Spalm, Ger,
You both have mentioned the technical aspects of the job, and I very much agree that this is not going to win the award for the easiest machine to build, but for the extra strength and rigidity I believe that most will agree when I say it will be worth it.
If we can put our heads together and be very thorough in the designing stage we will make a machine that will have the zone buzzing with new cncers(to coin a phrase).
My entire point for this discussion is: I have plenty of time to build the machine of my dreams, just no money. Also from what I have read and seen this machine can almost be scaled to a 4'x8' size without any loss of accuracy or strength. You can't say that about many other machines here. If we can pull this off it will be the best tutorial for the person who would like to build a solid machine for few bucks.
There are those who will say this is too difficult to build and you have to have a cabinet shop to build it, but I believe that what I have seen so far could be built with a jig saw, a router and simple hand tools. I have built much worse with alot less. In my opinion this machine will be technically easier to build than jgro's. It just looks more complicated.
Stay with it guys! We are on the right track!
Jimmy :cheers: