Since Glowforge recommends cleaning after 40 hours of use, can you please provide use-timers? Minimally one, but preferably at least two: 1 for total use, 1 user-resettable after cleaning. Think Engine odometer and Trip odometer. While you’re at it, a 3rd timer for “total use on this tube” would also be great. But I’d settle for the 1st two at this point!
You nailed it. I was just cleaning my machine and thinking how convenient it would be to know how many hours are actually on it instead of just guessing.
I thought about picking up a cheap timer and just keeping it next to the machine, but there are surprisingly few options for timers that count up in hours. You can get “kitchen timers” for as little as $3, but they only go up to one hour. Ones with hours are $10 or more.
But then you have to remember to push the button when you push the other button. And stop when it finishes. I have enough trouble remembering to open the blast gate
That’s just… hard to believe, not that I don’t believe it. My second thought was, of course it’s not. But as an IT person by trade, I know how easy it is to log such things. Weird.