Sadly and reluctantly cancelling for now due to the way my taxes versus depreciation works. With the money in escrow its making things convoluted with the accounting. I know Dan is going to ship a great product, and I’ll eventually be ordering again I’m sure.
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Sorry to hear that Rich. (I understand tax implications though…had to quit designing because of it.)
(One last thought though…the discount we got for pre-ordering is a pretty big chunk of change to have to abandon- did you factor that into your calculations?)
Good luck and hope to see you back soon.
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Well the final decision was because our local manufacturing space has a Amada Pulsar 4000W Laser that I’ll have access to. Talk about overkill, but even at $65/hr for use time it will do for now.
But there are still quite a few things that glowforge can do so much simpler than that behemoth.
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hate to see you go, hopefully you can make your way back to this crazy town soon! and 4KW, sweet 
Always hate to see anyone cancel.
Here’s a little something to tide you over.
Hope to see you here again soon. Sad to see people leaving after such a positive update this month.
Totally get why though.
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Will that do anything other than metal? (steel)
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I don’t know yet. This place RCBI has so much stuff that I’m in no way qualified to touch yet that I don’t even know all of the capabilities. They even have full color 3d printing, and 3d metal printing capabilities. 3d printed titanium anyone? A 3 Axis rotary cutter with a bed size of 10x20x16.
Honestly I’m as excited by the prospect of training as much as I am by the equipment. I have no need of the industrial equipment, but learning from folks who build stuff for NASA? Now that is exciting.
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Oh man, as a pre-release recipient, I can honestly say that if you can manage in any way possible to keep your order alive, then do so; I doubt you will regret it…
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Ask them to buy your spot! Then you can still have access to a glowforge. Win-win, they get a great deal on a glowforge and you get “discounted rate” access to it.
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Sorry it came to this for you, Rich. Hope your alternate plan works out.
Too bad! 
Wish you better luck rich.