Note(s) from the talk:
- @jkopel 's unit was not direct from the production line, but it’s only a week or two old, and it was made on a low-volume line at our manufacturer, not in our office.
- @rpegg, yeah, we were tempted to just send something out and say “look we shipped something to someone” - but that didn’t seem right.
- @eva worked for a NASA subcontractor, but consumer power supplies are a whole different thing, so we brought in specialists. Also, Eva’s busy on the mainboard.
- @jkopel has a basic, and requested a window vent unit (not a filter).
- Manual lets you enter parameters (raster or vector, speed, power, focus) for a given color directly, instead of reading presets from the material (assuming you’re using material you got from us). If you bring your own material, ‘manual’ is the only option available.
- Yes, the lens is an insane fisheye lens that’s been de-distorted (retorted?) to rectangular.
- I can’t remember if Tony shared a screenshot of the spec or the live code, but they’re pretty close either way.
- Re: the box, that was Josh’s unit from the factory. It was a terrible shot because I was literally running past it when I took the picture. Evenings I tend to comb through my phone and see if there’s anything worth posting about. There’s always a tradeoff between working on the product and working on nice pictures and posts. But sorry I forgot to update you on what that actually was!
- Re: laser thursday, we usually see 5-10 cool projects finished (and lots more partway done) but many of them are personal, so they don’t make it on to the forums.
- Re: social media, everyone in the office has their favorite, but we try to get all the best stuff into the forum ASAP. And if we miss it, some ambassador from the forums always seem to manage to retrieve it.
- re: T&Cs, we have committed to keeping the basic service (that is, everything you saw in the video) free forever. In the future, we might sell different products, with different ways of charging.
You get a Glowforge! And you get a Glowforge!
–dan