Why not vertical?

[WandrinAndy]

Looking at the floor layout of my new workshop and bemoaning the fact that even with all this new space there isn't room for a 1/4 sheet (4 x 2) router, I suddenly realised that there is in fact wall space.

Which got me thinking... Why are all 'flat bed' router machines horizontal? What's to stop them being vertical? That way it would only need a bit over 2 foot wide of wall space.

Many Many Thanks for this thread Irving!

With me doing my build in a touring caravan I've constantly been scrunching the width aspect of my design to fit within the available horizontal space so I can still live around it, overlooking that there is plenty of unused vertical space...

And Jazz's thread adds beef and proves the idea, so I'm about to change my design... yet again.

Thanks Guys.

[TrickyCNC]

I guess if you get a decent Vacuum bed, then you don't have any problems at all ?