Glowforge release

[Kev Williams]

My Gravograph LS900, from the moment the screen shows it's loading data (via parallel port), I can start lasering. Actually, all of my Gravo/New Hermes equipment will run before the job data is fully uploaded.

My Triumph and GCC won't show a new job until it's fully loaded up.

All depends on the maker I suppose, and it seems the GF lets you run while uploading. Even though the machine instruction data is digital, it's loaded and used analogously, shouldn't be a problem. It's not with my machines...

[Bert Kemp]

getting back to the GF Ive been reading about a lot of unhappy campers wondering why their GF stops running every day its over 75 in the house LOL Did this one have close loop cooling like the GF ?

[Bill George]

getting back to the GF Ive been reading about a lot of unhappy campers wondering why their GF stops running every day its over 75 in the house LOL Did this one have close loop cooling like the GF ?

Most of the Chinese machines have no shut off, so like yours overheating it will damage the tube. A closed loop water system can never cool the water below the room temperature even with a good radiator or a bucket. That is why I invested in a chiller.

[Bert Kemp]

yea no kidding those GF with the close loop will never run in hot weather, it was 111 at my house today 82 inside and my rabbit ran a good part of the day no problem, water temp 66 to 72 then add more Ice LOL -

[Jerome Stanek]

I see they have more problems then we have here and no phone support. Email or forum and with Email they say it may take 3 days to respond

[Jacob John]

I present to you, a competitor. Seriously, I feel strange after watching this.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...r-and-engraver

[Matt McCoy]

He made two signs for a pub. One is BB and the other is acrylic with LED. There are pics/video in the FB group, if you're curious how they turned out.

[Bill George]

Oh Humm, things we do everyday with our not famous laser engravers are accepted as miracles on the GF.

[Matt McCoy]

Glowforge is now available on Amazon.

[Art Mann]

I think it is hilarious that the ad says "Create stunning 3-D products" and they have a picture of a cheap billfold as an example. Normal leather working methods would be more efficient. I guess their definition of "stunning" is different from mine.

[Dave Sheldrake]

Glowforge is now available on Amazon.

So is Chinese rubber simulated dog poo and cut out face masks of the Brady Bunch

[Jeff Body]

I saw this the other day. The 1 once of safety it has and someone has figured out a way of bypassing it.
Now we don't even have to be near it to start it up.
Excellent idea.

[Jerome Stanek]

I got a kick out of the discussion they had about how much to charge for the use of their Glowforge. Some want as much as $75 an hour and that includes the time it takes to calibrate and render the cut. I see some of the people say it takes a long time to calibrate and then may take hours to cut a simple file that we can set up and cut in minutes. They still are having problems with the alignment

[John Lifer]

Glowforge is now available on Amazon.

So What? I sell on Amazon and so do millions of Chinese. And that is saying NOTHING......... But bad reviews WILL kill them there.