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A quick warning about cleaning: Overly-aggressive cleaning can damage the sensitive electronic components of your machine – there have been many cases where someone reports an issue after a “deep cleaning” only to find out that they’ve caused some larger problem.
With that in mind, we should defer to the official support site and documentation. Even if you already know all about Glowforge maintenance it’s a good idea to check these pages in case they are updated with new guidance. Here’s the link:
https://support.glowforge.com/hc/en-us/sections/11792691970075-Cleaning
Maintenance: sometimes your belts or other hardware need to be adjusted in your performance series machine or your rails need cleaning in your Aura:
https://support.glowforge.com/hc/en-us/sections/11794424918427-Belts-Pulleys-Hardware
Filter: you periodically need to replace the cartridge, it’s a bit of a judgment call. Here’s a guide:
And that’s usually all there is to it. Stick to these guidelines and you should get the most out of your machine for a long time to come.