Glowforge Pro Filter?

[ptc]

Is there any update on the filters? I received my Glowforge in November of 2017 with the promise that the filter would follow shortly…still nothing and no updates 18 months later. As an early supporter I would have hoped for a little more communication.

[evansd2]

If you search for “@dan filter”, you’ll see that there has indeed been quite a bit of communication from Dan/Glowforge on this matter.

https://community.glowforge.com/search?q=%40dan%20filter

You’re not alone, obviously. GF long ago went to a pull-type of communication and not a push-type by default.

I feel a bit ignored - Air Filter Availability and Alternatives

…as do I think many others. I know that the air filter question is an ongoing saga and that the under device one is still in limbo. What I don’t understand is that Glowforge has introduced the compact filter as an alternative, yet no one can articulate how existing customers can order one. I assume that Glowforge is not manufacturing the compact filter, so it must be a rebrand of someone else’s. If Glowforge is not going to make it readily available can they at least point us to the make and mo…

Air Filter Latest

I don’t know either, but that was what I assumed as well. The recommendation comes from measurements in the lab, though, so we we’re confident that it works. If the fan is run too fast, the air won’t spend enough time in the filter, and it won’t clean as well, so we recommend starting at the slowest speed and turning it up bit by bit.

And so on. There are solutions both official and unofficial, but no word on the release date of the official original design.

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Owners of Bofa, Fumex, Purex or other fume extractors can you please answer my questions

Hey with the new update do you flip your GFUI compact filter switch and run it with the blue whale?

[ptc]

Thank you…you searching skills are superior to mine! I guess I was just hoping I might get a direct email rather than searching for answers. Thank you for all the information it was helpful. Now I need to decide if I jump ship and take the compact filter or keep waiting for the original one…

[evansd2]

@ptc

Now I need to decide if I jump ship and take the compact filter or keep waiting for the original one

… or cut a hole and vent? If you can vent without incurring angry neighbors or poisoning someone, it’s a lot easier. No media to replace, no moving parts, just a nice 4" hole to cut.

[GrooveStranger]

I’m president of the “cut a hole in your house” fan club. If I had to pay for filter cartridges, I wouldn’t own a laser cutter.

[ptc]

I created a “fancy” 4-ply, foam core window insert complete with dryer vent hole…it works, but the fumes are still fairly pungent.

[PrintToLaser]

It took me a few weeks to get my long exhaust run sealed, but ever since the only time I smell anything is when I open the lid postop and get a whiff.