Can you trust the number on a digital tool display?

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The standing objection to digital measuring is that a screen can say anything. It is a fair worry and it has a plain test: cut to the number, measure the piece, see whether the two agree, then do it again. The M1 Caliber reads the material where it meets the fence and compensates for blade offset, so the figure on the screen is the finished length rather than the length before the kerf. Repeat the cut and the same figure comes back, which is the evidence that settles it.

How the display gets checked

Cut, measure, repeat is the real test
M1 reads the material at the fence
Blade offset already in the number
Same 10 15/16 on every cut
M1 needs no reset between cuts

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The video takes the objection head on, with a caption saying people claim you cannot trust a digital tool display. A piece is cut on the saw and measured at 10 15/16, then cut and measured again, and again, with the same figure each time. Nothing is adjusted between cuts.