Thank you,

I plan to make 10mm aluminum plates on the sides to fasten the Xmotor and make it more rigid. I have some friends that are building another kind of machine and I can use the same side plates they are ordering from the vendor. A plate behind the X is also under consideration.

Then I plan to reinforce the Y rods with a pair of brackets. Hopefully it will be firm enough.
The bolts are ordinary M8 and M5 for the linear bearings. But there is allot of them.

Next up is to choose what kind of ball screw Im going to use. Ill try the hammer



Quote Originally Posted by routercnc View Post
Looking good so far. You could use the machine to make reinforcement plates to brace the gantry (assume you don't have milling machine etc) as that profile is not as stiff as steel and it looks like you are using simple fasteners to hold it all together.

Once you get the weight of the y and z axis fitted and the spindle give the gantry a thump with a soft hammer and you will feel it vibrate. just something to think about as you progress.