designed a part to offset the cable gland, installed it, and tested it. It requies 8x m3 threaded inserts.

View from the back of the machine:

view from the front of the machine:

The additional clearance, you can really notice how the flex conduit would have interfered with the increased travel:

and finally, a small visual for the increased travel. The stock travel was marked in the dykem, and you can see the increase:


Also designing the machine in CAD. Already had a frame designed and built, I'm building out the machine frame to include a cord wrap, mounts for solenoids for mist cooling, etc. The files can be found here:
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