After spending twenty minutes trying to find this in the forum, I must ask again. Search was…not helpful. I swear I read this just a few days ago. I know it’s here somewhere…
Anyway.
What is the bench footprint of the assembled SO3 XL?
Well, can’t figure out how to delete the message. So here’s the answers.
The Shapeoko 3 is 28" wide by 23-5/8" deep.
The Shapeoko 3 XL is 23-5/8" deep and 44" wide.
The Shapeoko 3 XXL is 40" deep and 44" wide.
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One note: from the drawing and indicated measured points, the over all measurements do not include the enclosure on the side
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Might be a mislabeled diagram, but might not be…same thing on the 3XXL-I’ll know tomorrow when mine is delivered!
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I have my XXL on a 48"x48" table and I can tell you width wise I use all 48" from right hand Y rail to the outside of the electronics box (so 44-3/4" does NOT include the box). This doesn’t include the cord for the router that sticks out the right hand side and moves with the gantry, meaning you need a little space there to allow movement as well. If I were to make an enclosure I would probably make it hair wider, like at least 50" or so. Front to back I have a good 6" up front. Top to bottom I can say exactly because I have a dust collector hose sticking out of the top and I also installed 1" thick rubber dampers between the frame and feet. Hope this helps,
Dan
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Is there any significant issue with mounting the electronics on the right instead of the left?
I can’t see a problem w/ mirroring the machine (except that the wires will point toward the front of the machine, or will enter the electronics enclosure from the top exposing an opening for chips to get in), and I wish that it was a documented option — we had 3 wiring options for the SO2 (only two of which ever even sort of got documented) — I think it would be nice to include two separate electronics enclosures (or a rotatable design) and afford the user at least that level of customization.
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Just finished putting my 3XXL together-roughed in, not squared up,
Its maximum over all dimensions are:
47.5" wide counting the PCB enclosure
43.75" counting the maximum extension of the Drag chain off the Y rail,
16.5" tall at the highest adjustment I would run to the feet(.5" of adjustment)-I don’t have a tool in the clamp either-so I measured to the top of the Z axis Stepper Bracket.
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I don’t see any reason the majority of the wiring and the electronics could not be run inside the rails from the ends of the drag chains, with the connections made at the front bottom of the Y rail. Would really clean up everything-making a seriously impressive machine cleaner(tighten up the foot print and cabling /connection overhangs) and lower the exposure of the wiring…I covered what was exposed with split loom as I ran it…looks better, but had to split the bundle up to use the pass through in the left plate.
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Early on, when NEMA17 motors were still the plan, I asked if it would be possible to rotate the motors and place them w/in the extrusion — that was apparently not just possible but considered, and I can imagine it looking incredibly clean and neat.
The major reason not to do this is the inaccessibility and difficulty of checking connectors.
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