# Defining home for workpiece

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**Created:** [April 4, 2024, 12:32am UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/defining-home-for-workpiece/20515 "2024-04-04T00:32:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 12:32am UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/defining-home-for-workpiece/20515/1 "2024-04-04T00:32:22Z")

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There was a suggestion a few days ago that to set your workpiece into a known location, fasten a board along the bottom and left of your work area and have the maslow cut a straight edge on those pieces (the cuts will be perfectly horizontal and vertical as far as the machine is concerned)

I just saw a youtube video from Mike Farrington that does this one better.

cut a 1/4" slot in your wasteboard and then you can insert some 1/4" plywood into the slot for your workpiece to register against, and when you cut the stop, you just insert another piece rather than having to cut the registration again.