Need Help Gerber 408 CNC Router Help

3D on the Sabre with Artpath is a little misleading it is only for “V” carving and raised prismatic letters. To do true 3D you need another program such as Artcam. Programs that work with the Sabre are a bit limited. Coolant mister is only needed for cutting aluminum and other soft metals, but I have not used one personally. The bits make a big difference for cutting aluminum, single O flute work well even without the mister.

 

This should get you going.
Good luck!

 

I’ve been using gerbers for years. Hit me up!

 

Artpath is pretty limited, you're going to have to spend some money for new software or get creative in feeding the machine G-code. I thought Enroute had drivers for the Gerbers, I don't have experience with Artcam. Mind the lead screws on the machine, they can take a beating under heavy use and if the coating starts to wear off you're going to have to replace them. I have some PDFs on changing all three axis screws if you need. It's a chore, but not terrible to change them.

 

Does anyone know if the old version artpath can open standard gcode gcode txt or tap files and what post processor in vectric would be compatible with gerber dimension 200 or if not what other program would be able to create amgcode the gerber would run

 

I use NCPlot for generating and opening gcode for viewing. Otherwise you can open any gcode with any .txt editor. If your gerber is set up like most gcode reading machines, your code to start the mister should be
M7
for turning off the mister, its
M9
If you set your tool up to .5", then look for a line of gcode reading
G00 Z1
find and replace with
G00 Z1 M9
If you are cutting .063" aluminum, look for the line reading something close to this.
G01 F10 Z-.0625
then find and replace with
G01 F10 Z-.0625 M7
Of course you need air hooked up to the mister, the switch flipped the right direction, and the Trico MD mister I used to have was incredibly picky about where the air, fluid, and initial psi were set. If you aren't putting out a super fine mist, as opposed to a spray, then you need to keep tweaking the settings. And the fluid I was using was $30-50 a gallon. I swapped to non oil lube, just let me know if you're interested there.

 

Thanks i dont use a mister ...what im trying to find out is what other softeware if any can i use to create gcode gerber artpath will run

 

Wrong person to reply to, I thought you were the OP. But, as far as your issue goes, most people prefer to go with something like Enroute or Vcarve, as it does a great deal of the thinking for the operator. If you'd rather save some money and invest more time in making your files, you can add offsets in whatever program you are making artwork in, export a DXF, then import that into NCplot, and generate Gcode all day. I'm not certain that it would run on a gerber artpath, but I would assume so as it's just a gcode converter, and other than a few exceptions, most major CNC machines run the same Gcode.