Quote Originally Posted by Wobblycogs View Post
Jazz, was this what you meant when you were talking about having the y-axis bearings travel over the x-axis and make the front z-axis plate narrower?
Yes that's it. Just to help drop weight a bit and look a bit better then think about making the back plate thinner in middle but with ears at top and bottom.? Like this.Click image for larger version. 

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I've made a couple of Z axis for folks like this and works good and looks better.