# My first project! Semi successful **URL:** \ **Category:** Projects\ **Created:** [April 20, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/my-first-project-semi-successful/3499 "2018-04-20T03:57:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![ScrumdyBum](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/scrumdybum/32/4779_2.png) [@ScrumdyBum](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/ScrumdyBum)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/my-first-project-semi-successful/3499/3 "2018-04-20T11:31:38Z")
> [@Z axis only moving the router some of the time](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/z-axis-only-moving-the-router-some-of-the-time/133/16): > > Alright. Finally got back to address my issues on the z-axis. I believe my main issues were the router itself, I got one from the bottom of the QA heap. I had the bungie cord with preload on there router but I was still experiencing issues. In the end I think the bungie was hurting the performance, I needed something I could more accurately reproduce over and over. More on that later. In the end I did a couple things that really have made it rock solid. First thing I did was check to see how … Here is a good post on solving that issue. Mine has been working after I: Added rubber bands to keep constant downward pressure on the router. Looked for highspots in the inside of the router base. Especially in the channel where the bead on the router lines up. File this down slightly Loosen the router base clamp just enough so the router slides freely but does not have a lot of slop. Wax the the router where it slides in the base. Don’t give up on it, it gets better after you work out a few kinks --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/my-first-project-semi-successful/3499)._