The face is just a plate with a hole for the led tip to show through.
There is a cutaway section of the plate where the needle movement comes
out. I drilled one rivet and swung the plate to the side lifting over
the led. I would say having the plate still attached made it easier to
work with the small body but other's may not find it so.

Mark

David Beierl wrote:
> Dear Mark,
> At 01:42 PM 9/6/2009, mark drillock wrote:
>> I have found that I could open the gauge by drilling only one rivet
>> and pivoting the face on the other rivet. The one I left in was the
>> one closest to the hot end of the scale.
>
> Cool, thanks.  Did it make things more delicate dealing with the
> needle?  I can't quite visualize the construction, been 7-8 years since
> I did one.  Oh, that's right -- is the movement mounted on the face?  I
> seem to recall so.
>
> Yours,
> David
>