@fasselin94 Tap back a stone, about 2/3 lined up, so that to make the double it’s a nose’ish’ hit or a very thin slash, probably forces yellow into a tricky back line shot for 2 or very tricky blank. Any error results in down 3 with or 1 without.
@fasselin94@SilentDrum You’d have to be ok with a lot of ties if you go laser. I think that would suck. That’s the reason why I’d stick with the mechanical dial indicator. I don’t recall ever seeing arguing or changing of minds with careful measuring.
@CurlingCanada@Devin_Heroux I can confirm this. I’ve compared the two methods back to back and the mechanical dial indicator style is MUCH more accurate than the laser style. This isn’t an equipment issue. The measure just needs to occur slowly and carefully like it did the last time.
@fasselin94@SilentDrum Maybe better lasers will come out or become affordable eventually, but for now the mechanical dial indicator is much better. Seriously - try it out and compare the two for yourself.
@fasselin94@SilentDrum I’ve compared them back to back and the normal dial indicator style measures much more accurately than laser. I would have expected the opposite but consider this: mechanical dial indicators are sensitive down to measuring ten thousands of an inch
@emmamiskew 1) Don’t need as accurate a measure for LSD. 2) If you spin a laser as fast as that ump spun the stick the result wouldn’t be legible either, which was the initial problem. 3) Laser can’t measure rocks opposing each other within inches of button.
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