Rail for old Ikea dresser

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I'm printing replacement plastic rails for an old Ikea dresser that's falling apart. The solution involves creating two new rails on each side of the dresser and installing them where the original rails once were. However, since I couldn't hollow out the design, I had to remove a crucial stop screw from the drawer to accommodate the new parts. To ensure the buttons are strong enough not to snap off when pushed into their corresponding holes, I printed the replacement rail with supports in a sideways orientation. This approach guaranteed the buttons would be securely attached and wouldn't break easily. Although the newly printed buttons came out slightly too close together, measuring approximately 0.5 mm apart, I was still able to push them in successfully. Since the full-length replacement rail was too long for my printer to handle, I opted to create two separate half-rails instead.