OK, it’s not like I have nothing that can be done while I’m waiting for the parts to arrive. I just have to go off-script a little and find stuff later in the build that is independent. So I went through the rest of the book, and here’s what I came up with.
The following parts are independent of custom measurements:
– Part E, The X-axis gantry bottom nut (where the X-transmission nut sits), pp 115
– Parts C and D, the “Z-gantry sides” (“Y-axis bearing supports”), pp 138 (but note that you want to use the cut plans from the forum)
– Parts W and X, the “Router gantry sides” (“Z-axis bearing supports”), pp 162
The rest of the pieces are dependent in one way or another on something custom, either the width of the X-table (for the Y-gantry pieces), or the width of the Y “table” (for the Z-gantry pieces), or the width of the Z “table” (for the router base).
I have been thinking about redesigning the Z-axis. It’s a poor compromise between wanting to allow a larger router, but not really being wide enough to do so. It occurs to me that this might be a use for a DUP! Hmm.
OK, off to cut-and-drill some more parts. All of the remaining parts will require a chop saw to extract them from their primals.
…on second thought, I think I’m taking the night off. I’m tired.