Prolight 1000 Machining Center

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This is a Prolight 1000 CNC built by Intelitek in 1990's. The base is metal reinforced epoxy granite. The spindle is a 1HP Baldor 90VDC motor. Motion control is done through 3 Nema23 stepper motors. It has table travel of (XYZ) 12in, 6in, 7in.The CNC was built for educational institutions and is very high quality for the size of the machine. Intelitek's control system is very dated so I upgrade the motion control cabinet to a Gecko G540 stepper control and a CNC4PC C94 Multifunction board that interfaces with Mach4.The model I created is not complete and most dimensions are based on measurement and estimating. I did not include the motors/leadscrews as well as other details but I created this model to use as a reference. One of my intentions was to have something to create an enclosure with so I can add a coolant system and move the tool changer off the work table. The other purpose was to allow me to play with setups and fixturing within a CAD tool.I know there are a few of these around so hopefully some of you will find it useful. It is an excellent hobby CNC that can be found pretty reasonably priced, especially if it needs controls updated. I mostly use it to cut plastics and aluminum but it does handle steel if you can tolerate slower feed rates using the stock motors. I believe it could be significantly improved with some good servomotors and a feedback system as the base and rail systems are incredibly rigid for this type of machine.