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spoilerFor people that don't know this is not how you use Calipers

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[–] CADmonkey 4 points 1 year ago

Everywhere I've worked, you'd "burn an inch" or "burn a foot" meaning you don't use the metal tab, you hold the 1" or 1' mark at the start and measure from there.