WHY!!! I decided to fix it - Sorta Kinda

Why after all this time did I decide to fix it.  Honestly I think it might be less work.  Mostly it makes financial sense.
Its not huge with a stock 14 x 24 work envelope, but the swivel/ extendable (does not articulate) head gives if a much larger job size if you make choices that allow you to reindex after moving the head. Notice I said "stock" work envelope.  I did hard limit testing, and by using by found I could program soft limits at 14 x 26.  I can't do much with the X to make it any bigger than that due to design, but I can probably add a couple inches over over hang travel in the front since I am remaking front fixed bearing mount and motor mount anyway.  I can probably get a mechanical limit of around 16 x 26. (inches people)
For a heavy weight machine around this size with good low speed motor torque this I'd have to spend a bit of change.  I think 3-4 days of actual work, not all at once, and with other machines running in the background the labor cost is significant.  I'll be spending a few thousand dollars on hardware (some of which is already on hand and paid for).  Between all of that cost to fix this machine (again) its still a fraction of the price of a comparable new machine.
I'll need to buy one ball screw and some ACB bearing pairs.  Everything else I think I already have on hand.  Okay a little more if I change the Z configuration.
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