Best stuff to use is PEI. Don’t think its laser safe. But certainly CNC friendly.
CNC? PEI? Clearly I need to study materials. I guess it’s a good thing I have some time before I get my GlowForge, right?
Felt cuts GREAT with a laser. Nice clean cuts with no soot and VERY precise. I made liners for a box so I could put my glasses in it. It was so precise that the felt stayed in without gluing (I took it out and glued it but I didn’t really have to).
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Here is a good thread on vocabulary that should help you out.
Ok. Extending the Glowforge fixit contest to noon PGT (Pacific Glowforge Time). So 1 hour 45 minutes to go!
Am I skimming/remembering right that there is only one entry so far?
My 6-year old won her age category in a 5K that she didn’t actually finish… because she was the only entrant in her age group. It somehow isn’t the same winning a contest without competition. Particularly when I don’t think my fixit is stupendous. Just functional… material dependant. I’ve got some prototype ideas on the whiteboard, though, that I’m pretty excited about.
Slipping in under the wire? Here is my replacement bit for broken coffee grinder at my house. I will have to measure it when I get home, but it is an easy fix (with a laser) and should stop the coffee grinder from falling over every time I put it down.
How thick is this bottom piece?
IIRC the stub is extends about 1/4" from the base of the grinder, so the hole would be 3/8" deep to allow room for a glue-puddle. The entire thing should only be 1/2" deep. I will use acrylic. If my memory of the size is off, I may have to extend the depth using a second donut-shaped layer between the grinder and the new base pictured, or flip and cut if I have thicker acrylic on hand. It will certainly not be thicker than 1".
(The drawing is not to scale, I only had like 8 minutes before the “deadline” when I remembered about this and joined the contest 
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Thanks to all who submitted and participated in the thread. Since there were only a few entries: @jbv gets a matchbox, and @KyleQuinn gets a matchbox and @cmreeder gets a matchbox and @Xabbess gets a matchbox. Now I’ll just have to wait for that Glowforge. I’ll message you when I get my Forge. Also will ask you what size matchbox you would use, diamond or Best Choice which are different sizes. They will be my first projects. I figure that I would perfect one design and material so that I would always have something that’s gift worthy. As much as I would like to try all kinds of things, I might be best served by mastering one thing then moving on.
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Thank you! Very kind of you…especially considering I never got to carry out my term as a ‘judge’. I had been thinking of asking you if we were going to judge the entries that DID make it, but just kept spacing it. I will look forward to a matchbox.
Very cool. Honestly I didn’t know I was getting into something already, haha.
I am a bit upset with myself. I remember one of the entries I had wanted to give advice, but held back since I was a judge and that would seem to show favoritism.
But now I cannot remember what I wanted to say >< Let alone to whom.
If it was advice to me, I’ll gladly hear it, @jacobturner. Thanks @marmak3261 for the exercise. If you come up with other ideas to get juices flowing, I’ll be delighted to think in other ways about my GlowForge.
Alright! Thanks @marmak3261!
And this is right on, I have been thinking the same thing myself:[quote=“marmak3261, post:38, topic:897”]
I figure that I would perfect one design and material so that I would always have something that’s gift worthy. As much as I would like to try all kinds of things, I might be best served by mastering one thing then moving on.
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@cmreeder: I still cannot remember what my idea had been. Only thought at the moment on yours would be to include a small run-off channel at a corner so you can dump the grease out of the tray more readily. And maybe avoid sharp corners so cleaning it is easier.
Fastest way to achieve both goals would be to cut a very thin layer of some plastic that can handle the temperatures of the grease and make it a slightly oversized insert, which you then press-fit into the well made with these two parts. If acrylic can handle the grease it is ideal, since you can thermo-mold to get the curve just right.