Thanks Muzzer. I ended up ordering a 600 x 600 x 300mm enclosure. I will wire it up on a back plate and then install it into the enclosure as you suggested. I have thrown things together on a 600mm square piece of ply at the moment just to test how to wire the electrical bits (and to finally see an axis moving).
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