Thanks, everyone, for your ideas and experiences.

I have a 6,000 lumen lamp on order. We'll see how that works, literally.

Try using a scribe and tracing your drawn out design to get a sharp edge. I always found that helped get a reflection to follow designs in low light situations. Hmm, that's an idea. I'll try that. It might be more visible than a silver pencil. I have a nice tungsten carbide scribe that cuts a line ...

Any possibility of clamping a straight edge along side to act as a guide? I have a 1/2"x2" piece of brass bar stock that I use for this and Oxy/Ac cutting. That idea occurred to me, although I haven't thought through exactly how to do it. The last time this happened I considered placing a...

Hello. I did a search and couldn't find anything on this problem. This may not have a solution, but I'm throwing it out here in case I'm missing something. Let's say I'm doing a butt weld of thin material with no bevel, no gap, or for an example, I'm attempting to follow a design on a flat plate dra...