Hi all, After a good amount of cuffufles with twin rotating ballnuts for the long axis the machine is finally going!
Although its frame is quite beastly, the gantry itself is somewhat featherweight in comparison, being made from 2 sections of old stairlift extrusion with strategic EG and steel. It's mainly for wood but of course, I had to try it on cast iron and steel (see the vid below, which shows it coming together and testing).

Anyway, my question is, will this take a laser well? I have seen some that have a magnetic 'clip' so can be snapped on almost like a secondary tool. What are the problems I might not have considered with this? I have compressed air already piped to the spindle so that element should be easy. Fume extraction springs to mind as an uncertainty. Any suggestions on dealing with this?



Ok thanks in advance,
Bongo.