# Wrong size **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [April 12, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/wrong-size/89655 "2020-04-12T02:15:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NickEPravlik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ccd318/32.png) [@NickEPravlik](https://community.inventables.com/u/NickEPravlik)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/wrong-size/89655/1 "2020-04-12T02:15:33Z")
The sizes of the shapes that it carves are wrong. When I try to do a 7-inch shape it makes a 2.5-inch shape and when I tried to make a 2-inch square it made a 5/8 inch square ---
**Author:** ![WayneHall](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/waynehall/32/84646_2.png) [@WayneHall](https://community.inventables.com/u/WayneHall)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/wrong-size/89655/2 "2020-04-12T02:21:27Z")
Welcome to the forums. Have you calibrated your machine so if you tell it to go 2" it does go 2"? ---
**Author:** ![NickEPravlik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ccd318/32.png) [@NickEPravlik](https://community.inventables.com/u/NickEPravlik)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 2:54am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/wrong-size/89655/3 "2020-04-12T02:54:23Z")
How do I do that? I am pretty new to CNC machining. ---
**Author:** ![WayneHall](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/waynehall/32/84646_2.png) [@WayneHall](https://community.inventables.com/u/WayneHall)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 3:00am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/wrong-size/89655/4 "2020-04-12T03:00:12Z")
Search the forum here for cailbrating your machine and you should find plenty of results. Up in the top right corner where the magnifing glass is click on that and type in what you are looking for. You can check to see if it is off by laying a ruler down under the bit and tell it to move 5" and see how far it moves. ---
**Author:** ![NickEPravlik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ccd318/32.png) [@NickEPravlik](https://community.inventables.com/u/NickEPravlik)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/wrong-size/89655/5 "2020-04-12T03:03:53Z")
How do I change it to make it to go further? ---
**Author:** ![WayneHall](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/waynehall/32/84646_2.png) [@WayneHall](https://community.inventables.com/u/WayneHall)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 3:11am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/wrong-size/89655/6 "2020-04-12T03:11:56Z")
It is all in accurate measuring and changing your appropriate $ settings. I have how to do it written down in my shop but can not explain it to you off the top of my head. Some one will chime in. Run a search for calibrating your machine and see what you come up with. ---
**Author:** ![NickEPravlik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ccd318/32.png) [@NickEPravlik](https://community.inventables.com/u/NickEPravlik)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 3:32am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/wrong-size/89655/7 "2020-04-12T03:32:28Z")
So I figured out how I am supposed to do it but I cannot figure out how to tell the machine to go a certain length down the X axis. ---
**Author:** ![WayneHall](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/waynehall/32/84646_2.png) [@WayneHall](https://community.inventables.com/u/WayneHall)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 3:37am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/wrong-size/89655/8 "2020-04-12T03:37:02Z")
Just open easel and some file you have. Go to the top and hit the carve button. That should open up and you can move the machine around. Type in 5" and use your arrow keys to move the machine in the direction you want it to go. ---
**Author:** ![NickEPravlik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ccd318/32.png) [@NickEPravlik](https://community.inventables.com/u/NickEPravlik)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/wrong-size/89655/9 "2020-04-12T16:36:45Z")
I figured it out but when I did it the stepper motor moved much faster. ---
**Author:** ![WayneHall](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/waynehall/32/84646_2.png) [@WayneHall](https://community.inventables.com/u/WayneHall)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/wrong-size/89655/10 "2020-04-12T16:40:08Z")
Did you change any of your settings? ---
**Author:** ![NickEPravlik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ccd318/32.png) [@NickEPravlik](https://community.inventables.com/u/NickEPravlik)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/wrong-size/89655/11 "2020-04-12T16:40:34Z")
Yes, I changed the steps/mm ---
**Author:** ![WayneHall](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/waynehall/32/84646_2.png) [@WayneHall](https://community.inventables.com/u/WayneHall)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/wrong-size/89655/12 "2020-04-12T16:42:28Z")
Not sure why that would spped it up. ---
**Author:** ![NickEPravlik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ccd318/32.png) [@NickEPravlik](https://community.inventables.com/u/NickEPravlik)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/wrong-size/89655/13 "2020-04-12T16:43:03Z")
Is there a setting where I can slow it down? ---
**Author:** ![WayneHall](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/waynehall/32/84646_2.png) [@WayneHall](https://community.inventables.com/u/WayneHall)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/wrong-size/89655/14 "2020-04-12T16:44:39Z")
You should have only changed the 101 and 100 settings. Did you make a copy of what your setting were before? ---
**Author:** ![NickEPravlik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ccd318/32.png) [@NickEPravlik](https://community.inventables.com/u/NickEPravlik)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/wrong-size/89655/15 "2020-04-12T16:46:06Z")
I only did the 100 setting. I have not done the 101 yet. Would changing the feed rate change the speed? It was 700 before I changed it. ---
