My baby 15" x 15" machine

[wilfy]

hmm been doing some thinking tonight dangerous i know..

looking at the size of the moving parts it now feels when i look at it that everything i've designed i should have a bigger work space.. what i mean is the foot print of the machine is 792 x 700 and yet this produces a cutting area of 385x385 and i'm starting to wonder should i bump up the length of the rails and screws to gain some cutting area... the only down side in this is extra cost which i might be able to come to terms with.

i suppose the biggest decider is at what point do i need to move away from 16mm screws and rails as this will be the limits of the machine for me



i've also added in the green bits for stability... with the above thoughts i'm also thinking of changing the 50 x 25 that supports the y rails to something wide enough so that the whole yellow section can slot in to the blue as at the moment it feels like wasted space that could be better used to shorten the ballscrew and the steel