Caliper tutorial

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@jeanneleigh

I did not know about the step

I first learned about step measurement here, in @nathan_p’s no math crumb tray post.

Cutting Without the Crumb Tray - The NO MATH Edition

There’s a great tutorial here on cutting without the crumb tray when you want to work with thicker material. If you want to know the numbers and theory behind it, go read that first, and then come back. Thank you, @henryhbk! This method uses the digital calipers you should already have, and the not-used-often-enough ZERO button. We’re going to go through the steps from the tutorial above, but without any math or writing down numbers. The first step is to find the height of your crumb tray’s su…

While it’s useful there, the place I get the most use out of it is when material is already on the bed and I forgot to measure it. I use the step function to measure the material without removing it from the GF.