Kreg 44x64-in table & Journeyman X-50 & MDF

[JimsCNC (Jim Lougheed)]

What do you mean when you say you, flipped the Y rails to limit the space the Dustboot would eat into the size of the table ?

[WaywardWoodworker (Derek Lokee)]

Most dust boots have the hose attachment to the front of the spindle/router which sticks further to the front of the machine. The default setup is to have the stepper motors in the back which stick out from the ends of the rails, if you flip the rails around and have the stepper motors in the front the dust boot and the stepper motors are closer to being in line with each other vs the dust boot overhanging the end of the table.

[Aiph5u (Aiph5u (not affiliated with Onefinity))]

Hey Jim,

@JimsCNC

What do you mean when you say you, flipped the Y rails to limit the space the Dustboot would eat into the size of the table ?

you can mount any of the Onefinity’s rails with the motor pointing in the other direction, e.g. X rail with motor on the left (instead of right), or Y rails with motors pointing towards front (instead of to the rear). If you do this, you have to check the option “reverse” on the corresponding MOTOR page under “Motion”.

Here is a video from the manufacturer:

• How to Flip The Y Rails Backwards (cable in back of machine)

So if you want to save space, you could flip Y rails so the Y motors point towards the front, since this space, that is in front of the machine’s dimensions, is required for the dust boot anyway.

Here you can see that the dust boots protrude beyond the dimension of the machine:

@Aiph5u

Measurements (photos) of PwnCNC v8 dust boot overhang:

• front
• rear

(What is the Best Dust Boot for the Onefinity? )

@WaywardWoodworker

Most dust boots have the hose attachment to the front of the spindle/router which sticks further to the front of the machine. The default setup is to have the stepper motors in the back which stick out from the ends of the rails, if you flip the rails around and have the stepper motors in the front the dust boot and the stepper motors are closer to being in line with each other vs the dust boot overhanging the end of the table.

Just in case you build an enclosure or a flippable table top, you can also reserve some more space in case you retrofit other motors later. Motors with encoders (closed-loop) or a brake on the rear can be much longer.

@Aiph5u

someone just asked what to add around the bare machine recently, I answered space to reserve around the machine , also dust boot overhang (front and rear), space for serious cable management (drag chain width computation), the protruding length of the Journeyman X stepper motor to the right and of the Y stepper motors to the rear (and possibly longer specimens, if upgrading to closed-loop steppers or servos later (see also Upgrade to Elite Series )). Note that the rear Y steppers can also be at the front and the X stepper on the left, since you can mount the rails in the other direction and then check the “reverse” setting in the controller in case you want the steppers at the other side. Also think of protruding stock cable connectors on front and side. I would take into account the possibility to put an enclosure (e.g. like this one) later.

[Dustoff00 (Dean)]

Essentially what Wayward and Aiph5u have said. If you set it up like normal with steppers in the back, that is wasted space in the back that would overhang a table, and then the dustboot sticks out in the front. By reversing the y-rails, that overhang is now in the front and the dustboot occupies that same wasted space on a table top. Not sure of my total savings when trying to do an enclosure, but I am sure it at least 2-3" of overall footprint from front to rear.