At last...
Picture 3 is just what I told you to do. Straight, angled braid and a bit weight on the front if necessary.
The farther you go, the better the show... ;)
Roland
Btw my sketches
Please have another look at it. I have corrected it.
Does it really look like braid ? Where is the guide ?
Does braid have a hump on the underside ?
My mistake was to call it "shoe" - that might have associated with "pickup shoe"...
It is the spring brass part that protrudes under the chassis and touches the braid on the guide.
The first sketch shows how it should be bent, the second shows how a lot of slotracers bend it. Steep, a very small contact area, no soft gliding but more scratching on the braid. Useless.