New Member and New Build design check

[Procato]

Hi all

Been lurking for years and finally, after many false starts and many redesigns later, have begun a build only to redesign it again. So in an effort to finalise the design and gain some knowledge and tips from the experienced- here's is what I have so far. As you can see, it is an almalgamation of builds and advice gathered on(Stolen from) this website.

I plan to have mill 3d hardwood, softwood and foam sculptures and when the bed is raised I would like it to mill aluminium. it's 1400mmx1000mmx900.

The frame has been mig welded together using 80x80x3.5 and some 50x50x2.5

I had bought some supported round rails a couple of years ago when I first started thinking about building this but unfortunately work got in the way of that build. I had made the decision to use these rails on this build but then, having got this far with the welding, I thought if I'm going to do this, I ought to do it properly. So out with the round rails and in with linear guides and hopefully a substantially 'beefed up' gantry and Z-azis.

So any advice will be very welcome.

I'd appreciate it if any changes to the frame were additive rather than subtractive - I can't face starting from scratch again!



As you see I haven't modelled in any fixings yet and the strange shape of the outside plate on the y-axis is to accommodate another piece of box section if it is needed in the future.