Steel Framed Router

[mocha]

Oops, sorry gents, dropped the quote somewhere along the line, what I should have posted is:

:confused:



Ok let me show some diagrams..


With no load and Spindle central this is the look of the machine from above.


Now cutting brings in to play these forces and consequences.



Rick

Rick (anyone), A silly question perhaps... most of the utube vids I've looked at seem to position the work at 0,0 giving the forces you describe in the pic 2. Would I be right in thinking that if the work was positioned mid Y (above the ball screws) with x=0 or where ever, it wouldn't be so so much of a problem? And, would that imply that best accuracy / precision would be in the centre of the table rather than at the edges??