Quote Originally Posted by Clive S View Post
Nice vid as always and good to show mistakes warts and all. I noticed that you are going to finally put homing switches on using mechanical switches if you mount them as you indicated it will only be a matter of time before you crush them.

It is better to mount them so that the gantry or whatever can ride over them it is easier to use proxy switches mounted at right angles to the direction of travel so that the target runs over the top of the switch.
Thanks Clive and points taken - I'll have to have a think about how to position the switches, but I think I have a few options.

I've also been considering freeing up some workshop space by "vertically" mounting the machine recently to make room for other machinery.