Quote Originally Posted by John S View Post
However looking at the design of the Z and Hoss's machine is there any reason that the Z screw cannot be mounted to the side in the conventional manner ?
The only down side of having it on 1 side rather than in the center is that the screw will tend to pull on one side and therefore twist something...
and may not pull straight. You could fix that by having a linear bearing on a round bar on the other side?

Laurent