I can totally understand your frustration! I wish there was a product available that could do everything I want, but there isn’t, and I have access to a 3D printer through my local makerspace. I will say that there are a bunch of ways to get prints made and shipped to you if you don’t have access to one. I also think that lots of people 3D print things when they don’t need to. When I make the enclosure that I mentioned, only the bare minimum will be 3D printed, and the rest of the enclosure will use off-the-shelf parts, a readily available backplane, and will be able to be built with simple tools.
I actually have somewhat limited access to a 3D printer and I definitely appreciate the effort that people put into designing and then making those designs freely available. There’s just so many DIY projects now that basically require one.
Anyway, I just settled for one of these for home use, so those kinds of projects are sort of outside my wheelhouse anyway. Would be interested to see your build once it’s finished though.
I can totally understand your frustration! I wish there was a product available that could do everything I want, but there isn’t, and I have access to a 3D printer through my local makerspace. I will say that there are a bunch of ways to get prints made and shipped to you if you don’t have access to one. I also think that lots of people 3D print things when they don’t need to. When I make the enclosure that I mentioned, only the bare minimum will be 3D printed, and the rest of the enclosure will use off-the-shelf parts, a readily available backplane, and will be able to be built with simple tools.
I actually have somewhat limited access to a 3D printer and I definitely appreciate the effort that people put into designing and then making those designs freely available. There’s just so many DIY projects now that basically require one.
It’s not a NAS, but this guy made a sff PC cooled with 3D printed ducts.
Anyway, I just settled for one of these for home use, so those kinds of projects are sort of outside my wheelhouse anyway. Would be interested to see your build once it’s finished though.
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sff PC cooled with 3D printed ducts
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