Here’s the new drive holder in use. It printed fairly well although, for some reason, didn’t snap together as firmly as the prototype despite not altering that part of the design. Perhaps a reminder that domestic 3D printing on a low-end printing is not a high precision process? Anyway, a dab of glue will keep the connection firm and I think it will work well.

I also took another photo, where you can see the honeycomb grid on part of both side walls. That reduces the weight and filament usage a little, means the drive gets a little more airflow (it doesn’t seem to generate much heat but I haven’t taken careful readings) and looks pretty. It was also pretty easy to do using the BOSL2 library (see walls.scad). I remember trying to create an effect like this before I discovered the library, which took a lot more head scratching to accomplish something not nearly as flexible as this version.

For reference, the drive is a Kingston XS1000 USB 3.2 drive – files available on request, although I’ll probably put them up on MakerWorld once I’ve used the holder for a week or two.