Awesome note. Good to know we have some industrial muscle behind us!
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Glowforges arenāt THAT incapable. I did 1300 over the weekend on mine. 
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my company is starting these up on our industrial laser, too. but itās just a puny little 32x18 bed. 
only negative to that is that nobody stocks 32x18 sheets. and itās not a good divisible size for bigger sheets. so weāre cutting 1/4 sheets (12x24) and getting ~90 at a time.
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Hello!
I am currently making mask hooks for anyone who needs them. How do I get the 20% discount on the acrylic? Is there a coupon code or special link I have to use when ordering? I have already ordered acrylic twice now and did not get a discount on any of it. Thank you in advance!
Thatās fantastic! I think I can get there as I figure out the sticky paper situation 
On the main sign up page ( https://meet.glowforge.com/earsavers/ ) there is an FAQ for glowforge owners: EARSAVERSACRYLIC
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Iām guessing your cutting speed is pretty fast too. How long does it take to cut a sheet? Again, really cool to have some industrial lasers on the team
what settings do you use and how thick is your acrylic?
So far, I think Glowforge with the 20% discount and 9 dollar flat rate shipping is the cheapest Iāve found. Would love to hear if someone has found a better deal somewhere for the 1/8 in. Takes awhile to get and limited color options, but, at this point ordering ahead is making that work.
any possibility you could do an 8"x11" for me? I havenāt figured out how to make that modification either without shrinking everything.
1300, thatās fantastic.
I own a Glowforge personally as well. I never said nor meant to imply that a Glowforge wasnāt capable, only that there is a difference in capability, particularly speed. Thatās why different options exist. People read forum posts with different mindsets at different times. We donāt want anyone discouraged. Everyone will have different resources; time, material, etcā¦ Every part will makes an impact. Weāre all in this for the greater good.
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Designcraft is cutting 1/8" Acrylic on a 400w Coherent Metabeam CO2 laser. I donāt know about the settings, as Iām not the expert operator for that equipment, Iām the Director of Operations for our facility. Our program estimated about 37 minutes for a 2āx4ā sheet, which is 426 parts. Weāre seeing reality at about 45-50 minute runs.
thank you
so the request I got for these ear savers from a local hospital (request received through this group) gave them an option to personalize themā¦when I add this text to them ( then of course change to path) the design has so many steps it takes an hour to load, and then moves so slow I cannot even get it going. I eliminated the scores to maybe help, but its giant and hard to load. My computer is plenty fast generally, and internet is 90-100+ Mbpsā¦.am I missing something here folks? I took file into inkscape to add text, did I make it too large?
iām not a big fan of the personalization option. it adds time to the making and potentially adds an area thatās harder to disinfect.
if youāre adding personalization, look at what the GF pattern is. itās all single lines, so itās all scored. if youāre engraving, youāre looking at upping the production time exponentially. if youāre not using single line fonts, consider just scoring the outline of the text instead of engraving it all. it will make a huge difference in time. how it looks will depend on the actual text.
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first design iāve seen that incorporates those with long hair! Bravo!
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from another posts of mine - I was looking for flexible acrylic -
http://www.bfplasticsinc.com/engraving-products/duets-general-purpose-acrylic-030.asp
because the ear savers Iāve seen are rigid and i can only image those would get uncomfortable, fast.
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And now I see thisā¦
I guess I should shut up and send this shipment to āhospitalā at the apartment complex.
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Is there a number you can call to validate? A couple things could be at play here. Some are taking shipments at home addresses due to other restrictions. Also, maybe the form they used to request these put some data in the wrong place. Could be a shady operation, but, may be worth a call.
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I had a ER nurse that asked that they be sent to her home address as the hospital was unable to accept/distribute donations via their Receiving dept. Didnāt think twice about doing so.
YMMV, but I donāt think itās our place to vet requests. Suggesting that their request is sketchy and isnāt worth oneās time or effort just seems wrong.
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