stackyFACTSCreating long, complex metal rails from a single solid block seems incredibly difficult. Extrusion drastically simplifies this by utilizing massive hydraulic rams to shove a glowing hot, semi-solid billet of aluminum violently through a tiny patterned hole, squeezing out long unbroken shapes like a giant industrial pasta maker.
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