Good lighting and having the machine placed at a good working height (for
the height of the operator) are the keys to good visibility, it seems.

A scribed line shows up fairly well even without layout dye, if the lighting
is good.
A CF lamp on a gooseneck would likely take care of the lighting issue.

A carbide-tip scribed line sparkles clearly, even on new, bare steel. Pencil
or sharpie marker lines would be much more difficult to see with the
hold-down bar in place.

Some fingers extending downward would allow better visibility, Larry. That
would be a good consideration when the other modifications get started.

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"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:35:00 -0500, the infamous "Wild_Bill"
scrawled the following:


Could the bar be drilled to provide visual access while still bring
installed? Could one perhaps fabricate and use an acrylic replacement
bar? R&R holddown, reinstall on the back of the unit? Add fingers to
the bottom of the holddown bar and adjust it upward, to provide visual
access beneath?

Thanks for the review, BTW. Well done.

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