I guess I am not seeing how the struts would really be in the way of anything? Both ends of the fixed gantry mill would still be open, just the sides woudl have the struts. Since the table has to move back and forth in order to be able to cut something, even if you didn't have struts you woudl still not be able to put on an item wider than the distance between your two fixed gantry uprights...i think???
Think about a moving gantry...it pretty much has to have the sides clear of obstructions, otherwise the gantry would hit it as it travels. |