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// PARAMETERS 

// space above hdd available for air flow
cooling_height = 10;

// thickness of the support bar
bar_thickness = 10;

// diameter of thread rod used for support
rod_diameter = 4;

// dimensions of HDDs; not model-specific; current values are fake
hdd_width = 80;
hdd_height = 30;
hdd_length = 100;

// dimensions of the L-shaped rail between front and back
rail_width = 15;
rail_height = rail_width;
rail_thickness = 1;

// dimension of a single hdd tray (hdd + space around)
tray_height = hdd_height + cooling_height + rail_thickness;
tray_width = hdd_width + bar_thickness;

pla_epsilon = 0.1;


// CONSTRUCTION

module nipple(e = 0) {
  rotate([0, 180, 0])
  cylinder(h = bar_thickness / 4 + e, r1 = bar_thickness / 4 + e, r2 = 0, $fs=0.1);
}

module half() difference() {
  union() {	 
    // upper horizontal bar
    translate([0, 0, tray_height - bar_thickness])
      cube([tray_width / 2, bar_thickness, bar_thickness]);

    // vertical bar
    cube([bar_thickness/2, bar_thickness, tray_height]);

    // lower horizontal bar
    cube([bar_thickness/2 + rail_width + pla_epsilon, bar_thickness, bar_thickness]);

    // vertical thread bold receiver
    translate([0,                            bar_thickness, tray_height-bar_thickness]) cube([bar_thickness/2, bar_thickness, bar_thickness]);
    translate([tray_width/2 - bar_thickness, bar_thickness, tray_height-bar_thickness]) cube([bar_thickness, bar_thickness, bar_thickness]);

    // male downward positioning nippel
    translate([rail_width, bar_thickness / 2, 0]) nipple();
  }

  // receiver for rail
  translate([bar_thickness/2 - rail_thickness, 0, bar_thickness - rail_thickness]) {
    cube([rail_thickness, bar_thickness, rail_height]);
    cube([rail_width, bar_thickness, rail_thickness]);
  }

  // holes for thread rods (horizontal, vertical)
  translate([0, bar_thickness / 2, 0])
    cylinder(h = tray_height, r = (rod_diameter + pla_epsilon) / 2, $fs=0.1);
  translate([0, bar_thickness * 1.5, tray_height - bar_thickness / 2]) rotate([0, 90, 0])
    cylinder(h = tray_width / 2, r = (rod_diameter + pla_epsilon) / 2, $fs=0.1);

  // female downward positioning nippel
  translate([rail_width, bar_thickness / 2, tray_height]) nipple(pla_epsilon);
}

difference() {
  union() {
    half();
    mirror() half();
  }

  // female leftward positioning nippel
  # translate([-tray_width/2, bar_thickness / 2, tray_height - bar_thickness / 2]) rotate([0, 270, 0]) nipple(pla_epsilon);
}

// male rightward positioning nippel
translate([tray_width / 2, bar_thickness / 2, tray_height - bar_thickness / 2]) rotate([0, 270, 0]) nipple();
contact: Jan Huwald // Impressum