# Losing steps at same place every time **URL:** \ **Category:** Troubleshooting\ **Created:** [April 25, 2017, 10:19am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/losing-steps-at-same-place-every-time/36942 "2017-04-25T10:19:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![RamonQuinones](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/ramonquinones/32/37483_2.png) [@RamonQuinones](https://community.inventables.com/u/RamonQuinones)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/losing-steps-at-same-place-every-time/36942/7 "2017-04-25T12:58:49Z")
> [@HaldorLonningdal](#): > > Are you loosing actual steps Yeah if you look at the job below it you can see it has a staircase like finish. It was suppose to be a rectangle but it kept losing steps shortening the travel one way and then cutting further going the other.[quote=“StuartPearson, post:5, topic:36942, full:true”] Is it catching on something, perhaps a bolt head? [/quote] Not that I can see, the only bolts in that area are those furniture bolts that slide into each other in the middle so they stay relatively flat to the surface. > [@RobertCanning](#): > > If you’re moving the head say 20" are you typing in “20” or are you hitting 10" twice? In the video you are seeing a 24in line being cut I am not doing anything manually. I Followed the settings in this video as closely as I could. > [@X-Carve Maintenance/Troubleshooting Videos - Add Your Own!](https://community.inventables.com/t/x-carve-maintenance-troubleshooting-videos-add-your-own/13405/4): > > And, here’s the last video of mine this weekend. A guide to adjusting potentiometers, hopefully it’s not too confusing. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.inventables.com/t/losing-steps-at-same-place-every-time/36942)._