Quantum Hard Drives - which models can be (reasonably) fixed?

[croissantking]

These are photos of my drive. It seems very similar to someone else's who'd made their own via cut up PCB that you based your part off of:

That was my own cut up PCB, which I actually have in my drive right now. I then made the 3D model with its exact measurements, for others to try.

Perhaps one addition you can make to your file is to add extenders to make it thicker in case the tolerances are off instead of making it a single unchange-able part?

I measured everything very precisely with calipers, and was happy with the resting position of the actuator arm, so I think it would be better to leave it as is. If when you come to install the part, you find it needs altering, I can update the model.

Now, I dug up some photos of my Maverick hard drive and it is actually quite similar to yours. Here's a comparison, along with an ELS:



The magnet bracket inside your drive doesn't have a raised bit like the Maverick does. I've attached an STL without the notch for you to try. You can always remove material if you find it does need clearance.



I've also corrected the design for the Maverick drive, which had the notch incorrectly offset according to my original PCB mock-up. Here's V2 (also attached):

 

[croissantking]

What printing material would be best for this part? I am thinking some type of Nylon?

I would say FDM/PLA. Easier to cut/sand than resin.

Also I plan on using double sided tape. Don't like the idea of putting any glue material inside the drive that could age and create contaminates at some unknown point in the future. Hopefully I can make it work with that. The double sided tape I have is pretty thin but won't know if the clearances are too tight for something like that or not. I will have wait till June to find out I guess.

Yes, the tape will add a bit of thickness (0.1mm I guess?). It will likely still be within tolerance. If not, you can always sand down the 3D print slightly where the actuator arm makes contact.

 

[Apache Thunder]

Oh nice. I may just have both printed. Depending where I go to have this printed there may be a minimum quantity to print so I will end up printing all the variations of this anyways.

And yeah the tape is pretty thin. Don't know how thick it is. It's either the same thickness or slightly thinner then standard A4 paper at least.