# V-bit issue

**URL:** <https://community.inventables.com/t/v-bit-issue/101032>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [October 2, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/v-bit-issue/101032 "2020-10-02T20:14:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![WilliamBatton](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/williambatton/32/84434_2.png) [@WilliamBatton](https://community.inventables.com/u/WilliamBatton)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/v-bit-issue/101032/1 "2020-10-02T20:14:49Z")

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can anyone tell me why my vbits are leaving this little bit of wood in each corner? it does it on every carve i do using a vbit no matter what size bit.

 ![20201002_160834](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/uploads/inventables/original/3X/3/f/3fb795417648a4ef351453df67b11448a063788e.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![SteveMoloney](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/stevemoloney/32/84542_2.png) [@SteveMoloney](https://community.inventables.com/u/SteveMoloney)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 7:56am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/v-bit-issue/101032/2 "2020-10-03T07:56:55Z")

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Is that the spot were the bit starts cutting the letter? what are your feeds and speeds?

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**Author:** ![WilliamBatton](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/williambatton/32/84434_2.png) [@WilliamBatton](https://community.inventables.com/u/WilliamBatton)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/v-bit-issue/101032/3 "2020-10-03T12:50:47Z")

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This is being done when it finishes the final path on each Letter.  
feed rate is 50in plunge is 20 and depth is .06.

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**Author:** ![HenryFeldman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/977dab/32.png) [@HenryFeldman](https://community.inventables.com/u/HenryFeldman)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/v-bit-issue/101032/4 "2020-10-03T23:19:51Z")

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> [@WilliamBatton](#):
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> 50in plunge

whoa. that is movin! I have my plunge at 9… I bet you are deflecting the bit.

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**Author:** ![SteveMoloney](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/stevemoloney/32/84542_2.png) [@SteveMoloney](https://community.inventables.com/u/SteveMoloney)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 9:47am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/v-bit-issue/101032/5 "2020-10-04T09:47:22Z")

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Like Henry said, if you have a stock X Carve that’s a bit high. And it looks like pine do you get the same results on harder woods?

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**Author:** ![WilliamBatton](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/williambatton/32/84434_2.png) [@WilliamBatton](https://community.inventables.com/u/WilliamBatton)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/v-bit-issue/101032/6 "2020-10-05T01:57:47Z")

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I will try and slow that down and do a test carve and see what results I get.

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**Author:** ![HenryFeldman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/977dab/32.png) [@HenryFeldman](https://community.inventables.com/u/HenryFeldman)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/v-bit-issue/101032/7 "2020-10-05T14:53:59Z")

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50 is a reasonable speed for horizontal feed rate, but plunge ya gotta give the wood time to move out of the way… There are machines beefy enough to do that fast in plunge (there are machines beefy enough to do that rate of plunge into titanium!) but the x-carve isn’t one of them…

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**Author:** ![NeilFerreri1](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/neilferreri1/32/84403_2.png) [@NeilFerreri1](https://community.inventables.com/u/NeilFerreri1)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/v-bit-issue/101032/8 "2020-10-05T16:16:01Z")

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> [@WilliamBatton](#):
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> feed rate is 50in plunge is 20

I think you misinterpreted his speeds.  
Feed = 50ipm  
Plunge = 20ipm

I don’t have an X-Carve, so I try to stay out of feed/speed conversations, but isn’t 20ipm (~500mm/min) ok for plunge rate on an X-Carve? Especially V-Carving, with all of the Z movement, you wouldn’t want to go too slow.

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**Author:** ![WilliamBatton](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/williambatton/32/84434_2.png) [@WilliamBatton](https://community.inventables.com/u/WilliamBatton)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/v-bit-issue/101032/9 "2020-10-05T16:57:15Z")

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That is correct. I tried lowering everything and I still get the same results as the picture I posted above, could this be a Tram problem?

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**Author:** ![NeilFerreri1](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/neilferreri1/32/84403_2.png) [@NeilFerreri1](https://community.inventables.com/u/NeilFerreri1)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/v-bit-issue/101032/10 "2020-10-05T17:01:50Z")

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Can you run a test with a just a square?
