I dont think it tightens down in pure "up/down" if that makes sense, some lateral and angling going on when tightening. The dial indicator would be interesting but not really tell you the whole story I guess.

Glad to be of help! Keep in mind that the glass is pretty good in compression IMO, should be OK, it's actually more dangerous when you are taking the glass off.

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