"DeusEx"

[mocha]

No, I think he said something about it binding somewhere?? and having to "ease it" with a hammer (?I think...)

Although I don't intend to try it, I do still wonder if mounting the rails directly onto the spindle, parallel to the Y axis has any merit, especially if they were profiled rather than supported rail... file that one under mark 2 version ideas! :confused:

However, I've been working on the work area, (bed / table element) I wanted it to be adjustable to minimise the extension of the Z axis but still have the flexibility to accommadate different work heights.

The thought of driving the table up or down was discarded as too costly, handcranking, better but too complex, but I think I've found a way that might just work. Any comments welcome!

My work area, inside the frame, is something like 850 x 900. By making the bed bolt into place inside that frame, I get the bed as in the example on the left of the pic. Undo the 4 bolts, turn the bed other way up and rotate through 90 degrees and the bed is now 70mm higher, now supported by the box section on the other sides and locked back in place with the bolts again, now on a different side. By using a couple of 70mm box section "spacers" and longer bolts, I could get another 70mm too.

I'm not expecting to be changing heights every day... do those of you with some sort of adjustment on the bed height find that there is a sweet spot where it stays most of the time, or are you constantly fiddling with the height of the bed?