To do or not to do, can it be done? MK4 drill steel.

[Voicecoil]

I'm thinking of something to fulfill not completely dissimilar requirements for my next "big" machine. My current solution is a moving gantry with 2 Z-axes - a high speed cutting spindle on the front of the gantry and a slow speed drilling/tapping spindle on the rear.

[Oldtech]

Voicecoil, sounds a lot of what I'm thinking. I've considered the front / back idea would be interested in hearing a consensus on this idea. Have you done any drawings?

I've got so little experience with these machines I don't know what to expect. That's why I'm here. To glean whatever I can.