# XCarve moving in wrong direction with Grbl controller

**URL:** <https://community.inventables.com/t/xcarve-moving-in-wrong-direction-with-grbl-controller/22903>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [April 25, 2016, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/xcarve-moving-in-wrong-direction-with-grbl-controller/22903 "2016-04-25T12:16:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![SteveCarter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@SteveCarter](https://community.inventables.com/u/SteveCarter)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/xcarve-moving-in-wrong-direction-with-grbl-controller/22903/1 "2016-04-25T12:16:29Z")

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Hi,

I am trying with Grbl 3.6.1 by Zapmaker as my controller. I zero the bit but once I start the carve, the X-Carve shoots off to the distant corner.

I saw that BadWolf mentioned something like this sometime ago, but do not know if a solution was found.

I have tested with Easel and it works perfectly.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

Thanks

Steve

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**Author:** ![WillAdams](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/willadams/32/67263_2.png) [@WillAdams](https://community.inventables.com/u/WillAdams)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 1:09pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/xcarve-moving-in-wrong-direction-with-grbl-controller/22903/2 "2016-04-25T13:09:00Z")

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When I encountered that w/ Grbl Controller, it was caused by an unsupported G-code:

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I believe that Easel does some filtering of G-code so as to avoid this sort of thing.