔧 After testing, I’m already thinking about improvements for the next episode, where I’ll reinforce the design and integrate motherboard supports.

👉 Watch from the start : Episode 1 here: building PC: https://youtu.be/TH5_kTV4pA8
👉 Watch Episode 2 here: Flexible Structure Design  https://youtu.be/Jfel9ReWOpU 
👉 Watch Episode 3 here: Structure Fittings https://youtu.be/5EWU3EqRev4
👉 Watch Episode 4 here: HDD Drawers https://youtu.be/41gx8hNVmqM