# Using easel. Not cutting right size

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**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [October 4, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/using-easel-not-cutting-right-size/13984 "2015-10-04T03:38:38Z")\
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Have you ever calibrated your X-Carve and adjusted the steps/mm? If not, it’s likely that your machine isn’t completely accurate. If you use the default settings it’s close enough for a lot of work, but if you want precision you need to tweak the settings to your specific machine.

Other possible causes could be low pot settings, tight/loose belts, and so on. Since you mentioned the belts and V-wheels, the fact that your numbers are really durn close in X and Y tells me it’s probably just that you need to fine tune the settings. There’s a good video on how to calibrate the machine in this forum: [Steps/mm Calibration](https://community.inventables.com/t/steps-mm-calibration/10705)

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