Not as yet, I haven’t got enough of a build up to worry about it. I’ll get out there, in the next littlewhile, with some solvents and cotton buds, give a few a try, and let you know if I have any success,
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Thanks. I am thinking of the non-regular users going “Ewww, why is that so dirty?” or “Will that stain my {whatever project they are working on}?” 
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If you don’t have the vacuum, you can probably just pop it out, flip it over and bang it a few times. That might be easier.
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Yeah…might do that instead…
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I would have to undo 8 or 10 bolts to do that and I’m not certain that, away from its frame, the honeycomb would take kindly to that kind of treatment.
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Do you have any tips or experience on cleaning the honeycomb to knock down the build up?
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I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned this, but - the honeycomb has an open area on the bottom for detritus to fall, and a slot at the front so you can just tip and shake the whole thing in the garbage.
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That’s a nice touch!
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This is obviously feature creep. I’m concerned. 
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I vacuum mine weekly. To clean the staining I spray it with isopropyl alcohol and the use gojo orange cleaner on a large (4") fingernail type brush I got off Amazon. Then a rinse and back in (it pops out on the 60W machine - I have a nail bed for the K40). I don’t really get any honeycomb specific residue - just the backflow from the material cut itself so although it looks sketchy, it’s not really a problem to have a smokey honeycomb.
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On the topic of tray and all and cleaning… As this is supposed to be retail and appear to non tech non manual things people most of js fine with a brush to clean it but I know someone going to try the dishwasher… So dishwasher safe?
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I believe the tray is made from aluminium, although I think I may have read that it’s “handily magnetic”, if it is aluminium then that would be a no to dishwasher detergent. Aluminium and caustic preparations don’t play well together.
The tray is not aluminum as they have said that it is ferrous so that a magnet will stick to it.
It may be stainless of some type or a plain mild steel. Some stainless alloys do fine with dishwasher detergent, some not so much. Perhaps they will let us know what it is.
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All you doing is making thing thing less and less desirable. Also, I can’t get to the web site to check when I actually ordered this dud so I know what part of the “next” year we’ll need to wait.
You can send them an e-mail asking for the exact date of your order, or if you have the confirmation e-mai from the time you purchased the GF it should have the date…
The mail is (I believe so) support@glowforge.com
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I’d like to be able to stack pancakes instead of washers, but there is no standard thickness, so this could be an issue. However I could etch pictures onto them, then eat them. There will need to be a pancake etching setting.
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My cheap toaster has a thin metal crumb tray that can easily be slid out of the toaster to empty the crumbs into the compost bucket.
In my case it’s totally the opposite, I want it more every day, and in the meantime I’m studying F360 and other softwares to create my designs.
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My toaster can do some bread etching, but I think the Glowforge will do it better 
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My toaster only has a 6x5" bed size 
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