Is there any possibility to work with larger projects than specified in the technical details?
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Welcome to our group.
The Maslow is an open source project so you are free to modify it anyway you wish. Yes it can do larger dimensions but may require you to add chain or other parts to deal with the extra distance needed.
Thank you
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Thank you for the fast and good reply. 
Actually am I going to build bee hives with Maslow so I like your nick name 
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Your welcome my friend. Where are you located? I’m near Los Angeles. I’m very interested in getting into that too. There is a joke around here about me recommending bees wax. It’s old school in wood working and I do recommend it. However I am considering starting to produce it for Woodwork. I have had requests for food grade. I have experience in working with brewing beer so i could produce food grade easily. I would still mark it for woodwork but if you eat it it wouldn’t hurt you.
Thank you
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Knowing nothing about bee hives, what sort of material would you build it with that’s longer than 8ft? Something not plywood? A fancy pants grade of plywood? Just curious. 
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Well, I’m located at the other side of the world, in Sweden. 
Dont hesitate, just do it!
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I buy plywood and OSB in lengths of 3meters.
Have some customer who wants large decorations cut out from ply.
I want large decorations cut from ply too - as in MASSIVE dinosaur skeleton yard art.
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One amazing guy here builds a boat and the parts fit in like a puzzle.
Second option is a sheet you can roll on the x axis in defined steps.
From 2444 length to over 3000 (you need more to get the low corners) seems possible, but no one tried till now. How high is the sheet?
Edit: Added the link
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Would It be true, that if you build a larger frame than the size of your cutting area, you will get more accurate cuts in the corners of your work piece or is the accuracy in the corners not a problem?
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if you build the top beam wider, then you will get more accuracy in the bottom
corners. If you build the machine taller you loose accuracy in the bottom
corners.
as you make it wider, you make it harder to work in the top center, as you make
it taller you make it easier to work in the top center
the stock frame is 10’ wide, we think going to 12’ wide will improve accuracy in
the bottom corners without making a signficant difference in the top center.
David Lang
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whoa! very interesting! Thanks @dlang!
donde se modifica gracias
English: Understand that this topic is from 2018, so it refers to the old-style Maslow. The current Maslow 4 uses 4 belts rather than 2 chains.
For the old-style Maslow, you could build for a larger work piece by moving your motors farther up and outward, which required a longer set of chains. The limit to how large a work piece you could use was mostly due to the weight of the longer chains. I don’t think anyone ever explored those limits, so the actual values are unknown.
For the new-style Maslow 4, you can build for a larger work piece by moving your anchors farther from the center. The limit to how large a work piece you can use is due to the amount of belt that can fit on the spools. The Maslow 4 ships with belts that are long enough to completely fill the spools, so buying longer belts won’t help. I recommend you look at the topic The Maximized Maslow4
Español: Entiendan que este tema es del 2018, por lo que hace referencia al Maslow a la antigua usanza. El Maslow 4 actual utiliza 4 correas en lugar de 2 cadenas.
Para el Maslow de estilo antiguo, se podía construir para una pieza de trabajo más grande moviendo los motores más hacia arriba y hacia afuera, lo que requería un juego de cadenas más largo. El límite del tamaño de una pieza de trabajo que se podía utilizar se debía principalmente al peso de las cadenas más largas. No creo que nadie haya explorado nunca esos límites, por lo que se desconocen los valores reales.
Para el Maslow 4 de nuevo estilo, puede construir para una pieza de trabajo más grande alejando los anclajes del centro. El límite del tamaño de una pieza de trabajo que puede utilizar se debe a la cantidad de correa que cabe en los carretes. El Maslow 4 se envía con cinturones que son lo suficientemente largos como para llenar completamente los carretes, por lo que comprar cinturones más largos no ayudará. Te recomiendo que mires el tema The Maximized Maslow4
Muchas gracias yo he comprado actualmente el m2 y por fin he averiguado en el software donde se puede ampliar el tamaño lo que ya no se si en esos extremos se realizara bien los cortes gracias nuevamente.Si me surge alguna duda le preguntare.