Please review this router gantry idea

**EddyCurrent** · 07-09-2013

Time to ruminate this lot over a pint I think.

**compositepro** · 07-09-2013

We actually used to make make carbon fibre gantry mills before i left that industry

**EddyCurrent** · 07-09-2013

Originally Posted by compositepro

We actually used to make make carbon fibre gantry mills before i left that industry

I can imagine that, it's marvelous stuff. I was looking at carbon fibre matting earlier as an alternative to fibreglass.

**compositepro** · 07-09-2013

the problem with matting is its discontinuous, i have some pictures somewhere i will try to dig them outall the rails were mogliced into position from masters

**mekanik** · 07-09-2013

That would be much appreciated, if/when i do find the time to build a machine i would like to make the gantry from composite.
Regards
Mike

**EddyCurrent** · 07-09-2013

I've got to grips with the spreadsheet now and I'm tending to return to the L gantry but I'm trying various combinations of sizes to find the optimum strength/weigh/cost ratio although cost is secondary but still important.

**EddyCurrent** · 09-09-2013

After that trip into outer space I'm back on earth and it looks like the L gantry is going to be the way forward. You would think I was building an electron microscope, it's only going to have a bed 900x600 but I realise it has to be stiff. Currently drawing up the whole machine for comments but getting the Z axis right might take a day or 2 as I want to keep overhang to a minimum.