Originally Posted by
ChipsBFlyin
Pete,
Thanks for the sketch and sharing your story. I narrowed the top of the columns by 1.5", I'm guessing I can take off more material and still be ok, but I kinda like the way they look, and if it doesn't hurt anything then I would like to keep them that way. I will be SR all components that are going to be machined.
This brings me to my next question, can I get away with the stand not being heat threated? Its going to have leveling screws that thread into the inserts on the bottom of the surface plate and support the end of the Y axis rails mounts. I tried to make my stand design similar to the one found on a M8Cube, but I'm not sure that the design I have so far is sound.
Please note that those pins sticking out on top of the stand are meant to be the top leveling/support screws. I just haven't done a detailed model of the stand yet.