Small rigid router - Design advise needed

[mitchejc]

Building the x sides with I-Beam and laser cut parts.

Cutting the i-beam. Thought this was going to be a huge issue because the beam I got is much larger than my cut-off saws capacity but it was done a few minutes later using two cuts and the angle grinder for the remaining bit in the middle.




I got all the holes lasered way oversize and made alu inserts for them. Just figured its a lot easier to ream alu bushes should I need some adjustment later to align things


welded in ball skrew mounts



welded in motor mount


some test fitting just to see how these parts goes together



I think using i-beam for the sides were a good plan and really easy to assemble and I can recommend this kind of approach for other newbies.