diff --git a/src/core/core.scale.js b/src/core/core.scale.js
index 53e90c64215..14b4af404da 100644
--- a/src/core/core.scale.js
+++ b/src/core/core.scale.js
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ var Scale = Element.extend({
 		me._start = start;
 		me._end = end;
 		me._reverse = reverse;
-		me._length = me._end - me._start;
+		me._length = end - start;
 	},
 
 	afterUpdate: function() {
diff --git a/src/scales/scale.linear.js b/src/scales/scale.linear.js
index 398fce8fc7a..44bf811cb66 100644
--- a/src/scales/scale.linear.js
+++ b/src/scales/scale.linear.js
@@ -158,20 +158,12 @@ module.exports = LinearScaleBase.extend({
 
 	// Utils
 	getPixelForValue: function(value) {
-		// This must be called after fit has been run so that
-		// this.left, this.top, this.right, and this.bottom have been defined
 		var me = this;
-		var start = me.min;
-		var rightValue = +me.getRightValue(value);
-		var range = me.max - start;
-		return me.getPixelForDecimal((rightValue - start) / range);
+		return me.getPixelForDecimal((+me.getRightValue(value) - me.min) / me._range);
 	},
 
 	getValueForPixel: function(pixel) {
-		var me = this;
-		var start = me.min;
-		var range = me.max - start;
-		return start + me.getDecimalForPixel(pixel) * range;
+		return this.min + this.getDecimalForPixel(pixel) * this._range;
 	},
 
 	getPixelForTick: function(index) {
diff --git a/src/scales/scale.linearbase.js b/src/scales/scale.linearbase.js
index 7f68279db6c..d9d0901f6e3 100644
--- a/src/scales/scale.linearbase.js
+++ b/src/scales/scale.linearbase.js
@@ -231,5 +231,13 @@ module.exports = Scale.extend({
 		me.zeroLineIndex = me.ticks.indexOf(0);
 
 		Scale.prototype.convertTicksToLabels.call(me);
+	},
+
+	_configure: function() {
+		var me = this;
+
+		Scale.prototype._configure.call(me);
+
+		me._range = me.max - me.min;
 	}
 });
diff --git a/src/scales/scale.logarithmic.js b/src/scales/scale.logarithmic.js
index 9ec6e4316c4..4fc13eb316b 100644
--- a/src/scales/scale.logarithmic.js
+++ b/src/scales/scale.logarithmic.js
@@ -268,15 +268,18 @@ module.exports = Scale.extend({
 		return significand * Math.pow(10, exp);
 	},
 
-	_getParams: function() {
+	_configure: function() {
 		var me = this;
 		var start = me.min;
 		var offset = 0;
+
+		Scale.prototype._configure.call(me);
+
 		if (start === 0) {
 			start = me._getFirstTickValue(me.minNotZero);
 			offset = valueOrDefault(me.options.ticks.fontSize, defaults.global.defaultFontSize) / me._length;
 		}
-		return {
+		me._params = {
 			start: log10(start),
 			offset: offset,
 			range: (log10(me.max) - log10(start)) / (1 - offset)
@@ -286,12 +289,11 @@ module.exports = Scale.extend({
 	getPixelForValue: function(value) {
 		var me = this;
 		var decimal = 0;
-		var params;
+		var params = me._params;
 
 		value = +me.getRightValue(value);
 
 		if (value > me.min && value > 0) {
-			params = me._getParams();
 			decimal = (log10(value) - params.start) / params.range + params.offset;
 		}
 		return me.getPixelForDecimal(decimal);
@@ -299,7 +301,7 @@ module.exports = Scale.extend({
 
 	getValueForPixel: function(pixel) {
 		var me = this;
-		var params = me._getParams();
+		var params = me._params;
 		var decimal = me.getDecimalForPixel(pixel);
 		return decimal === 0 && me.min === 0
 			? 0
diff --git a/src/scales/scale.time.js b/src/scales/scale.time.js
index e0e12f52bf2..6027e757a8e 100644
--- a/src/scales/scale.time.js
+++ b/src/scales/scale.time.js
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ function computeOffsets(table, ticks, min, max, options) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return {start: start, end: end};
+	return {start: start, end: end, range: start + 1 + end};
 }
 
 function setMajorTicks(scale, ticks, map, majorUnit) {
@@ -595,7 +595,6 @@ module.exports = Scale.extend({
 		me.max = Math.max(min + 1, max);
 
 		// PRIVATE
-		me._horizontal = me.isHorizontal();
 		me._table = [];
 		me._timestamps = {
 			data: timestamps,
@@ -610,16 +609,16 @@ module.exports = Scale.extend({
 		var max = me.max;
 		var options = me.options;
 		var timeOpts = options.time;
-		var timestamps = [];
+		var timestamps = me._timestamps;
 		var ticks = [];
 		var i, ilen, timestamp;
 
 		switch (options.ticks.source) {
 		case 'data':
-			timestamps = me._timestamps.data;
+			timestamps = timestamps.data;
 			break;
 		case 'labels':
-			timestamps = me._timestamps.labels;
+			timestamps = timestamps.labels;
 			break;
 		case 'auto':
 		default:
@@ -723,13 +722,9 @@ module.exports = Scale.extend({
 	 */
 	getPixelForOffset: function(time) {
 		var me = this;
-		var isReverse = me.options.ticks.reverse;
-		var size = me._horizontal ? me.width : me.height;
-		var start = me._horizontal ? isReverse ? me.right : me.left : isReverse ? me.bottom : me.top;
+		var offsets = me._offsets;
 		var pos = interpolate(me._table, 'time', time, 'pos');
-		var offset = size * (me._offsets.start + pos) / (me._offsets.start + 1 + me._offsets.end);
-
-		return isReverse ? start - offset : start + offset;
+		return me.getPixelForDecimal((offsets.start + pos) / offsets.range);
 	},
 
 	getPixelForValue: function(value, index, datasetIndex) {
@@ -758,9 +753,8 @@ module.exports = Scale.extend({
 
 	getValueForPixel: function(pixel) {
 		var me = this;
-		var size = me._horizontal ? me.width : me.height;
-		var start = me._horizontal ? me.left : me.top;
-		var pos = (size ? (pixel - start) / size : 0) * (me._offsets.start + 1 + me._offsets.start) - me._offsets.end;
+		var offsets = me._offsets;
+		var pos = me.getDecimalForPixel(pixel) * offsets.range - offsets.end;
 		var time = interpolate(me._table, 'pos', pos, 'time');
 
 		// DEPRECATION, we should return time directly