[dawagarage]

well, i had to write it down, but i finally figured it out.
it was just difficult to understand since for some reason i also thought you were stating that adding 1in (25.4mm) doesnt mean gaining an actual inch @ the lip... but the specific topic here was that a full inch on only 1 side wouldnt change the final offset by a full inch, etc.
"you need to understand how offsets work to understand what i mean/how it works." was silly of you to say, though. you can understand a main concept yet not understand one of it's 'sub' concepts.