Cutting thin gauge steel

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I just went through that old thread and stumbled on this:

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today’s project (well, probably today & tomorrow) will be to add some alum. extrusion rails between the bearing block & Z axis assembly to get the additional depth required by not having a wasteboard. Will supply pics if you’re interested. This won’t be an issue using your vise, but anything down close to the table surface (where I typically work) will require the extra reach down. This will be the cheap & easy way forward to get up & running, but I may revisit this in the future for a better solution. I don’t know… I’ll see how this works out first. May be no need for anything more elaborate.

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Do you have these extrusions between bearing block & Z axis assembly still in place?