Vytek Rebel Router questions
Has anyone ever heard of a vytek rebel 4x8 cnc router table before? I have seen rebel II models online but can't seem to find any info on the rebel I anywhere? I am thinking about buying one but I am not 100% sure it works because it is at a used equipment warehouse and nobody there knows anything about it. Most of the rebel II models I have seen are laser systems. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also, if the stepper motors were bad how much trouble do you think it would be to swap the stepper driver and motors out for another brand? Thanks again for any help!!!
Enroute software with Vytek Rebel II
EnRoute software works pretty well with our Vytek Rebel II. We used version 2.3 from 1999 - 2010 in our sign shop, until we upgraded to version 4 this year. Since we've owned this machine, we have cut thousands of signs and it has paid for itself many times over.
Personally, I have found the Vytek tech support people fairly helpful. We have replaced a couple of motors over the years and they were pretty good about assisting us to diagnose the problem and find the solution.
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rszemeti
My advice: AVOID.
Its hard to find CAM software that talks to the Vytek stuff, the attitude of Vytek is that you need to pay them to talk to them, they don't publish even basic user info on their website, won't reveal simple info like what baud rate to use to upload programs unless (you guessed it) you pay them, etc etc etc. As a result its hard/impossible to find any community support, very few packages apart from their own ($2000 a time) package drive it etc.
Buy a machine with a published and open interface, at least you'll be able to interface it to your favourite routing package!