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    Quote Originally Posted by dudz View Post
    The motor is too wide to go along side the spindle, and the spindle inc the water pipes and the elec cable doesn't allow enough room for the motor to mount above it unless I lower the spindle and sacrifice some Z movement
    I was thinking put the motor in front of the spindle - i.e about 100mm away from the Z-plate which holds the spindle. You could go with the option you described in post #4. Neither is 'ideal' but both will work.
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