Honeycomb bed holdown pins

aanden · December 20, 2020, 6:53am

Bump no
Cut through on accident, I plead the 5th.

lazurin · December 22, 2020, 4:42am

Thank you OP! Just found and printed these, no idea why I didn’t search for something like this before. I’ve been using painter’s tape but it doesn’t quite do the trick

djfb · December 23, 2020, 1:26am

Learned that the hard way

christilyn_leb · January 4, 2021, 4:48pm

Thank you!!

ihavenoclue5 · January 18, 2021, 11:21pm

LuckyV · February 6, 2021, 10:20pm

Thank you I’ve had your holddown pins in my mind for a long time and finally made them today. They’re perfect.

jerrydow20 · February 12, 2021, 3:54am

Make your pins out of lexan plastic they last a long time you can get it at Home depo but there is a lot
of smoke when you cut them o well

MCK723 · March 10, 2021, 2:08pm

Hello my new GF Family!!! I just received my Glowforge last night and even after planning what my first cut was going to be (which I intended these pins to be) I got overly excited and forgot for a moment! lol, I suppose this happens a lot?!..I just wanted to say THANK YOU!! For providing me/us all with this file for our machines. Stay safe and I’ll be seeing y’all more often on here!

dklgood · March 10, 2021, 2:24pm

Welcome to the forum.

MCK723 · March 10, 2021, 2:48pm

Thank you! Excited to finally be here!

simpleservant01 · March 10, 2021, 3:28pm

my one piece of advice is measure twice cut once…lol old carpenter saying…It would have saved me a ton of wood an time in the beginning to slow down just a tad and read to how to sections and in the community forum there tons of free resources on here just to help you… inkscape free btw is a big help… Here’s a few sites you’ll wanna check out for files as well…Blessings and enjoy you new laser!!!

simpleservant01 · March 10, 2021, 3:29pm

Im sorry just google the site for some reason when you click on the link it takes you to the site i grabbed the list from…MY BAD

djfb · March 10, 2021, 4:34pm

Then just before you cut, take a step back, rethink it for the thousandth time, measure again! THEN cut.

MCK723 · March 10, 2021, 5:22pm

simpleservant01, Thank you very much! I’ll take all the advice I can get I’m nervous to do something wrong and this is the most expensive purchase I have ever made, lol! I’ll explore those tabs you’ve suggested and again, Thank you!

MCK723 · March 10, 2021, 5:26pm

simpleservant01, I just experienced that, lol It’s ok I still appreciate it and I’ll still check them out!

MCK723 · March 10, 2021, 5:28pm

djfb, lol! Like I did with my first design even though Glowforge made the template and it was surprisingly super easy! I feel like we will be doing this quite often!

simpleservant01 · March 10, 2021, 6:45pm

I understand it was mine as well when I first received my first one. I was so scared I was gonna break it…lol just rem. to keep it as clean as you possibly can. invest in alcohol pads, and the rest will all come out in the wash… I had my insurance company add a special equipment coverage for my Glowforge that way when anything happens it’ll be covered if it’s out of the warranty… Good luck…

deirdrebeth · March 10, 2021, 6:50pm

Welcome! FYI - can I make the strong suggestion that these pins, or anything else, be your 1st cut after going through the entirety of Your First Prints. The lessons learned in there are invaluable.

MCK723 · March 10, 2021, 7:41pm

simpleservant01, that is great idea I hadn’t even thought of! I’m going to give them a call ASAP to see if there I could do the same! Thank you

MCK723 · March 10, 2021, 7:52pm

deidrebeth, I am open to all suggestions, recommendations, ideas and etc. lol I will have to go home and do what the link you provided is suggestion to create! I think in my excitement I have overlooked that . Thank you for sharing this with me!