EXHIBIT 10.8

                AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this "Amendment") is made
and  entered into as of the 29th day of June, 1999 by and between
GERBER   SCIENTIFIC,   INC.,  a  Connecticut   corporation   (the
"Company") and Michael J. Cheshire (the "Executive") (the Company
and  the  Executive  may  collectively  be  referred  to  as  the
"Parties").   This Amendment amends the Employment  Agreement  by
and between the Parties, dated as of January 29, 1997, as amended
on June 1, 1998 (collectively the "Employment Agreement").

                            RECITALS

WHEREAS,  on  June  15,  1999,  the  Management  Development  and
Compensation   Committee   of  the  Board   of   Directors   (the
"Committee")  adopted  a Severance Policy  (the  "1999  Severance
Policy")  covering the senior officers of the Company,  including
the Executive;

WHEREAS,  on June 15, 1999, the Committee approved and adopted  a
form  of  Change-in-Control Agreement and authorized the Officers
of  the Company to enter into a Change-in-Control Agreement  with
the Executive;

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive entered into such a Change
in  Control  Agreement dated June 1, 1999 ("Executive  Change  in
Control Agreement"); and

WHEREAS,  the  Company and the Executive desire  to  conform  the
Employment  Agreement to the terms of the 1999  Severance  Policy
and the Executive Change in Control Agreement.

NOW,  THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the  mutual
covenants contained herein, the receipt and sufficiency of  which
are  hereby  acknowledged, the Parties, intending legally  to  be
bound, agree as follows:

A.   The  terms  of  Section  4.1  of  the  Employment  Agreement
     relating  to the severance benefits payable to the Executive
     in  the  event  of  termination of  the  employment  of  the
     Executive by the Company otherwise than for cause are hereby
     amended  to  incorporate the terms  of  the  1999  Severance
     Policy   into,  and  make  them  part  of,  the   Employment
     Agreement,  and  to provide that the benefits  of  the  1999
     Severance Policy shall be payable to the Executive  in  lieu
     of the benefits provided under said Section 4.1.

B.   The terms of the Executive Change in Control Agreement shall
     supercede and replace the Change-in-Control provisions set forth
     in Section 4.3 of the Employment Agreement.

C.   Nothing  in the Employment Agreement shall prevent or  limit
     the Executive's continued or future participation in any plan,
     program, policy or practice provided by the Company and for which
     the Executive may qualify and nothing in this Agreement shall
     limit or otherwise affect the rights the Executive may have under
     any other contract or agreement with the Company.

D.   Except  as  herein  provided, all terms  of  the  Employment
     Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

IN  WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Amendment  as
of the date first written above.

                              GERBER SCIENTIFIC, INC.


                              By: /s/ Gary K. Bennett
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                                  Gary K. Bennett


                              EXECUTIVE
                                  /s/ Michael J. Cheshire
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                                 Michael J. Cheshire