# Cutting issues need help

**URL:** <https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/cutting-issues-need-help/10302>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting (X35/X50)\
**Created:** [January 13, 2022, 12:14am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/cutting-issues-need-help/10302 "2022-01-13T00:14:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Budman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@Budman](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/Budman)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 12:14am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/cutting-issues-need-help/10302/1 "2022-01-13T00:14:44Z")

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My machine occasionally will make deep cut and ruining my project what do I need to do

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**Author:** ![JimHatch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/jimhatch/32/3928_2.png) [@JimHatch](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/JimHatch)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/cutting-issues-need-help/10302/2 "2022-01-13T00:21:14Z")

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Is the bit slipping? That can be caused by sawdust packing up inside the collet or by a bit whose shank isn’t true to dimensions. The first can cause the bit to slip down during a cut but the second would typically be a bad height from the start.

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**Author:** ![349iq2345](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/bb73d2/32.png) [@349iq2345](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/349iq2345)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/cutting-issues-need-help/10302/3 "2022-01-13T00:26:44Z")

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Hey Rand,

possibly loose bit in collet, or loose Z Ball Screw Coupler

- [Roughing bit increases depth ruining the work](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/roughing-bit-increases-depth-ruining-the-work/8730)
- [Z Axis Changes During Cut](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/z-axis-changes-during-cut/2266)
- [Home, zero, load, run then z hops to new zero](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/home-zero-load-run-then-z-hops-to-new-zero/9094/3)

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**Author:** ![rockytoptim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/rockytoptim/32/3016_2.png) [@rockytoptim](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/rockytoptim)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 5:26am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/cutting-issues-need-help/10302/4 "2022-01-13T05:26:25Z")

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I agree with @JimHatch & @349iq2345. I’ve had my bit slip and cause a deeper cut. I take the collet out and blow it out with some air to clean it out.