Dave! Thank you. Here's a picture of how far I've gotten on Machine#1. I housed the drawer slides inside the carpenter's level to keep the 2-24" slider sections aligned and also plan to run support roller bearings, attached to the gantry uprights, on the top of the carpenter's level. I'm thinking that with roller bearings attached to the ends of the inverted "T" gantry uprights the y and z axis will be kept from swaying when the x moves. Plus the gantry will have another means of support than just the slider bearings.
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