How do you measure and scribe a cut line in one pass?

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Layout
One-Handed Use

Trim work runs on a rhythm: measure, mark, square, cut. Break it to hunt for a speed square and the offcut pile grows, and a line squared off a thumbnail is a joint that shows. The T1M Utility carries a detachable reference square on the body, so the same tool that reads the length also registers the edge for the mark. The reading is stored on the tool as well, so the cut list rides to the saw in the app, not on the side of a stud.

How the line gets marked

Detachable square rides on the T1M body
Fence sets the line, not a steady hand
Same tool reads the length and marks it
Works on lumber and on sheet goods
T1M stores the reading for the cut list

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The video runs a length on a bench, pulls the square off the underside of the T1M, and scribes the line against it, first on dimensional lumber and then on a sheet of OSB. Two tools become one, and the mark comes out square to the edge because the fence sets it rather than a hand holding a blade steady.