With the completion of the homebrew T-nuts for the rails on all axis... I began rail attachment for the gantry and table frame. I then moved on to completing the component assembly for the gantry. At times it requires five hands and a small boy to line up the hardware... but I somehow managed it alone with only a modicum of Navy talkin'! The sequence of assembly requires careful planning as there are areas where the hardware is captured and can't be installed after the fact. It certainly requires thinking in three dimensions...!
It does assemble rather quickly when all goes well... and you are not retracing your steps.
Next up is the interface attachment for the bearing trucks and 8020 skates that will ride atop the X-rails.
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