X Carve will home and jog, but moves in small increments when i execute program

After buying and assembling a used x carve,i have successfully jogged and homed the machine using the homing switches. I start the easel program and continue through the machine set up as prompted. When i attempted the test carve, the program worked as it should with the tool path and preview but the X carve was moving or jerking in the x and y axis, as if it were trying to run a program with a miniature design. I also noticed that after i set the work zero and raised the spindle, that it never moved in the z axis to engage the material after i pressed carve. I have a video i will upload later this evening…