I bought this thinking of directly connecting it to the Glowforge which I have not managed to do as yet. However, as it has good filters and two and a half times more air flow than the Glowforge it will clear out your basement of all smells and dust from the Glowforge or otherwise ( mine even clears cooking odors from the kitchen), It is not much noisier than the Glowforge, and is a bit pricey, but probably cheaper than creating a space outside the house warm enough in Winter and cool enough in summer to operate.