# Taking the Tram to Smooth Cutsville **URL:** \ **Category:** Snapmaker 2.0 (3-in-1)\ **Created:** [January 22, 2022, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/taking-the-tram-to-smooth-cutsville/23837 "2022-01-22T23:48:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![sdj544](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.snapmaker.com/sdj544/32/11365_2.png) [@sdj544](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/sdj544)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/taking-the-tram-to-smooth-cutsville/23837/11 "2022-01-28T18:43:55Z")
> [@liquidmettle](#): > > As for checking if the X axis is parallel, > [@Carriage Tolerances - Unusable Over Distance \>75mm From Center](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/carriage-tolerances-unusable-over-distance-75mm-from-center/10706/33): > > Certainly could mill aluminum with proper endmills coated so you can run end mills dry. Only in the center of the bed though as you move out the bed is too flexible. I have a poorly made base it took a 0.020 aluminum shim between the base and MDF and it is reasonably flat now. I think milling the MDF to get closer to perfection would work well. I have cut 15 parts cut positioned dead center on the base 7" x 2" Black Walnut mostly, and the stability and repeatability is excellent, definitely ca… Post 33 in particular. Engineering blocks are the precise way. A couple cans are the low tech way. (If you use 3, you can check how consistent their dimensions are). > [@eh9](#): > > The other one, the Y-Z, is only adjustable with difficult, as there are no built-in adjustments in the SM. From the photos it looks like the x-z is the problem. And with deflection and the machines lack of rigidity in that direction, it ends up taking care of itself. -S --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/taking-the-tram-to-smooth-cutsville/23837)._