I think that I was referring to the new strut table having to do with the 3D printed brackets that hold the Y rails not having enough width just on the MAX Y side and to do over I would have made my strut table wider by one inch thus requiring the X rails to be 1” longer as well just to make it line up better for full 48” width on strut table machine… so that would require me to cut all the 14g strut rails that support the spoil board an inch wider as well so I would have a bit more space between the edge of the work space to the bracket just on the Max side.
My old table is set up to work with the original gantry width. however, you could simply look at the groove from the bearing on the MIN side… if there is enough surface material on there to move that groove over 1” (towards the MIN side) then yes, it can work with 1” wider EMT pipes… BUT remember this would shift the spoil board over by 1” as well.
if you are not intending on building a strut table in the future, then just follow the standard measurements. if you do for sure plan on building the strut table later on, then you can do one of two things,
- decide to rebuild the gantry in the future and cutting new 1” longer X EMT rails
- build it wider now and alter the table to fit
to build it wider now so the workspace is still centered, you would need to widen the Y MAX rail side. I don’t remember where the brackets that hold the MAX Y rail were installed, but if the MDF is wide enough, you could move them closer to the outer edge by 1” if there is enough room. OR if not, then I would put an additional MDF on both sides to accommodate the wider gantry but having the extra width on just the Y MAX side which will keep the work surface in same position relative to the Y MIN side
clear as mud? hope it helped. 