LOL.
I opened this post and began reading. When I got to part about the colour, I scrolled down to see and WOW... Yellow sure is bright
I like the angle plate in the back. Where did you get that angle plate like that?
My X2 is mounted on 3 layers of 3/4 inch MDF that I glued and screwed together to get me two and a quarter inches clearance to turn that Y axis handle.
I like what you did. Effective simple and, need I say, bright...