Hey Jim,
you are right, hamdiggity’s table does not look like there was room for the controller. But that lets me question whether hamdiggitiy did provide the correct width. Or is it an optical illusion? If yours is 72″ too, does it make the same impression regarding tabletop size? Anyway I was sure since Onefinity in their assembly instructions put the controller on the left of the machine they implied the controller when proposing 72″ for a Journeyman table. Journeyman’s feet are about 60″ between outer corners, so with your 72″ table, you have about 6″ on every side? More 5″ and 7″ because of X stepper?
with motor, it’s exactly 61 1/4"…and that’s without giving the motor air to breath or the wire that comes off of it room to freely move or hang…