So I have come to the point where the CNC is just to big for the space that it is in. So I either have the option of building a bigger building to house the machine, or making the machine smaller.

Wife won't let me build a building since we are still not fully done with our house and I have been working at my brother's for the last year on his house.

What I am thinking is cutting the base down to 8.5 feet to allow for hard stops, limit switches, etc.

This will allow me to still cut 4x8 and 5x5 sheets with the full vacuum table still intact. What it also allows me to do is take the remaining 4.5 feet of base and make another machine that can sit perpendicular to the current machine, just at the front of the shop.

Biggest difference is new machine will have a 40w laser instead of a milling head.

Lots of options and design things still going around in my head, but I will let you all know more as I do.