Dec 2016 Glowforge Q&A

[Jules]

@palmercr

The “large scale deliveries” are not pre-release.

Yes, they are. The units being shipped out early still belong to Glowforge. They are Pre-Release units.

Dan stated this in his reply here:

@dan

Are all these “pre-release” for beta testers and internal testing yet or is the plan to stockpile GF’s until march?

The former; we’ll use these for testing.

And in the video, he gives the ramp up schedule. 100 in the month of December, 100 in January, 100 in February…more in March…etc. (Whatever it was…don’t recall the exact numbers.)

So the initial delivered units are for testing purposes to those who signed up for them and in-house. The Production units (ours) will start going out based on the feedback from those initial Pre-Release units and we don’t know yet when that will start, only that manufacturing will occur according to the schedule that Dan outlined.

They are still planning to ship out more units in December. The Pre-Release units. We might not be getting them now, but that does not mean that more units are not being sent out.

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And…

If anyone wants to sign up for one of the Pre-Release units, you need to fill out a form on the Glowforge Volunteer thread here: (Continental US only, unfortunately.)

Glowforge Volunteer Corps

Glowforge Volunteer Corps If you read our last email, you probably noticed the part where we mentioned that our first beta units will ship in December. It’s time to figure out who gets them! The Volunteer Corps are the people who are chosen to get a loaner of a beta Glowforge for a limited time. This is a very small program for people who want to help make Glowforge better. Why You Should Not Sign Up We are delighted at how excited people are about Glowforge. We can’t wait to ship our final p…

That gets you on the list for testing, but they have many volunteers signed up. If you wish to be chosen, you have to follow all of the instructions, list your qualifications honestly, and understand that you might not get picked.