Fitting cycling cleates

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I just acquired two new pairs of shoes thanks to Colorado Cyclists closing deals and it's been years since I have adjusted cleats. I have a large size 49 (14US) shoe and in the past all the other shoes I have had I simply shoved the cleat as far back as it would go in trying to get the axel over the ball of my foot. These new shoes have a larger range of adjustment for and aft so I have to figure out how to do it right.

There's this Ergon jig here: https://road.cc/content/review/ergon...at-tool-274119

But the real problem I am having is finding the ball of the foot on the outside of the shoe. Where is it? You can't feel it. The first step in using the Ergon is, "The first step is to identify your first metatarsal joint – that's the big bulge where your big toe attaches to your foot, often called the 'ball of your foot'. With your foot in the shoe, you affix one of the provided green sticky arrows to the outside, directly in the centre of the ball. "

Well that's the whole problem. You can't really accurately measure from the back of your heal to the ball of the foot and then measure from the back of the shoe to the center of the cleat. It's just not accurate.

The Ergon jig seems to be mostly concerned with the Q-Factor but the SPD cleats have enough float for that anyway so it seems if you get it at least close your are fine. But finding the ball is hard to even get close.

How do you transfer the ball of your foot on the inside of the shoe to the outside to place the cleat?