# X, Y, axis not carving at 90 degree

**URL:** <https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/x-y-axis-not-carving-at-90-degree/23812>\
**Category:** Original/PRO Series (Buildbotics) (Gen 1)\
**Created:** [December 4, 2023, 6:57am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/x-y-axis-not-carving-at-90-degree/23812 "2023-12-04T06:57:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![pmck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e56c9b/32.png) [@pmck](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/pmck)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 6:57am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/x-y-axis-not-carving-at-90-degree/23812/1 "2023-12-04T06:57:14Z")

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X Y axis not 9o degree, when a square is flipped, out of square by 1.5 degree

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**Author:** ![ConvenientWoodwork](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/convenientwoodwork/32/22558_2.png) [@ConvenientWoodwork](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/ConvenientWoodwork)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/x-y-axis-not-carving-at-90-degree/23812/2 "2023-12-04T12:00:51Z")

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Check out this post. It should be able to help you get straightened out. Pun intended.

> [@Is your router frame a parallelogram? Mine was!](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/is-your-router-frame-a-parallelogram-mine-was/6086):
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> I’m on day 2 of CNC setup and I just discovered something that I do not recall seeing on this forum so I thought I’d share. I mounted my machine per the instructions in the manual and YouTube video and it seemed to go well. Everything was jogging smoothly and no binding was evident. I expect most other people have the same experience (good job on design Onefinity!). I was in process of making my spoilboard (t-nuts) and got ahead of myself. I mounted the board to the table and surfaced it, tram…

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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:** [December 4, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/x-y-axis-not-carving-at-90-degree/23812/3 "2023-12-04T12:38:47Z")

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Hey Peter,

> [@X axis slop journeyman 50](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/x-axis-slop-journeyman-50/23681/3):
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> Have you ensured accurately that your machine is [**rectangular** (“squared”) (_bar gauge_) and **coplanar** (“not twisted”) (_fishing line method_)](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/what-do-i-do-first/18349/6)?

> [@What do I do first](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/what-do-i-do-first/18349/6):
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> to consider a machine ready to start work, I would make sure, especially with the Onefinity CNC machine, that it is
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> 1. **rectangular** (“squared”) and that it is
> 2. **coplanar** (not twisted).

> [@Surfacing the Wasteboard (QCW Secure from Beneath - Woodworker X50)](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/surfacing-the-wasteboard-qcw-secure-from-beneath-woodworker-x50/20482/2):
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> Be sure that before you flatten your wasteboard that your machine is [checked for rectangularity and coplanarity](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/what-do-i-do-first/18349/6), because if it is twisted or a parallelogram, flattening the worksurface will not help.

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