Gerber Sabre User Manual

Using the chip removal system ........................................................................................................... 25
Removing the pressure foot assembly................................................................................................ 26
Changing the pressure foot pad....................................................................................................... 27
Understanding Surface Reference....................................................................................................... 27
Setting the surface reference............................................................................................................. 28
Verifying surface reference at the Sabre ......................................................................................... 29
Z axis initialization................................................................................................................................ 30
Establishing a table surface reference.............................................................................................. 30
Establishing material surface reference........................................................................................... 31
Adjusting the depth .............................................................................................................................. 32
Adjusting a tool's initialization depth ............................................................................................. 32
Temporarily adjusting the initialization depth of a tool............................................................... 33
Mat milling............................................................................................................................................. 33
Safety guidelines ................................................................................................................................ 33
Milling the mat ................................................................................................................................... 34
Routing ........................................................................................................................................37
Safety guidelines ................................................................................................................................... 37
Pre-job checklist..................................................................................................................................... 38
Warming up the spindle....................................................................................................................... 39
Holding down material........................................................................................................................ 39
Using clamps....................................................................................................................................... 40
Using the T-Vac .................................................................................................................................. 41
Using sacrificial material................................................................................................................... 41
Material hold down guidelines ........................................................................................................ 42
Setting speed and feeds........................................................................................................................ 44
Changing spindle speed.................................................................................................................... 44
Overriding the X,Y feed rate............................................................................................................. 45
Position control...................................................................................................................................... 46
Returning to table 0,0 (orientation point) ....................................................................................... 47
Routing the job....................................................................................................................................... 47
Emergency stopping .......................................................................................................................... 49
Pausing and restarting routing......................................................................................................... 49
Verifying job size and boundaries ................................................................................................... 50
Setting and changing job home position......................................................................................... 50
Displaying elapsed job time.............................................................................................................. 51
Manual routing...................................................................................................................................... 51
Controlling the spindle air on ATC equipped machines................................................................. 52
Changing motors................................................................................................................................... 53
Maintenance .............................................................................................................................. 54
Daily inspection..................................................................................................................................... 54
Daily cleaning ........................................................................................................................................ 54
Recommended cleaning supplies .................................................................................................... 54
Table surface cleaning ....................................................................................................................... 55
X way cleaning.................................................................................................................................... 55
Y way cleaning.................................................................................................................................... 55
Lead screw cleaning........................................................................................................................... 55
Electrical cabinet air filter cleaning.................................................................................................. 56
Weekly maintenance............................................................................................................................. 56
Z axis lubrication................................................................................................................................ 56
Troubleshooting ........................................................................................................................57

Gerber Sabre Specifications

General

Brand	Gerber
Model	Sabre
Category	Printer
Language	English