Quote Originally Posted by Doddy View Post
Well... that's me nicking a few ideas, designs and pointers.
Please do - that's exactly what I did!

It's taken me nearly as long to write this as I did building the machine, but I know that I have left out a lot of detail. For example, I'm very happy with the way I was able to run the Y ballscrew through the gantry uprights because wherever else I put it seemed to have disadvantages. I've made a few mistakes as well - believe or not, I completely forgot to allow for the bed supports and bed thickness when I was calculating Z clearance under the gantry. Fortunately, it's fine for the kind of work I normally do.

I'm happy to provide more information on any points I have not mentioned - or any of the ones I have but where I haven't gone into detail.