The ShopSabre PRO 408 is an American-built CNC router with a reputation for rigid, dependable sheet processing that has made it a staple in cabinet, sign, millwork, and plastics shops. This 2019 PRO 408 offers a 60" x 100" cut area with 16" of Z travel and 12" of gantry clearance, driven by industrial ball screws on all axes with a dual-driven Y-axis, AC brushless servo motors with individual amplifiers, and 25mm linear guide rails and bearings. The OEM rates the PRO Series at 1,200 IPM rapid traverse, 800 IPM cutting speed, and +/-.001" positional repeatability. Cutting power comes from an HSD AT/MT1090-140 manual-change spindle rated 7 kW (9.3 HP) at 18,000 RPM, controlled by a Mitsubishi FR-A820 variable frequency drive, with a Z-axis air balancer supporting the head. The machine runs the ShopSabre WinCNC industrial controller on a Windows PC with a 24" touchscreen monitor and Vectric VCarve Pro CAD/CAM software. Workholding and setup are handled by a 4-zone vacuum table with MDF spoilboard, a Prime F4 4-zone 10 HP vacuum system, pop-up reference pins, a tool-measure switch, and a material-height touch pad, while a cyclone dust collector with cartridge filter and a quick-release 4" dust skirt keep the work area clean. A selection of router bits is included.
Shops stepping up from ShopSabre's earlier 4814 or 3636 routers will find the PRO 408 built on the company's professional PRO Series platform: a welded, stress-relieved structural steel frame, a steel tube gantry with 12" of clearance, ball screw drives on every axis with ShopSabre's anti-whip twin-screw Y-axis, and closed-loop AC servo motors with encoder feedback. The larger 60" x 100" cut area handles full 4' x 8' and 5' x 8' sheets with room to spare, and the 16" Z travel opens up thicker stock and taller fixtures. For a shop growing out of a smaller or older router, the PRO 408 is designed to deliver faster nested cutting, cleaner edge finish, and the stiffness to run harder materials with confidence.