Small rigid router - Design advise needed

[mitchejc]

Have you priced up laser cutting yet ?

One large dia tube is going to be much stiffer

Nope, I have not. I did get some parts laser cut about 6 or 7 years ago and at the time the price seamed very reasonable. I hope I'm not in for a nasty surprise. Until I get a design past the cnc police there's no point in costing the cutting

Yep, the big dia tube is much stiffer but there's just no practical way I've seen to make it work for a gantry router due to the reasons Silyavski listed above.