# First time using. Letters are reversed

**URL:** <https://community.inventables.com/t/first-time-using-letters-are-reversed/14865>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [October 23, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/first-time-using-letters-are-reversed/14865 "2015-10-23T17:23:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![ChrisMomberger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@ChrisMomberger](https://community.inventables.com/u/ChrisMomberger)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/first-time-using-letters-are-reversed/14865/1 "2015-10-23T17:23:33Z")

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Maybe I’ve just missing a setting someplace. But I went to do a simple test carve, and instead of carving how i would expect, the letters are reversed, as if they were in a stamp.

Am I missing a setting?

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**Author:** ![Rusty](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/rusty/32/72583_2.png) [@Rusty](https://community.inventables.com/u/Rusty)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/first-time-using-letters-are-reversed/14865/2 "2015-10-23T17:33:28Z")

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Are you using Easel? If so when you went through the setup, did you axes run in the correct direction?

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**Author:** ![Tarry\_Brindle](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/tarry_brindle/32/32229_2.png) [@Tarry\_Brindle](https://community.inventables.com/u/Tarry_Brindle)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/first-time-using-letters-are-reversed/14865/3 "2015-10-23T18:25:03Z")

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@ChrisMomberger I recall reading about a similar problem on the forums a few weeks ago, but I can’t find the original post. If I remember correctly, the person who had this issue found that some of their wiring was backwards.

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**Author:** ![Tarry\_Brindle](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/tarry_brindle/32/32229_2.png) [@Tarry\_Brindle](https://community.inventables.com/u/Tarry_Brindle)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/first-time-using-letters-are-reversed/14865/4 "2015-10-23T18:42:20Z")

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Found the link:

> [@Finally finished building my x-carve](https://community.inventables.com/t/finally-finished-building-my-x-carve/13931):
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> I have finished my x-carve and cut out the Intro to Easel project and it came out in a mirror image of what was on the screen. Also it is cutting 90° from the front of the machine. I’m not sure what’s going on. If anyone has any ideas it would be greatly appreciated.

For this guy, his X and Y wiring was backwards. Hope this helps you find the problem!

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**Author:** ![ChrisMomberger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@ChrisMomberger](https://community.inventables.com/u/ChrisMomberger)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/first-time-using-letters-are-reversed/14865/5 "2015-10-25T21:21:36Z")

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Thanks, that’s exactly what it was. I took all the connections apart and put them back in with a little more attention to my bad handwriting on which wire was which, Thank you!

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**Author:** ![Tarry\_Brindle](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/tarry_brindle/32/32229_2.png) [@Tarry\_Brindle](https://community.inventables.com/u/Tarry_Brindle)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/first-time-using-letters-are-reversed/14865/6 "2015-10-25T23:31:08Z")

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Great to hear you found the problem! Happy carvings!