Cutting Parapan or HDPE

[AlanDavis]

I don’t see any problems to do it except, like you mentioned X rail Rigidity. If you follow this link you’ll have enough info regarding that upgrade.
Cheers.

Best Ways to Increase Rigidity?

I notice some chatter in the spindle under relatively mild cutting conditions. I have the 1000mm machine. My first experiment will be to connect the two x axis makerslides together - there appears to be an 11/64 to 3/16" gap between the two. Has anyone developed a way to firmly connect these two together? What other methods have been employed to increase rigidity? I’d hate to go down a rabbit hole if there are others with more experience. My ideas are: Connecting the two x-axis pieces by…