Re: Router Question

Part loading may have a lot to play in the design.

if you have a 4x8 table, but may use 4x10 sheets on occasion, you
need to have a short ganty, conversly if you have a potential for 8x8
sheets, you would need to have a long gantry.

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "rainnea" <rainnea@b...> wrote:
> I see that some moving-gantry machines have a long gantry supported
> at either end by two short rails on the other XY axis while others
> have two long rails supporting a shorter gantry by its ends. Whats
> the pro and cons of either approach ? The first approach uses less
> total length of materials but is the latter approach more rigid ?
>
> Rab