5.25" Drive Bay Blank/Cover 3D model thumbnail

5.25" Drive Bay Blank/Cover

by SundanceCody · via Thingiverse
FormatSTL
CategoryElectronics
LicensePublic Domain (CC0)
UploadedApr 25, 2026
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Description

While putting together yet another retro computer build, I found that that the original drive bay blanks wouldn't fit in this case with two of the drive bays populated. I suspect that the front panel has suffered some plastic shrinkage. I've seen a lot of variance between cases and drive bay blanks, hence the wide variety here on Thingiverse, so I grabbed my digital calipers and duplicated the original blanks. I printed out a couple of prototypes, one at the original size and one smaller in both width and height. I found that the original width was fine, and reducing the height by 1mm in the slicer produced a blank that fit perfectly. I then hit the new blank with a couple coats of beige spray paint to get it a little closer to the correct look. The first prototype off my Ender-3 V3 KE matches the original in size almost perfectly, so if you find that this design matches your case but the size is slightly off, it could be that your case is suffering from plastic shrinkage like mine is. In that case, just dial it in in the slicer like I did.
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