Originally Posted by MechanoMan  Well a wider table could be had just by adding a larger work plate. The difficulties in making a large workplate are way less than making the axis' table to a different size.
So it'd probably be far simpler to go over to http://www.hightechsystemsllc.com/ and see if they'll make a plate to your desired size. |
[I don't want to rain on your parade, but what use is a wider workplate if you don't have the axis travel to cover it? If it hangs off the inside edge, it will bang into the Z-column when you try to machine something towards the outside edge. Yes, you can hang over the outside edge, but that doesn't mean you'll be able to reach it with the cutter.
The Taig was well-engineered to do what it does, and it does it pretty well, but it's not going to work as well if you extend it into infinity...]
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