glass/plexi (2-3mm) door double trail

 !!! This model is still in progress - I am adding new models/info !!!

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Background/What is it?

In my leasure I like building simple cabinets, wardrobes, tables from wood (usually just for me & my family) and when it comes to doors I always loved ingenuity of slide doors which are extremely practical, ergonomic and in my books almost always beat hinges.. 

This simple model collection allows you to print double slide trails for 2 - 3 mm of glass or plexi glass as well as vertical (side) cover. I personally tried only plexi but glass should definitely work as well. 

Guide

What to print?

I. Trails

First of all you need to decide which trails type you wish to print: common or decorative. Decorative is designed for those who wish to embed their printing sheets from visible side. It has not other purpose so if you do not have decorative printing sheets or do not care about it, use common. So to sum it up:

• common
  • simple look
  • printed faster
  • uses less priting material
     
• decorative
  • decorative look (depends on your printing sheet)
  • printed slower (about 50%)
  • uses a bit more printing material (about 50%)

So once you decide go and download them from corresponding folders: trails - common or trails - decorative.

II. Side covers

Second (and the last) of all you will also need to print side covers - so your door end is covered when closed - which both looks nice and is practical. There is no difference for common or decorative. Simply download models from door cover and print them.

How many of which parts?

• Always print only 2 trail start parts and 2 cover start parts for single cabinet/wardrobe. 
• Continue with as many regulars as needed to cover the rest.
• Remember you will start with trails (horizontal parts) first. See more in Assembly & installation chapter below.

Which filament?

PetG or PLA is probably the best. Honestly I print 95% of things from this material and also printed this from PetG so I can recommend it. PLA will definitely work as well. Other/more expensive materials can be used also but I would say that PetG/PLA is your choice from cost-wise perspective.

Print instructions

Printing is quite easy, just follow your own experience with your printer. In addition you may consider following points:

• Orientation
  All models should be already oriented as they are supposed to be printed. Still you will need to rotate them in order to fit into your printer. Models require standard size of your printer - so smth like MK3/MK4. Not mini 3D printers.
  
   
• Nozzle:
  0.4 and 0.6 worked with zero issues. Smaller 0.2 would also cool but small nozzles have no benefits here since its 100% straight functional model with no real details.
   
• Print bed/sheet:
  It depends if you print common or decorative. Also be careful when bending printing sheet after printing is done since printed parts are long but thin - you may break them.

Assembly & installation

• Install trails (horizontal parts) first, covers (vertical parts) after that.
• For decorative trails always put couples together and screw it as one.
• Start with start parts and continue with regular.

Use tiny screws to screw it into wood. Glue is also possibility but I would not recommend it for obvious reasons. The model is functional so it is definitely not smth you want to have in your living room - there you would probably want to buy smth more fancy… But it goes well and I use it quite extensively for my own “home office” cabinets or garage or workshop cabinets where you do not mind having printed cabinets parts and or having visible tiny screws.