taps and drill arrived from drillsandcutters.com and transfer punches from harbor freight. The y scale ia almost fitted. I need to make end brackets that will do:

• Space out the scale to line up with the head
• Close the ends of the cover
• Provide something to screw the cover to

The cover is 16mm longer than the scale and comes with a vertical lip to allow you to screw it to a flat surface. I bent/hammered that lip flat as the top of the cover will be flush with the table. This also makes it wide enough to reach out over the head bracket.