I am thinking of getting going on this, but I have no room for the full sheets. If I could do my projects with 2"x4" precut sheets of ply or plastic, I think I am golden. Assuming I go with a 28"x52" xy travel, is this any sort of problem for setup/programming/Flash etc?

That’s about the size I have. I think it works great.

I have got nearly the same, 120x85ish working area. I know Ryan says X should be the shorter side, but I opted to max X the full width (as did Aza, as far as I know) and have a shorter table ( Der Froschkönig - Lowrider 3 in Oldenburg, Germany - #64 by Tokoloshe ). This way I have the possibilty to ma…

[image] Philipp: Only problem is cutting the strut plates then. This is a main reason (as I understand it) why Y should be the larger axis. Also for rigidity and power requirements, the span of the gantry should be as short and lightweight as possible. This provides a superior specification m…

[image] Dan: @DougJoseph has a list of parts to swap the axes if you want to use the run of the table as the X axis, for me, it was way easier just to visualize the table differently. (to swap axes you need to reverse one axis homing.) Yep, and a “how to” documentation on it as well. Below a…

[image] Philipp: I know Ryan says X should be the shorter side I think the actual intent is not so much “x on shorter side” but rather “gantry on shorter side” — assuming the short side is around 4 to 4.5 feet, and the long side is about 8 to 10 feet or whatever. The point, as I see it, is no…

Yeah, could also be. :smile: I now have a wide table without belts or rails in the front and am happy. Tomorrow I am going to print your cable chain holder. :slightly_smiling_face:

[image] Philipp: and am happy That’s a good place to be. There is an old saying, “If Mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.” This new saying is also true: “If the guy who built the LowRider is happy, then the guy who built the LowRider is happy.”

An advantage of having the wide side be the open side is you can then position wide and very long pieces in, and with stops and program breaks, move your stock and then restart the program. As long as you have supports for your workpiece and precise positioning/squaring when you move your workpiece. …

Hello @Martinkh , welcome! [image] Purple-black-rainbow LR3 man_shrugging , build video @ https://youtu.be/FJ7nYio8oOE My plan was/is to also have LR3 mostly live, ready to work, on a smaller bench dimensioned for 2’x4’ sheets. A bench that can be used for assembling other projects. Unintended bo…

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azab2c (Aza B2C) January 30, 2023, 1:02pm 10

Hello @Martinkh, welcome!