Hard-drive platters: 3.5 in Ø95 × 1.27 mm (Ø25 hole), 2.5 in Ø65 × 0.8 mm (Ø20 hole) — dimension sheet Source: Xem Studio, https://xemstudio.com/objects/hdd-platters/ (CC BY 4.0) Basis: 3.5 in (95 mm) and 2.5 in (65 mm) hard-drive form-factor platters Catalog version: 2026-10-20 Sizes: see table below - A 3.5 in drive platter is Ø95 × 1.27 mm (some 0.8–1.0) with a Ø25 mm centre hole, about 30 g. - A 2.5 in drive platter is Ø65 × 0.8 mm with a Ø20 mm centre hole, about 7 g. - Platters are flat and balanced; three 3.5 in platters stacked are about 90 g at Ø95. - The hubs in the can-engine kit take a 3.5 in platter's Ø25 hole onto a 5 or 8 mm shaft (spigot drawn at Ø25.0). platter dia_mm thickness_mm hole_mm mass_g 3.5 in 95 1.27 25 30 2.5 in 65 0.8 20 7 Files elsewhere (not hosted by Xem Studio; license as stated by the publisher): - Wikipedia: Compact disc — web — CC BY-SA 4.0 (text) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_disc - Wikipedia: Hard disk drive platter — web — CC BY-SA 4.0 (text) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_disk_drive_platter - Long Earth Society: Engine builds (videos and write-ups) — web, video — LES site — https://longearthsociety.com/engineering/ Free files (CC BY 4.0, Xem Studio; STEP + STL, 2 parts): https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/hdd-platters/index.json API: https://xemstudio.com/api/geometry?object=hdd-platters