YOU'RE **SUPPOSED** TO GO THERE. THE PROPER WAY OF SETTING THE VOLUME OF A MANUAL PIPETTE IS TO GO FROM HIGH TO LOW. THIS MEANS FOR SETTING 1000 ΜL, YOU FIRST GO BEYOND 1000 (LIKE TO 1001), THEN DECREASE UNTIL IT HITS 1000. THIS ALSO MEANS THAT FOR SETTING THE HIGHEST VOLUME THE PIPETTE IS RATED FOR, YOU HAVE TO GO BEYOND.