Originally Posted by
mpowley66
Hi pikolo, the idea of making the table move and gantry rigid probably will increase rigidity as the original design was made to be accommodating of less than stellar installation of the rails on the top. However I believe that the idea of making the base or table move will have several consequences.
1 The complexity will increase, you know have to deal with essentially building two beds, and you can no longer work directly from the plans.
2 The momentum of the moving table will either reduce the x axis operating speed or require the use more powerful steppers.
3 This is a minor point but the design of the sides that hold up the gantry is now less than optimal as we no longer need long flat sides to run the x rails on.