# X Carve will home and jog, but moves in small increments when i execute program

**URL:** <https://community.inventables.com/t/x-carve-will-home-and-jog-but-moves-in-small-increments-when-i-execute-program/75152>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [July 14, 2019, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/x-carve-will-home-and-jog-but-moves-in-small-increments-when-i-execute-program/75152 "2019-07-14T15:11:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/x-carve-will-home-and-jog-but-moves-in-small-increments-when-i-execute-program/75152/1 "2019-07-14T15:11:19Z")

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After buying and assembling a used x carve,i have successfully jogged and homed the machine using the homing switches. I start the easel program and continue through the machine set up as prompted. When i attempted the test carve, the program worked as it should with the tool path and preview but the X carve was moving or jerking in the x and y axis, as if it were trying to run a program with a miniature design. I also noticed that after i set the work zero and raised the spindle, that it never moved in the z axis to engage the material after i pressed carve. I have a video i will upload later this evening…