If we bring in the plates that are fixed to the rear side which connect the X axis carriages to the gantry rails, it works out very nicely i think - the plates are directly connected to the z axis carriage positions.
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Plates are dimensioned as 15mm. bottom two are the gantry lower/upper sides and top one holds the z motor