Really nice to see someone showing how attention to detail and good practice makes for a polished machine. Thanks for sharing.

 

Hola Kyo and community!
Thank you for this awesome build. I've been learning a lot about CNC and Openbuilds with the Cbeam Plate-Maker in the last 18 months and I feel that this would be the next step in terms of rigidity in a small form factor and fixed bed. It looks astonishing.
I'm trying to find out the shortest route with the parts I have and in the end I decided to jump into fusion360 to do the puzzle with what I have and the ones I need to buy. I just have a couple of questions that I was not able to find the answer in all the Kyo remixes. Maybe somebody could give me a hand:
- Is there any consideration in having the Y motors in front of the machine instead of in the back? That way I can "close" the machine with a sheet of something in the back and control a little the mess the machine does with aluminum shavings/wood plastic... I'm actually not worried with the front wasted space because I usually use that to leave tools and whatnot.
- Is is possible to have the z gantry in a platemaker XL style? With 6 wheels outside and the cbeam moving with the tool instead of 4 miniwheels inside the C track. I'm guessing that it was a tradeoff between cuantity of parts and rigidity, but I am not sure. I am not a machine designer, just a cheap remixer.

Thank you again and to all the community. I've been learning a lot the last 8 months!!