My replacement GF has arrived, and all is right in my world once more. It took just long enough for me to actually be ready with a name other than “Glowforge,” too. This one has been christened Ignatius Ordgar (sharp fire).
I am on the list to replace the exhaust fan, but for now I am cleaning like crazy and I have the blue monster to eat what smoke gets into the room. Just packing and unpacking will need help I do not have at this moment. The thought of being without is also scary.
that was not suggested as there is nothing dead just dirty, but even that would be a challenge of pack and unpack. I do wish they had thought of “Geek-free plug and play” for all or most of the parts so any idiot such as myself could replace stuff without so much as a screwdriver, much as they did do with the laser head.