It can be frustrating at times doing all that tuning…but when the prints look like this at 24mm3/s, can’t help but smile!
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Show us a vid! 
I should try to get one with it homing at least.
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Were the above cut lengths the design length, or the “cut it 2-3mm short length” on your V5?
That includes the minus 3mm. That is my exact cut list.
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I am copying your v5 printer as closely as possible as recommended and am not very familiar with fusion 360. Could you quote length and number of linear rails needed? Much appreciated.
Looks like 3 @ 250mm and 3 @ 350mm
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Thank you very much. I did not trust my own reading of the cad to place an order with Amazon. Money matters so I asked. Now can place the order.
Just to be clear, I used the information from the amazon links for the measurements
The v 4 had an x rail longer than the y rails. When I upgraded to v5, the x rail had to be cut down about an inch. If you are making a 300x300x300 mm cube print volume as a v5 is designed, all of them should probably be 300 mm or longer.
These are what I have:
X ~14.75" (375 mm cut down from 400 mm on v4)
y ~13.75" (350 mm) x2
Z ~17.75" (450 mm for 400 mm vertical print) x3
It’s print volume is 295x295x400 mm (the 295 is out of caution. It can do 300x300, but the bed is off just a bit the way I mounted it).
I used 3d printed PLA for the green and laser cut 1/4" acrylic for the other parts.
What size are you intending to build it? Are you following the CAD as saved without editing any parameters, or did you change anything from the defaults?
By default, when you download the CAD, it is saved in the following configuration:
300mm X
300mm Y
200mm Z
If this configuration is what you want, then the CAD shows the following sizes:
X Rail: 375mm
2 Y Rails: 350mm
3 Z Rails: 250mm
If you want to deviate from these sizes in any way, see the documentation for help with changing Parametric Options
Once you have made changes, you can take measurements in Fusion using the “Inspect” tool to get the measurements of the rails and extrusions you need to cut by clicking on any single profile line
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Thanks Mike. Went with (1) 400mm, (2) 350 mm, and (3) 250mm stainless steel linear rails by Reliabot on Amazon. The 400mm will be cut down to 375mm.
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A beautiful machine!
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