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Hey Blackhawk,

another thing: Before deciding on where to position the machine, if you ever plan to use drag chains, take into account the additional space. If you ask me personnally, I would rather have the stepper protruding the right acrylic (or polycarbonate?) pane than to loose the option for drag chains. For Journeyman drag chains components, see here and here

@Blackhawk

I was cautious to give some extra space to the x axis motor, but didn’t even consider the cables. They need just as much room as the motor does, so for those of you building an enclosure, make sure you look closely at both sides of the x-axis rail to ensure proper clearance. My frame is 65 1/4" wide and I would say that is perfect (as long as you can mount the control box somewhere below the table). Here you can see how close I came on the left side to the frame:

Note that as long you don’t use drag chains, the stock cabling lacks strain relief on the Onefinity CNC (except the little crimped strain relief on each individual contact pin). Especially on the moving X gantry, the permanent movement is not good for the cables on the connectors which is why many people added 3D-printed or wooden strain relief and showed their solutions here. I would in any case at least provide space for this.