Originally Posted by
awerby
I don't know why you come here and ask for advice, but disregard it when people who know about this stuff take the time to give it to you. That was a particularly good criticism you got from Wizard, about reorienting it so the gantry goes across the short span rather than the long one. That one change will improve the quality of the cuts you'll get considerably, because it won't be flexing nearly as much. You won't really know how well a machine will work until you actually try it out, but there are changes you can make in the design stage that will improve its performance - you can implement them or not, as you please.