Hello! I took the plunge on a Chinese laser to hold me over until the glowforge is ready.
It got delivered today and looks great. I’m going to check the wiring tonight/tomarrow and make sure the grounding is sound. Then il make sure the mirrors are aligned and by Windows laptop comes Monday and hopefully il get moved into the workshop this weekend so it will be ready to go (knock on wood)
That’s a great size. I use one that size in my MakerSpace. It’s great for when the K40 isn’t big enough or I want to put a bunch of stuff in a single run.
Where did you get this one? Ebay? Looks like it’s got room on the end to pop an extension box and drop an 80W tube in there when you go wear out the 60W.
All that cool glassware that you see in chemistry labs? That is scientific glassblowing.
Well a lot of the simpler stuff is mass produced, but the fancy condensers and such are often hand made. http://www.ilpi.com/glassblowing/glassblowing.html
Very nice! I looked at that model as well, but decided to go as cheap as possible, since after the 'Forge arrives it’s essentially going to be a paperweight.
I dont agree, If I had gotten a k40 then that would become a paper weight, the working area on this is much larger then the glow forge and upgradable in a lot of ways. This one has a lot of benefits over the glow forge unlike the k40.