Eugene, interesting......I had to do the same thing to replace the wood and install the pocket stops in my old TM.....lift it up off the travel arms using the 2x4. I didn't think to look at what you're talking about though, that's something I'll have to look at more closely as I have to go back and do that anyway to replace out the taped rubber bushings in the rear front stops with the machined deal I came up with. (If you're wondering what I'm talking about you can see pics at:
http://members.aol.com/br768)
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