I was considering the wide Gantry, because if i place the machine on a rectangular table (placed parallel to the wall) and sit in front of it, one could access the working area much better, then when one uses the narrow Gantry. This way one of the legs of the gantry would be "in the way".
When the Gantry would be the longest, it would have to be able to carry it's own weight including the weight of the router. On the other hand, if i have the longer x-axis, it could bend down by the porce applied to it by the gantry, Y-axis and router.
Since my x-axis and y-axis are not that different in length, it doesn't really matter. I just found the first design of Balsaman "more convenient" when you sit in front of it. Downside is of course the moving table wich is much smaller compared to his second design. That was a small detail that i forgot about.
Apologies apreciated, though i was a bit "trigger happy". Sorry for that... I think this is solved now...
Maybe i should publish some of my pics just to let you guys in on my project. Then you would see that i do think inside AND outside the box.
Ed.