Hello, Thanks to all the people that help others here. Has anyone reduced their table size from a 4 x 8 to a 4 x 4? I need to move it to a new location and this would fit my needs better.
I’ve been thinking about doing the same. I reviewed the 4x4 pro assembly instructions, and it seems like we have all the parts. We could do a 4 x5 machine as well. Once you have just the physical dimensions modified it would be as simple as changing the machine settings in Mach4. At least that is what I’m thinking. I’ll be curious to know if that is truly the case from anyone that has actually completed this task.
I have not done this but i know if you want to go the other way, bigger, you simply add additional length to the physical table and then add cable extensions for the electronics. The worst case scenario i can think of is you have one piece cables that would end up too long and you had to coil up the extra length somewhere.
But I’ll bet you have everything you need on hand.
You could then save the extruded aluminum for another day or sell it to somebody else if you don’t think you’d go back.
Curious how this went for you? I had several people tell me I would have to cut the extrusions. Did you find that to be the case?
If you are going to shrink your table you will have to cut down the extrusions. People have done this in the past. The best way to cut the extrusions and the linear rail would be with a “cold saw”. This is a saw that a lot of metal shops have for cutting down metal to size. They are coolant lubricated and leave a near perfect finish on each cut.
For the actual lenghts you can math it out yourself. The software has presets for machine sizes (4x2, 4x4, 5x10, etc) but you can adjust that to whatever you want if you want a different size.
If you want to make your machine shrink to exactly a smaller machine size that we offer support might be able to get you the actual lengths of extrusion…
I was able to just bolt it together without any cutting. I just started with the legs and fitted it together. I would suggest taking pictures before you take it apart. Good luck Rick
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