Glove dryer with 80mm fan (diving, cycling, whatever)

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I liked the glove insert of the original design, but we didn't have a glove dryer as such. I created a new base to accommodate an 80mm PC fan so that warm air can be pumped through from our Aga, significantly reducing drying time for my wife's scuba gloves. The drying time has decreased dramatically, from "still wet after a week" to just "dry in 24 hours". The system works just as well without the Aga, but a warm radiator would certainly help. The fan can be powered by a cheap 12V "wall wart", commonly used for CCTV or an equally affordable USB to 12V module driven from a USB battery bank, both of which are widely available at online retailers. The base is held together with four M4x30mm and four M4x13mm bolts. Although longer or shorter bolts will work fine, the long bolts go down through the top while the short ones go up through the stand. Nuts are attached to the inner faces of the fan using pliers to secure them. It's worth noting that I made a couple of attempts at designing the legs, and some images show the original thin versions, but the STL file is for a sturdy, meaty version. OpenSCAD was used to create the design, and there's a link in the code to the fillet library required for proper rendering. The glove inserts can be mounted in two different orientations: one with the vent open and the other with it closed, allowing for drying 1 to 4 gloves without losing warm air. An update on 2019-03-23 added Stand120mm.stl and Top120mm.stl files, although these haven't been tested yet.