A recently purchase a Beall Tool Tilt Box to measure the tilt angle for my table saw. The specs for the unit are an accuracy of +/- 0.1 degree, and a resolution of 0.05 degrees. What I am seeing is that the device seems to have some "sticky" performance (hysteresis, actually) that is far greater than the resolution spec. When I mount it to my table saw blade, and crank the blade tilt, the TiltBox reading doesn't change until the blade has moved about 0.2 to 0.3 degrees, and then it shows the new angle (after settling in). At first I thought that this was some "stiction" in my saw, but after looking carefully, I am convinced that the saw blade is tilting smoothly (I can watch the scale pointer move, while the TiltBox reading stays constant.)
Do any of you have the TiltBox, and if so, do you see this sticky performance ?