**Author:** ![WayneHall](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/waynehall/32/84646_2.png) [@WayneHall](https://community.inventables.com/u/WayneHall)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/wrong-size/89655/16 "2020-04-12T16:50:29Z")
Sould’nt have been 700 is pretty high. Are you working in mm or inches? ---
**Author:** ![NickEPravlik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ccd318/32.png) [@NickEPravlik](https://community.inventables.com/u/NickEPravlik)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/wrong-size/89655/17 "2020-04-12T16:51:49Z")
Inches, when I changed it to 39 it only went .25 when it was supposed to go 5 inches ---
**Author:** ![WayneHall](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/waynehall/32/84646_2.png) [@WayneHall](https://community.inventables.com/u/WayneHall)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/wrong-size/89655/18 "2020-04-12T16:53:27Z")
Can you copy and paste your setting here. ---
**Author:** ![WayneHall](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/waynehall/32/84646_2.png) [@WayneHall](https://community.inventables.com/u/WayneHall)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/wrong-size/89655/19 "2020-04-12T17:48:00Z")
file\>share\>share with link\>save\>paste link ---
**Author:** ![TheGuru](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/theguru/32/86723_2.png) [@TheGuru](https://community.inventables.com/u/TheGuru)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/wrong-size/89655/20 "2020-04-18T13:29:36Z")
@NickEPravlik - first, welcome to the forums. You will find a wealth of information here and some very helpful people. I recommend you take a deep breath, read up on how to calibrate the machine and watch some of the instructional videos. Then pause - digest all the information. Read/watch them again. Then pause, create a plan, then methodically adjust X, Y, and Z parameters for optimal results. If your X-carve is not moving the distances it is instructed to move, there are usually very few causes: 1 - it is not calibrated properly 2 - there is something mechanical impeding motion 3 - there is something electrical affect motion 99.99% of the time, it is #1. Start there. The machine is fairly well calibrated out of the box and it shouldn’t be off by 250% IMHO. CNC has a steep learning curve - it’s not “push a button and cut” like some folks want to make it out to be. Maybe someday some one will have a fully integrated tool chain that is super easy to use and a fully build machine that requires no tweaking. That’s not where the community is and that is not the X-Carve (sorry @inventables). Here are some links to get you started: > **[X-Carve Instructions: Computer Setup](https://x-carve-instructions.inventables.com/1000mm/step11/)** > > X-Carve Instructions > **[How do I tune and calibrate the X-Carve?](https://inventables.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360012593173-How-do-I-tune-and-calibrate-the-X-Carve-)** > > Many of the mechanical problems you'll face can be fixed using the following information. X-Carve consumable components include: > > > Belts > > > Router Brushes > > > Wasteboard > > > > > > > > > > > You can find repl... > [@X-Carve Maintenance/Troubleshooting Videos - Add Your Own!](https://community.inventables.com/t/x-carve-maintenance-troubleshooting-videos-add-your-own/13405): > > There are a lot of repeated questions and answers on here, and some good videos that explain everything. I’ve got 2 maintenance and one X-axis stiffening video that I made that may help with some X-Carve maintenance and troubleshooting. Since a picture is worth a thousand words, videos have got to be worth a few more. If you’ve got a video, or like a video someone else has, put it up on here. Let’s make a collection that will be easy to reference for various X-Carve users! > [@(Resolved) Issues configuring 1000mm X Carve grbl settings](https://community.inventables.com/t/resolved-issues-configuring-1000mm-x-carve-grbl-settings/13896): > > Hello all. OK so I finally got my x carve together. I have been testing it with no spindle, just to make sure everything is wired and works properly. I have since run in to a couple issues which I believe are mostly software based. The first issue I had was when sending the test carve from easel to the x carve, it would just run from home to the opposite corner before smashing in to the makerslide. I believe I have corrected this by changing $100 and $101 from 250 to 40. This however caused the … [http://blog.inventables.com/2014/07/milling-101-understanding-milling-bits.html](http://blog.inventables.com/2014/07/milling-101-understanding-milling-bits.html) > [@Adjusting $100 and $101, need assistance](https://community.inventables.com/t/adjusting-100-and-101-need-assistance/13101): > > Thanks to Inventables my machine is back up and running. Can’t say enough about their customer service. Got it 99.9999% squared and true. (My estimate) So now I’m working on getting the steps per mm (steps/mm) set right. On the Y axis, I told it to move 499 mm, it moved 500 mm. So I’m off by 1 mm at 499, or 0.2% on the X axis, I told it to move 756 mm, it moved 761 mm, Off by 5 mm at 756, or 0.66% With $100 and $101 both set to 40.000, using my rusty math, I should set $101 (y) to 39.920 … > **[Grbl v1.1 Configuration](https://github.com/gnea/grbl/wiki/Grbl-v1.1-Configuration)** > > An open source, embedded, high performance g-code-parser and CNC milling controller written in optimized C that will run on a straight Arduino - gnea/grbl > **[Using Grbl](https://github.com/gnea/grbl/wiki/Using-Grbl)** > > An open source, embedded, high performance g-code-parser and CNC milling controller written in optimized C that will run on a straight Arduino - gnea/grbl [https://wiki.shapeoko.com/index.php/Grbl\_Settings](https://wiki.shapeoko.com/index.php/Grbl_Settings) Hope all this helps! -Tom [Next page](https://community.inventables.com/t/wrong-size/89655.md?page=2)