If ya really want to use it then i'd suggest mounting it to the gear box persay normally and build a bracket with multiple mount locations so that you can set it to were your work is going to be.........ps ... Don't mount it the same as the pic above, mount it more to front in the cavity area behind spindle, this will allow you to tighten gibs a bit more and reduce some of the cantilevering, still allowing the head to be supported with your strut ! OH YA, I think i've finally figured out what Aaron meant by "pretty darned tight" pertaining to the Z saddle gib, mine is now tight nuf that i can't get a .003 feeler to catch gap at the top, and it travels full steam with no complaining at all from drive system of Aaron's servo config. If ya can swing the change then go for the gusto and go full cnc, The IH cnc system is strong.
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Don
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