# Depths inconsistant **URL:** \ **Category:** X-Carve Pro\ **Created:** [March 24, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/depths-inconsistant/142033 "2023-03-24T12:34:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WilliamRSchwarzJr](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/williamrschwarzjr/32/86750_2.png) [@WilliamRSchwarzJr](https://community.inventables.com/u/WilliamRSchwarzJr)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/depths-inconsistant/142033/1 "2023-03-24T12:34:29Z")
Hey everybody, I have issues with the depth of my projects not being as deep as i go to the right and up. if i stay small and keep everything at the bottom left hand corner, or home i guess, im fine. and its kind of inconstant doesnt always happen. Ive checked level everywhere, thought maybe the wood want truely flat but im not 100 % sure whats going on. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. also let me know if thats too vague. ---
**Author:** ![PhilDejarnett](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/phildejarnett/32/87999_2.png) [@PhilDejarnett](https://community.inventables.com/u/PhilDejarnett)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/depths-inconsistant/142033/2 "2023-03-25T04:11:01Z")
You might find that your waste board wasn’t seated correctly when you first installed it. I had trouble with mine, and had to unscrew and re-attach it, then relevel the bed again. It stunk because my bed is a lot lower than it should need to be for a new bed. Luckily that was my two 2x4 panels, I haven’t actually installed the 4 2x2 panels with the T slot yet. ---
**Author:** ![WilliamRSchwarzJr](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/williamrschwarzjr/32/86750_2.png) [@WilliamRSchwarzJr](https://community.inventables.com/u/WilliamRSchwarzJr)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/depths-inconsistant/142033/3 "2023-03-26T16:46:25Z")
Thank you for the response, ill check that out. How did you realize that was the problem? ---
**Author:** ![PhilDejarnett](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/phildejarnett/32/87999_2.png) [@PhilDejarnett](https://community.inventables.com/u/PhilDejarnett)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/depths-inconsistant/142033/4 "2023-03-26T20:33:14Z")
I don’t remember, to be honest, it was a while ago. I think that I could tell that I took a noticeably uneven amount off the surface when flattening the wasteboard. They were pretty hard to put on in the first place, I realized later I should have started with the screws in the center and worked my way out, because there was a very slight offset between the threaded holes and the wasteboard when going all the way from one side to the other. ---
**Author:** ![SethCNC](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/sethcnc/32/87515_2.png) [@SethCNC](https://community.inventables.com/u/SethCNC)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 4:35am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/depths-inconsistant/142033/5 "2023-03-27T04:35:15Z")
Have you Surfaced the Wasteboard? This is a commonly overlooked requirement and is now included in the “calibration and maintenance” section of the assembly guide… ---
**Author:** ![WilliamRSchwarzJr](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/williamrschwarzjr/32/86750_2.png) [@WilliamRSchwarzJr](https://community.inventables.com/u/WilliamRSchwarzJr)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 12:43am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/depths-inconsistant/142033/7 "2023-03-30T00:43:02Z")
Thank you. Do i go through the whole set up again? ---
**Author:** ![SethCNC](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/sethcnc/32/87515_2.png) [@SethCNC](https://community.inventables.com/u/SethCNC)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 4:30am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/depths-inconsistant/142033/8 "2023-03-30T04:30:25Z")
No, you’d not need to do the machine setup again. Surfacing the wasteboard would only effect the placement of the workpiece and the Z zeroing at the start of each carve. ---
**Author:** ![WilliamRSchwarzJr](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/williamrschwarzjr/32/86750_2.png) [@WilliamRSchwarzJr](https://community.inventables.com/u/WilliamRSchwarzJr)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/depths-inconsistant/142033/9 "2023-03-31T22:32:10Z")
Hello, Ive been too busy to get on here but the weekend is here. So cn you point me in the direction as to surfacing? ---
**Author:** ![SethCNC](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/sethcnc/32/87515_2.png) [@SethCNC](https://community.inventables.com/u/SethCNC)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/depths-inconsistant/142033/10 "2023-04-01T00:59:44Z")
![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/uploads/inventables/original/3X/1/7/17c4a5f3cefca0378c26c0d158a06178faf89325.png) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2d3zsbVMFjk/maxresdefault.jpg "Cnc spoil board resurfacing (Start to finish)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d3zsbVMFjk) ---
**Author:** ![WilliamRSchwarzJr](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/williamrschwarzjr/32/86750_2.png) [@WilliamRSchwarzJr](https://community.inventables.com/u/WilliamRSchwarzJr)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/depths-inconsistant/142033/11 "2023-04-01T15:34:39Z")
Hey man, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and that video. I surfaced my waste board this morning and am carving something right now and seems to be going great. Ill have to do a couple projects to really see but either way I learned a lot. Much appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/system/32/67217_2.png) [@system](https://community.inventables.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/depths-inconsistant/142033/12 "2023-06-30T15:34:54Z")
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