Can you set a tape measure to zero anywhere on the blade?

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Offset measurements normally end in subtraction, and subtraction under time pressure is where the sixteenth goes missing. Zeroing the T1 Tomahawk anywhere on the blade makes the display count from the point you chose, so it can read 33 and 15/16 while the blade physically sits past 41 inches. The number you want is the number shown.

Where offset arithmetic goes wrong

Zero anywhere along the blade
The display counts from your chosen point
Reads 33 15/16 while the blade sits past 41
No subtracting under time pressure
The number you want is the number shown

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Yes, and it removes the arithmetic from offset measurements. Pull the blade to any point, press zero, and the display counts from there instead of from the hook. The blade here physically reads past 41 inches while the screen shows 33 and 15/16, because that is the distance from the point you chose. No subtracting in your head.