Hey Bill,
Bill this is great! Don’t you fear publishing this here before you patented it?
I would take a guitar string as copper is very soft and can break.
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Good idea! And for even finer accuracy, the ‘upper’ wire supports would be shimmed up by the diameter of the wires. Otherwise, there would be a built-in twist in this method, if both wires were supported at the same exact height. Of course, you’d be splitting hairs at this point, but the theory is solid.
I may actually try this method once we get moved and I set up the new shop.
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In my case, the double layer of MDF was necessary because I have an Elite Journeyman with a Z20 Z-Slider that should be mounted with a spindle. I am using a Makita router at the moment and it won’t otherwise reach the spoil board surface. When I eventually replace the router with a spindle, the second layer of MDF will not longer be necessary.
I’m glad I made my table as small as possible! Don’t like any clutter around my CNC and larger table just translates to more places to put junk that should just be put away. My table is 48"x65" and nothing protrudes past those dimensions. All my cabling is in tracks and my controller is under the table.
That was why I built a flip table. When not in use it’s 2 ft deep & 6ft long tucked right up against the wall. If I had a fixed table I know I’d have stuff “stored” on all the open areas 
The cabinet drawers on the end of it stores everything I need except the pin nailer and the vac hose & those go under in the open shelf on the bottom (it runs along the base of the table).
I ran all my cabling inside the table too - I know I’d be snagging them otherwise and end up ripping them out in the middle of a critical carve. The connectors aren’t designed to be plugged in & removed a lot either. It would drive me nuts if they were flopping all over the place
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True statement! In a relatively cramped work area such as mine, no horizontal surface is safe, especially when I’m in the middle of a project! 
Currently working on a new controller enclosure, so it’s particularly bad at the moment.
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Can you tell me the dimensions of your table top? Thanks.
That is one beefy table. I was planning on 46 x 64, will that be enough you think?
Go small and HD or go home I say! Like so many people here, I was trying to figure-out how to make a ridged table… then I looked over at my welder! I did mount my controller under the table and installed a smaller MagSwitch on top of the table for an emergency stop. I took the cables out if the tubes and ran them straight under the table and at 48"x64" I was sure to keep the motors over the footprint of the table. You could physically go with 46", of course you’d be “2-uping” me and now I will have to figure out how to fit this thing on 44". 
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Thanks much for the measurements. I would love to fit more but every inch counts. I have been looking at flip top table and a pull up like yours but I think that will have to be a day 2 project. No matter what I do, this is still going to take up a ton of real estate.
Ya, had to completely reorg the shop and give up the corner I had planned for a window. Good luck on your setup!
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