Rail self-made

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I added a new version 2. It is now made of one piece. There are steel plate fasteners and external fastening parts. Print ABS layer 0.1. Below are four rectangles (where there are thin gaps). You need to cut them with pliers. This DIY rail is made from a ball bearing drawer guide. The idea is the same as a regular rail, but the cart is long, if you cut it and put balls in a circle, it will be like an MGN rail, not quite as good, but fast and cheap. The order is to disassemble the rail, collect all the balls, you need external and middle profiles. From the middle profile, cut off a piece without holes about 38mm long, insert it into the Rail base and close the Rail_cover cover. There should be no gaps on the ends. Before cutting the piece, process it with sandpaper or a Dremel, you need to round the edge of the groove around the edges. My guides are 45mm reinforced: http://www.bka-furnitura.ru/ishop/product/102 I used 450mm as I don't know if the number of balls changes depending on length. My models are for the number of balls in the 450mm version of the guide. This is the first version. I will improve it: it works loudly, this is due to the transitions of plastic-metal where the balls roll and poorly processed edges. https://youtu.be/ihyuVfVKGgk