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I didnt get there yet man. I'm building a 6x10 plasma table. It seems like I'm actually moving backwards at times. Will post updates in the near future I hope.

Tfigs thanks ) Hope people find them as useful as I do. I know no other way to proceed. Have started disassembling the gerber, going to spend a few days scrubbing it. Then I am going to clompletely...

Tfigs thanks ) Hope people find them as useful as I do. I know no other way to proceed. Have started disassembling the gerber, going to spend a few days scrubbing it.
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Hi Karl, Tex )

No progress really, work ramped up so I'm too tired in the evenings for hobbies. I'm tipping away, slowly like water. I'll get there. Regarding your post Karl, i would say use my...

Tex yah,m no need to update the photos above, i understand what you mean without doing so.

The servo (drives / amplifiers / amps) are located in the underside section, with the arrow in this pic....

All good.

vfd box

https://i.imgur.com/TG7ArUH.png

https://i.imgur.com/q8EN6yx.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/2mkB0Us.jpg

This is the larger control box. Its a very nice box, very well made. Its also huge. I'm going to chop it up and make a smaller box with it, for the VFD. Looking forwards to cutting and melting stuff...

I have two of those driver boards that im not using, you are welcome to them for the price of postage and packing, they are no good to me.

I got the new driver boards working, weeeew! EA and EB...

Heya )

my display will be a normal dell computer monitor, and to control it I'm, going to use a normal dell computer keyboard.
All that's left from the original machine is the actual router, in...

lights, letters. I bought red and blue and I was going with the blue but it shorted when I bent it. Looking at it I think orange might suit it. I'm going to get a flashing beacon on there as well,...

I messed up and cut the wires that I thought were redundant. nice and short. So now I have to buy new encoder connectors. The part numbers are as follows and they are not expensive, thankfully.
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I have the wiring almost completed, however, I connected the encoder to the drive, but I dont see any activity. Readig the drive manual, it seems the EA and EB lights should flicker when the motor is...

Cheers David. So I made the vid below, it doesn't look isolated. I'm considering measuring the voltage running into that DC-DC converter, and then buying a suitable wall-wart to power it.
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David, I went for option 3, create a shared ground with a terminal block by the masso -ve.

However, I forgot to mention, that I'm powering the masso, the servo drives and the encoders all from the...

Awesome, thanks!

I had stared at different configurations and read the manual all day, and in the end my guess was just that, a good guess.

Im going to establish where all the wires go before...

@machdrives, can you assist please? I'm trying to figure out how to connect STEP / DIR and EN / ERR to the masso's 4 ports, see below.

I think its S+ and D+ on the drive to STEP and DIR on the...

sound thanks

machdrives servo drive - gerber encoder harness

https://i.imgur.com/4U2H4MS.png

getting somewhere with the control box

https://i.imgur.com/PCZWKeU.png

behold the goodness my friend - the net made my life easier and now I can do the same to yours -

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/commercial-cnc-wood-routers/349322-re-wiring-gerber-sabre-408-a.html

i didnt wire it yet im still collecting the parts for the project. My Gerber was not working when i bought it so I have never worked with the original control panel.


I can sell you the original...

buy a new inverter. I have a 408 with the 7hp three phase spindle, this is the inverter i used, it is 220V single phase > 220V three phase. I do not know if it will suit yours, but i do think it will...

buy a new inverter. I have a 408 with the 7hp three phase spindle, this is the inverter i used, it is 220V single phase > 220V three phase. I do not know if it will suit yours, but i do think it will...

cheers, nice of you. I have been chatting with masso support as well and I think I can manage now. Will update this thread with pics of the wiring as it comes together.

Wanted to add this pic to...

David that's unreal, thanks so much!

Hi all


So I bought a broken Gerber 408 and am installing a new controller and servo drives, but keeping the original servo motors.

I'm starting this thread both to get assistance and also so...

Hi there, did the Geckos work? I am in exactly the same position as you, I bought a used Sabre 408 with an electrical fault, it has the same model servos, Parvex RX320ER1026.

I'm looking for...

Cheers Davy ) had a look at the Leadshines, certainly cheaper than the geckos. I'm afraid I dont know who Gerry is?

Looking at the various software / controller combos now... its interesting,...

have persons permission, pics of the gerber 408, Y axis leadscrew, rotating nut drop-box, machined to accept a stepper )

http://i.imgur.com/4ZvyTtn.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/EArshJY.jpg
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I had such hope in this thread, and it just stopped!

Dunno will you get an email notification from this reply, but if you do, what did you end up going with?

I put a deposit on a gerber 408...

Hi there,

I have bought an 8x4 router machine that needed a good looking at, but now is running pretty good. Some of the bearings needed replacing. There is a video below. As you can see in the...