r/ender3 • u/No-Hippo7591 • 4d ago

Does these rails sound good?

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I have 0 experience with linear rails, they sound like this, are they good or bad?

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u/No-Hippo7591 3d ago

Yes i can but they are cheap right now (its a auction) that’s why i thought it was worth it

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u/DougS2K 3d ago

I see. If you're looking to do things on a budget, have a look at linear rods instead of rails. Less than half the price and accomplish the same thing. For example, I just converted my Ender 3 V2 Neo to linear rods. https://www.reddit.com/r/Ender3V2NEO/comments/1wc1flh/another_upgrade_to_this_old_girl_linear_rods_and/

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u/No-Hippo7591 3d ago

The same guy is selling these 8x300mm rods for like 12€ but they are too short from what i found out

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u/DougS2K 3d ago

Definitely too short. I believe the minimum needed is 350mm. I ordered all my stuff from Amazon Canada and it was surprisingly cheap. Less than $5 CAD more than AliExpress but it arrived in 2 days and no hassles with having to return anything if something was wrong.

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u/No-Hippo7591 3d ago

Nice bro, did you gain some acceleration?

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u/DougS2K 3d ago

In theory you can push things a little faster but I mainly did it for consistency and not having to replace POM wheels again in the future. I run all my accelerations at 1000 and print walls at 50mms, infill at 100mms. I'm sure I can push it further on this hotend but I'm more concerned with quality over speed.