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Hey Blackhawk,

@Blackhawk

Another reason is that the mounting bolts on the 1F feet have some play in them. Which means, if I ever did unmount it, my holes in the top would be off. I think I will have to stick with something that I can re-do whenever I unmount and re-mount it.

this easy to solve. You simple use bolts with .315" thick shaft (8 mm), or thinner bolts on which you slide sleeves (=hollow shafts) with .315" (8 mm) outer diameter. And voilà, no play anymore, perfect repeatability guaranteed.

Thank Bill @Machinist for this

@Blackhawk

I actually have drag chains already that came with the table. There is enough space for them, but only if I pin down the cables on the gantry. Here is a better pic

Ah, I didn’t see that.

However should you ever upgrade to a spindle with its thick shielded spindle cable (up to 12 mm diameter) and two water coolant hoses (8 mm each) and maybe shielded signal cables for two inductive homing sensors, and maybe cable for a milling area ring LED light, and one for laser, etc., usually you would add 50 mm (~two inches) to the left of the X gantry.

@Blackhawk

Is this setup, with the tie downs and drag chain, still going to be a problem

The tie prevents the final part of the cable to move, so it should act as strain relief. Important is that it immobilizes the cable end absolutely during Y movement.

@Blackhawk

with cable rubbing and fraying?

It’s not rubbing and fraying, the lack of strain relief on a cable produces this:

@Dunlow

… and that can lead to results like this