Getting there! On wiring step!
Do you have the cnc files available for the wasteboard?
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Love that shop, those floors and those posts (I imagine this is how women feel when they see bags and shoes) 
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Some of us women like power tools and sawdust more than shoes & bags!! 
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i think im the first to post a mutant x-carve!!! (sorry for the potato of a camera)
not the final version…
** things still to be done**:
-vacuum toolspace/wasteboard
-3D printed ABS drag chain for the X axis… luckily my x is only 50cm. the cable management pictured is 1/2" conduit with some cheap plumbing brackets mounted with 3M VHB.
-lastly and by far the most important; supports for that 180cm gantry. i was looking at the makerfoot (an aluminum extrusion made to slide into the makerslide) but i think ill try my luck with something similar 3D printed from ABS. yea its actually VERY wobbly and prone to bending in the X direction. its alright in the Z (there isnt any noticeable deflection when taking small passes)
if you have any questions on how i did something or why please feel free to PM me. dont want to fill up this thread full of some really nicely built machines 
@AaronGnade I’m looking to make skis with this machine. its used for a couple of parts in the process.
-ajb
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What specific item are you building that you need that mutant?
Looks like it would be good for making signs!
My plan is to extend mine out in a similar manner (for sign making), but I figured I’d better stick with the basic kit for now until I get it all figured out, then add what I need to make it bigger.
Well on my way to have my X Carve completed. Due to lack of space, I did end up using the Racor storage lift to serve as the platform for my machine. As you can see in the pictures, I can raise it up out of the way to expose my assembly table for other projects. It has worked out great!! Very smooth operation. I will end up painting the bottom of the platform white to reflect more light and will add some lighting to brighten up the assembly table when the platform is in the up position.
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thats rockstar! i may have to atempt to steal that idea
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Dennis, I have purchased that lift as well for my X-Carve, which should come in a couple of weeks. I have questions! Is that just one layer of 3/4" ply attached to the kit side rails from the lift? Did you use just those two side rails, and toss the rest (the other cross rails, the mesh grid platform)? Any problems with flexing of the 3/4" ply, or is that why you have those extra blocks in the middle, to support it? Fits your 1000mm x-carve with no problems?
Mine is going to have to come down and rest on sawhorses, I think, when in use. Any tips on making the platform strong enough to not flex like that? 2 layers of 3/4" ply, maybe? 2x4 bracing underneath, maybe?
Do you use any secondary holding straps for when it is up to the ceiling? Like, are you afraid the lift mechanism will slip and drop your X-Carve?
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Hey Steve! Okay in order of asking: Yes, one layer of 3/4". Yes, I didn’t use the mesh. I wanted something more flat. I don’t have to worry about flexing as it sits on my assembly table. I added the blocks to raise it up a little and to have room underneath to rout some power across to the other side of my assembly table. When it sits down on my table it’s perfectly level. Fit’s my 1000mm X Carve with extra room for the electronics. I did add a small piece of 3/4 on the one side to clamp my laptop arm to. For sitting on sawhorses I would either double up on the 3/4 or build a torsion box. Either way the Racor lift will pick up 250 lbs. so that shouldn’t be a problem. No secondary straps. The lift is gear driven so unless the gear drive completely fails, I don’t see it being a problem. Also, Racor has a safety that you can snap into the mechanism to prevent the spinning part from moving.
I hope this answers you concerns and if you have any more questions just let me know.
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ooh! way too clean. needs a coating of dust on it! 
My wiring looked pretty similar before i upgraded to a 300w 48v quiet cut spindle. Now I have 2 power supplies.
I can’t connect to easel so far or it would be so dusty
I’m kind of glad to see this thread. I really have to say that I didn’t like the instructions at all. I really don’t want to be critical about the team that handled the write ups, but from my experience without having done much reading prior to assembly the instructions were all over the place.
I ordered the 1000mm kit, before it seems like I’m ranting I’d like to say I’d order it again in a heartbeat. But, the If/And/Or structure with sliding text boxes made things unnecessarily complicated when searching for information such as: When you’re instructed to wire in your Y plates no specific length is given on those pages for the cuts. You have to advance forward to the wiring section to find the lengths which is kind of critical before you cut. When you’re doing your limit switches, again, no specified length given prior to mounting to the Y plate or Carriage which requires nuts placed inside the carriage that can complicate soldering a switch already mounted for a beginner.
To me, the assembly of nearly anything should begin with the structures/motors/main monuments and then afterwards have all wiring not necessary prior to closing constricted spaces left for later.
A lot of unneeded flipping of the work area to install individual screws when all can be slid in place on the extrusions and fitted to the board in a single movement. Some of the views in the images were hard to see and I felt the video was kind of useless, constant pause/start/repeat to pickup what was said.
Assembly of the arduino/power box/fan could be all on step the wiring of it for example. Why the x-y-z wires are connected before mounting the board made in the instructions me wonder.
I’m trying to plan my build a little so I’ve taken my time and done some reading on the boards. And as some other have mentioned, I prolly wouldn’t have ordered the waste board wood, I’m glad I have it now though, but I will make my own later.
Again, not trying to be negative, just bringing up some things I noticed.
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I had some of the issues that Eric is talking about, but I had to wait a month to get my X-carve and during that month I spent a lot of time reading the assembly instructions and watching all the YouTube videos on assembly.
For those of you that have seen a lot of moons go by you might remember a company named Heathkit. I assembled about 50 percent of the kits they sold, so I’m no stranger to putting things together. They had really good very detailed instructions.
So, putting those two things together, when my X-carve arrived I didn’t follow the order of the instructions, but assembled things in a different order which made it much easier to put the thing together.
Also, I bought some extra wire before I started and with that extra wire I still didn’t have enough to get the power supply away from the main unit as far as I would have liked. I added almost two feet of extra wire for most of the wiring and wish I had added more.
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I did about the same as Larry, I read through the instructions probably a dozen times while I was waiting for my unit to show up, so I more or less had all of it memorized before I even started. I also went a bit out of order, largely building sub-assemblies, then sliding them together to make life easier. If you are not entirely confident in your own visualization of how it should be at the end, just follow the instructions line-by-line, and you WILL get a good machine at the end of it.
And yes, more wire makes life a LOT easier! I just hit up Home Depot, and they had as much of the four-conductor shielded stepper wire as I could possibly want.
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