90° attachment for Makita Guide Rail

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I wanted a quick simple slide-in attachment for the guide rail for my Makita DSP600Z saw, to quickle make 90° angled cuts in wood, but there wasn't any here, so I made it. I took measurements and was about to draw it up in Tinkercad, but saw that Ksuszka made the guide rail here, so I thought I'd try using that for the negative cutout in my part, hoping it would fit. It almost did. I moved the two squares that slide within the guide rail 0.5mm apart, and that was perfect (for my guide rail). There's no screwing stuff together, it's just a one piece print that slides in snugly, and out again. Remember to push and pull right between the two parts of the attachment that slides within the guide rail. There is no play on my print version here, it's totally firmly in place. I've printed it in it's full 10cm height, positioned upright with the thing name pointing upwards. It may be sufficient with only 5cm height, so you may try to scale down the height accordingly, to save on material if you want to, but at some point it will mean introducing some level of play. Printing: I've very successfully printed with standard 0.2mm speed PLA settings in PrusaSlicer, except for changing perimiters to 3 lines, and infill 20 or 25%, to further stabilize and strengthen the part. Approx print cost full 10cm height, 3 perimeter lines, 20-25% infill in PLA: €3-4. Thanks to Ksuszka for the work on the Makita guide rail :-)