Favorite things that you use daily along with your GF

#1

So I’m impatiently waiting on my new/next Glowforge to arrive. First one arrived with a coolant leak :frowning:

So while I wait…What are some of the most useful/ must have supplies that I should have to accompany my Glowforge?

  1. Favorite Products to clean glowforge with?
  2. Favorite Products to clean soot/ residue off different materials?
  3. Favorite tape to use over non proof grade materials?
  4. Any other must have tools/equipment? Maybe, Digital Calipers?
  5. Favorite glue for assembling different materials?

Thank you in advance!

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1: Simple Green, Zeiss Wipes
2: Fast Orange w/Pumice, alcohol, windex wipes
3: masking: TransferRite 592U, masking removal: T-Rex duct tape
4: Digital Calipers, small pokey tool, utility knife, vinyl-application squeegee, clamps
5: Fastcap 2P-10 series super glue for wood

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#3

For me:

  1. Mostly Zeiss wipes.
  2. Depends on the material, but I mostly use high content rubbing alcohol (I like 91%). For marker on ceramic tile, if I don’t want to fade the ink as much, I will use water with a toothbrush or magic eraser.
  3. Just plain masking tape, typically. I normally use blue scotch, and I frequently like wider widths. (For engravings, typically like no tape overlap if I could manage that.)
  4. Digital calipers, pick, plastic razor, brayer/squeegee (sometimes want to smooth the tape as much as possible
  5. I typically use standard wood glue (such as Titebond original). For some applications, I use Aleene’s Quick-Dry Wood Fusion. I haven’t used any acryilic bonding agents, yet. Most other gluing, just use a straight super glue (crazy or gorilla).
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#4

Congrats on the purchase and welcome!!

  1. I use Clorox Bleach wipes to clean the glass and tray. I use Zeiss Wipes for the lenses.
  2. I also use the Clorox Bleach wipes to clean soot/residue when needed. Others have had good success with Windex, but I don’t use it.
  3. I just use some cheap 2" wide masking tape from Amazon, it works pretty well.
  4. Digital Calipers are a must for measuring thickness of materials, especially non PG materials, though even those can have some variation.
  5. I use E6000 glue when I know it might take a bit to orient things, because it doesn’t set instantly… I have had good luck with CA glue for getting things to stick together quickly with a nice tight bond.
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#5

50/50 mix of vinegar and water.

50/50 mix of vinegar and water.

50/50 mix of vinegar and water. Oh, no wait… ABI TransferRite Ultra Paper Tape. :smile:

Digital calipers - definitely. Also a weeding pick - Weeding Pick.
Couple of rolls of Gorilla Tape for weeding.

Gorilla Wood Glue.
DAP Rapidfuse.
Gorilla Contact Cement.
Weldon (SciGrip) # 3 or #4
Disposable gloves.

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#6

Plastic razor blades!

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#7

Neodymium magnets, and holddown pins.

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#8

The pins being something I will be printing a bunch of when my current task set is done, especially if I can use them for material stops to be able to pull something out and place it back in the exact same spot again.

#9

Thanks Everyone! This has been very helpful!

#10

The one thing I haven’t seen anyone list is a pin, preferably a quilters pin with a big head - I use that constantly to get stuff out so I can turn it over in the same space to work on the other side.

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#11

That’s what a pocket knife is for! I NEVER go anywhere (except a plane) without it.

That’s my current favorite, sharpened to a 15 degree angle and laser etched with a big 15 on it so I know.

And agreed about the magnets and holddown pins - those are priceless! BTW - if you have old hard drives, the spinny kind, there’s 2 really big magnets in each one that make awesome magnets for this. And the drives are fun to take apart.

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