Icy Dock MB982SP-1S Push Button

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<p>Replacement push button for the Icy Dock MB982SP-1S 2.5" to 3.5" hard disk adapter cage.</p><p>The original part is made of fairly brittle plastic, and due to the heavy swinging door often hitting it with force in a particularly nasty way, the thing soon shattered into pieces. You couldn't even fix it with super glue, it would just break again after a few more open/close cycles.</p><p>Reconstructing and printing this definitely was a challenge due to the complex geometry. Using a FDM printer, there is no absolutely orientation at all in which the part can be printed without any supports. If you can, print this with a SLA printer instead.</p><p>I ended up manually placing minimal supports in PrusaSlicer, and even with that and a fresh scalpel blade it was quite a feat to rid the printed part of them. But - it does work! Printed using a cheapo PETG brand, the part is surprisingly strong considering the print orientation and the super thin walls. I guess going for super thin layers really helps with layer adhesion.</p>