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RE: ATM sub-arcsec micrometer precision






> Even so called precision protractors that are a foot in size can be up
> to 1 degree mis-ruled!  Don't use them!

My  precision protractor is made by Hilgar-Watts. It has a resolution of
0.2" with an accuracy +-4" over 360 degrees. So there are alternatives.
Perhaps using a digital encoder as the protractor would work. Heidenheim
(sp?), I believe makes these kind of encoders.

Don Clement
San Diego/Running Springs