Luthier CNC

[MikeyC38]

Hi blueskin
Looks a treat and a nice build. It is worth investing in specialised shim stock, because it allows you to shim precisely. see here
Also get you axis nomenclature clear. If you assume that the bottom left corner of your machine (looking top view) is 0,0 then the Y axis is the axis between the gantry sides and the X axis is the longest axis. Z zero is the topmost point of travel on the z axis.

Now start to work out where cable chain will run. This is something I did'nt do until I was at the same stage as yourself. I had to lash something up but luckily the design had space for aluminium channel to be fitted to support the chains

Finally for your spindle mounting, also try and design some means of adjusting for tramming the spindle. It will make your life easier. At the moment I'm using shims and it is tedious!

Keep going!

Michael