Motor size and position important?

[ShinedBrass]

I note when looking at the bed of Joes 2006 that the motor is offset to one side, does it make any difference to it's operation?

If I were to scale up the design to handle 2440 x 1220 ( a standard mdf sheet ) would I need stronger Nema motors to deal with this?

Thanx all who reply in advance.

[pippin88]

The gantry will weight much more and have more inertia, so yes.

That is an extremely large machine and would be an incredibly ambitious 1st build.