footloose42 - 'Well the way set screws work is by digging into the fin, so there's really no way to know if your turn of the screw is moving the fin x inches or digging into the fin x inches. '
if your using a caliper to check the measurement thats a really good way to know. in fact if the caliper is in place and your increasing depth you can actually watch it change one thousand inch at a time.