new machine build.. With rail I have

[wcarrothers1]

Well always liked what you had to say in the posts. And was going to post this to the list.. But I jut got 6 rails (133" long) that fit Star 1623-314-10 (think the 1623-314-20 is the new model) (got 12 of those blocks in the deal)

specs here: http://www.boschrexroth.com/country_...lrail_1623.pdf

Anyway objective is to make another better machine then my 4x8 that I built back in 2006..

Was curiuos if you had ideas how you might orient the blocks for a gantry if you were making/ using those parts for x,y and Z..

These are VERY large blocks. Would result in a pretty heavy duty machine I think..

Still think I would want to maintain a similar gantry design to my

http://users.ameritech.net/watchdogf...ineDetails.htm

machine that I built before. I like being able to clamp around the paramiter of the work piece..

Anyway would like to hear what you might do if you had this rail to work with.

b.