Looks around to see if Jazz is waiting to pounce

Coast looks clear, time to make a radical suggestion

If the linear blocks on the Y and Z axes did not line up with each other or with the router itself, then with a bit of jiggery pokery the Y and Z rails could almost touch, the router could sink into the plate behind it, the overhang greatly reduce and the X axis bearings could move even closer to the gantry thereby stiffening the whole assembly

It is a matter of thinking in 3D.

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