# Accuracy question

**URL:** <https://community.inventables.com/t/accuracy-question/11799>\
**Category:** X-Carve\
**Created:** [August 11, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/accuracy-question/11799 "2015-08-11T20:17:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Tatmonster45](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@Tatmonster45](https://community.inventables.com/u/Tatmonster45)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/accuracy-question/11799/1 "2015-08-11T20:17:29Z")

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So I’ve just started using this machine and im consistently off about .02 on all my projects. Is this normal ? If not what are some ways to help it be more accurate ?

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**Author:** ![ChrisWundram](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/chriswundram/32/67510_2.png) [@ChrisWundram](https://community.inventables.com/u/ChrisWundram)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/accuracy-question/11799/2 "2015-08-11T20:24:02Z")

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> [@Tatmonster45](#):
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mm or inches? I think I usually see an accuracy of about .05 to .10 mm on X and Y, and better on Z.

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**Author:** ![Tatmonster45](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@Tatmonster45](https://community.inventables.com/u/Tatmonster45)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/accuracy-question/11799/3 "2015-08-11T20:38:22Z")

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Inches ! Sorry

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**Author:** ![AlanDavis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/alandavis/32/4710_2.png) [@AlanDavis](https://community.inventables.com/u/AlanDavis)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/accuracy-question/11799/4 "2015-08-11T20:47:43Z")

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.02 inch too much. You better go over all your belt/V-wheel adjustments one more time. Mine give me result of .0003 on most cases. (I push too much with Dewalt)