Acrylic M3 Laser Cut Linear Slide

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Here is my Metric 3mm lasercut linear slide cut out of scrap acrylic i honestly didn't expect it to actually work out well at all, it started as a sarcastic comment to a friend after you move it back and forth up the rail and break off any sharp bits and burrs it is practically frictionless and as it has turned out quite the viable linear slide with a little bit of dry glide or somthing similar it may even offer quite a high service life *depending on the acrylic you use it may be required to shim two of the end bits with a bit of 80gsm paper Instructions all parts in the dxf file are for 1 slide carriage and 1 rail duplicate as necessary, you should be able to stick rails end to end the edges are rounded you'll need 4Xm3 cap screws and nuts per carriage choose acrylic thickness according to required bolt head thickness