Gerber Sabre 408 issue

Hi all,

I have an issue with our Gerber 408 router and ARTpath (version 2.6.0.17).
The issue is that the router doesn't seem to accept the "Z Lift" option in the Job Output window. Default value in that window is ~6 something, and no matter what I type in there, the router won't lift the spindle any higher than default.

This is what the help section says:
"The lift height range is 0 to 12 inches (0 to 30.48 cm). We recommend that you type a Z Lift height in the text box 0.25 inches (.64 cm) above the thickness of the material. For example, setting the Z Lift height to 2.25 inches raises the tool 0.25 above a 2-inch thick material. This results in the minimum lift height to clear the material (which saves time) while avoiding tool or design damage."

Any idea what I'm doing wrong here?

 

Thanks for your replies. I'm not new to this, we've had the machine for about 8 years or so. For this special scenario, it's because of a template we made that holds another material in place, with screws and things sticking up above the surface of the actual material that needs to be machined, so it was actually the first time we had to consider this setting. Unfortunately, no matter what value I put in, it still only raises the tool to the default value. So even though I put 10 in the example above, it still won't lift the tool any higher than the default value of 6 (?), that's the reason I asked about this.

 

Yes that should work as a workaround for this.

I guess the feature mentioned in my first post must be bugged, or that I simply don't understand what it is supposed to do.