Hey Rod,
Just got back from a few hours of observing. The platform and the inclinometer worked very well. I bought the digital one (smarttool - Craftsman) and mount
using a magnetic strip - the program I use Equinox (for Macs) and the platform I use Tom Osypowski's.

I swing the platform all the way - then look for Jupiter - both the program and inclinometer agrees in the altitude with about 0.25 degrees of error.
Then I turned on the tracking and let it track for about 45 minutes or so and again the inclinometer agrees with the program. It is really cool!

I have not installed the azimuth yet since Kinko messed up the enlargement.
Skyarcher make a 19" degrees circle but my DSH base is 25" (I have a 12" DSH) So I have to calculate the percentage of enlargement. Anyway it is almost done.

Thanks again for sharing the idea . . . now I got a goto system fairly affordable. The smart tool $80 was well worth it. Total was still under $100.

Ridwan