Quote Originally Posted by D.C. View Post
Bearing in mind I'm neither an engineer or machinist but do have a bit of an epoxy fetish ;) I've been going through some designs of gantry and I'm a bit unsure about the feasibility of constructing something.

This is my inspiration and I'm aiming to end up with something similar.

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Any thoughts?

Truss is strong with things hanging from it, not so sure about applying pressure other way round.