Hey guys, I think this has been touched on briefly, in passing, but I wanted to see if I could consolidate this information in an easier to search topic. When we get our GF, I’m sure many of us have very creative friends who will want to use our Lasers and get to play around with it. In your opinio…

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Great bunch of varied thoughts and ideas here. Personally, the Glowforge is first and foremost for ME, but I know I will be delighted to share it with my engineer son-in-law, as well. In the beginning, when I first ordered, I had some grandiose dreams of eventually being able to offer some laser ser…

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My plan for friends is “come over. Bring materials and food.”

but will you let them use the food as materials? [image] Laser Cooked Bacon (with video!) @dan here's another request for the feature bucket 😄

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I honestly couldn’t see charging friends for laser time. In fact, my girlfriend and I are planning to host a number of dinners and get togethers specifically for the purpose of showing them how it works and giving them the chance to play around with the tools. I think our plan is to have some basi…

I love the way Aaron Draplin sees it in general. He’s done big money work which, in some part, lets him do the same work for his buddies. This is a fun watch all the way through, but starting at this point he talks about doing “friend” work. (Go to 5:42 - I guess the forum drops the start time.) …

I have a few friends who are incredible artists, but who lack the motivation/time/materials/money to really create their visions. I am actively trying to push them to give me artwork to be recreated on the laser. I will not charge them for these projects, and will help in any way possible with mat…

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ihermit2 November 15, 2016, 11:59pm 46

but will you let them use the food as materials?