Best place to buy laser materials in the UK

[natsosimple]

Hello,
My glowforge arrived today! Very excited to use it.
I’m UK based from South Wales (Cardiff), I’m looking for the best place to buy materials? Any advice would be appreciated for a newbie!
Thank you!

[evansd2]

My advice is to search the forum. This is a topic that come up a lot.

Search “uk materials” and you’ll get lots of info.

https://community.glowforge.com/search?q=Uk%20materials

[evansd2]

And since you’re new check this out

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[natsosimple]

Thank you! very helpful

[eflyguy]

Absolutely love Wales. My sister and family live in Blackwood/Oakdale, were formerly within sight of the castle in Caerphilly. My mom is in-process of moving to that area from Pembroke where she lived for 19 years, but after dad died last year she’s alone all the way out there.

[sqw]

Laser supplies now do mdf (and others) in exact glowforge sizes.

[sqw]

Hmm, other posts are a bit old now.

I can tell you I use laser supplies or Hobarts for all mine.

Kixtronix seem quite expensive.

Prices of most materials seem to have doubled in the past year.

[MakerMatthew]

Hobarts is a great place to start. Good source for light laser ply.

[natsosimple]

thank you Matthew! I will take a look on Hobarts

[MakerMatthew]

I think it will serve you well at the start.

[eflyguy]

Didn’t GF start selling materials in the UK? I seem to recall a recent discussion about a discount here in the US that wasn’t available over there.

Not saying you should stick to GF materials, just saying it’s an option - especially when you’re just starting out.

[evansd2]

For the record hobarts was mentioned several times in the posts I pointed you toward in the first reply.

Not to say that makermatthew wasn’t being helpful, just that it seems to be a common answer, one that search was easily able to provide. Search is the best tool on this forum for sure, at this point it’s rare for someone to ask a completely new question here.

[darlinglouis]

Hi! Just ordered my glow forge and I’m wondering the same thing, where to get materials. I have searched the other posts but they are all years out of date. I will watch this thread and hopefully will find somewhere!