bob prohaska  wrote:
> Well, maybe not quite that crude. But, a small food stoarge container
> with spacers to support the disk and Pi and a few holes for cable access
> might come close to what's needed. A fan mounted on a hole in the box
> with vents to guide air across the Pi and disk complete the package.
> One of the harder problems seems to be making it assemble-able.

You could try a Pi 4 case, and add pillars from the Pi screw holes pointing
downwards.  Then take a 2.5" drive enclosure with a removable lid, eg:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/ORICO-2139U3-CR-2-5-USB3-0-Transparent-5Gbps-SATA-HDD-
Case-Hard-Drive-Enclosure/293689729868
(not a recommendation, just an example)

and drill some holes in the lid to match.  Screw the lid into the bottom of
the Pi, and mount the lid on top of the HDD.  Result is a Pi case resting on
top
of the HDD case.

You'd also need a short USB cable to loop from the port on the HDD to the
Pi's USB port.  You could skip the pillars if you didn't have any, and just
use long bolts and nuts.

I'd probably look for a two-part metal HDD case for better cooling.

Theo

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