This was done on a homebuilt machine whose side plates extend bellow the base and are bridged with an under beam to create a boxed gantry. The single Y drives the middle of that beam.
The X-Carve is designed to be dual Y and I would NOT recommend to mess with it. It would take a whole lot of customization to raise the bed, make taller side plates and bridge them… only to realize in the end that you have lost rigidity.
@Phantomm any updates regarding the time table? I was planning a tear down and tune up but was going to hold off if there was a chance the kit would be ready soon.
I feel he didn’t read the post correctly? Can’t wait to show the completed upgrade off here, I’ll be posting a video of max settings running a carve on this thread as well for a point of reference for people on what the difference is between the belts and threaded rod.
Current batch is closed. Going forward the price is roughly $500-$550. I may offer deals and discounts in the future however the batch discount orders are quite brutal so I will be changing my business method in the future. I’ll probably get a website and offer it that way. After this batch they will be available regularly at normal price.