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    The gantry was easy to build using 100x50x6 aluminium box section with a front mounted 6mm plate.
    http://www.mycncuk.com/threads/6565-...5076#post55076
    Aluminium angle is much better than steel for being straight but you have to make sure it's all on a very flat surface before gluing and screwing, I used a cast iron machine bed for that purpose.
    Also on the front plate, countersunk screws would have looked better, but because the holes were marked out and drilled by hand I didn't want any screws pulling the plate in a wrong direction as they settled into a slightly off centre countersink.

    After completion I did some stiffness tests here.
    http://www.mycncuk.com/threads/7155-...6572#post56572
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