El Beast - Initial design phase, comments and critique welcomed!

[1Jumper10]

Absolutely agree. There may be some minor adjustment needed at the end but there would be with ANY machine (except possibly a Datron). It looks more well planned than most other DIY machines that have turned out just fine.
ZeeFlyBoy your skills with Fusion 360 are incredible.

[Zeeflyboy]

Thank you chaps! Neil I think you summed up my thoughts quite eloquently - especially the beer and hammer part lol.

I am of course after critique, it was the main purpose of sharing this design before starting to build it rather than vice versa - and I am extremely glad I did.

The complete change to the Z-Axis for example is not something I would have thought of but I can definitely see the benefits... but ultimately yes, one needs to keep sight of the fact that this is a hobby machine to go in the Man Cave, not an industrial interferometer calibrated machine.

I am confident that the design as it now stands will fall within the alignment error ability of the linear rail carriages, and with some tweaking I think I can get probably get it to within my ability to accurately measure.

Jumper - Thanks but I'm still just an amateur with Fusion, but I do find it refreshingly easy to use for the most part!