Long story short, last year I was reluctantly getting ready to sell my desktop, and purchase another machine from another company that had approximately the same footprint, but more Z travel. Having really enjoyed the excellent customer service I have received during the ownership of my machine, as well as being very comfortable with the operating software, it was a decision that I did not want to make, but had to in order to be able to machine the parts I was needing to help the business grow. A local builder came down to check out my machine with the intention of purchasing one and wanted to see how mine ran. He asked me if there were any issues with the machine in general before he bought one. I told him I loved it in every way, except for the short Z travel. He then said that he may have a way to get more Z travel. He ended up purchasing a machine and sent the X and Z plates to his father who among being an incredible inventor is an excellent machinist as well. He re-designed the X and Z plates to allow for the extended travel. The bearings and rail were reversed so that the rail was now on the X plate and the bearings are on the Z plate. The X plate was also made thicker than the stock plate, and there was an addition of a tensioner spring to take the weight off the Z plate and router. I was able to get the mod swapped out in about 45 minutes total. I'm now happy to say that I no longer have to sell my machine as it will do anything I want it to after the mod. Here is a lousy video I made of the machine doing a little Z travel. WARNING, I am a terrible producer and camera operator and I talk too much, so be warned!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT3CaGdBVk4