Gerber sabre 404

[jdragun]

Anyone out there have one of these? We had a part pop. It's the trans orbital diodes from line 3 to line 7 on the bus bar. Looks like a voltage regulator to me, but the diodes blew up so bad I can't read them. We have called Gerber, but they are out of the cnc game and didn't seem to want to help much. We keep getting the run around. We have a job on the table and they are piling up behind it. Started looking at new routers but they are about 50 to 80k and this part is around $3 worth is diodes. Of someone could open the shrink wrap on their link I could get a picture of the diodes and make a new one.

Thank you.

 

[JBurton]

So, you may get the answer here, lots of knowledgeable folks still pushing sabres to their limits, fdarling on here has developed a drop in replacement board for these machines, aside from that, he has intimate knowledge of the machine, and could probably tell you what diodes in a second. Here's a link to his post about the motherboard replacement.

HELP!! Trying to identify problem with Gerber Router Electrical Cabinet.

If needed, I recently acquired two Gerber Sabre 404 machines without their computer and software. I will be retrofitting a different controller. Plus the machines came with two new motherboards and some other PC cards. I am looking to sell these controls, boards, cards, & spindles.

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[jdragun]

Thank you! Finally got someone at Gerber. They sent the schematic and could make piece at $40 each, minimum 19. Lol. Mouser had the parts for $1.21 each. We will make our own. Here is the pic of the schematic of someone needs to make one.

 

[Vassago]

That's the thing with most products these days.. Easy enough to repair IF you know what you need to replace.

 

[fdarling]

Thank you! Finally got someone at Gerber. They sent the schematic and could make piece at $40 each, minimum 19. Lol. Mouser had the parts for $1.21 each. We will make our own. Here is the pic of the schematic of someone needs to make one.

Did you have success repairing the cabinet by replacing those parts?