Last night I got a magical email from @Rita, and by this morning a glowforge arrived and was henceforth dubbed “the burninator”! I was up dancing all night. My girlfriend is not happy about how much sleep she got lol!
First things first, the old K40 was removed to make room for the burninator!
@yves was right. It was almost exactly 20 minutes from the point I got the box into my office to the time I was able to hit print on my first glowforge piece. Very easy!
Proofgrade was a dream. All the settings worked first time out. This came out great. 24 minutes to engrave and cut on 225LPI. 1/8 birch ply. Im going to have to do a test on my k40 to see what a comparable cut would take time-wise. I can tell you its WAY longer.
Making an SVG for the forge is really easy and straightforward. I made two layers for this guy. One was the outer cut line - stroke with no fill, the other was the engrave - fill no stroke. Boom, was ready to go!
So… Unfortunately I have to go into the office now, but I will definitely be posting later with more forgie goodness!
If you have any questions Ill be glad to answer them!
One thing to note, is that the glowforge definitely lets you know its doing work…that fan moves some air (and thank god because my k40 didnt and my house filled with smoke every time I used it).
I found that a significant amount of the noise generated by the machine comes from the fan, and standard ventilation tubing is not designed to muffle sound. I highly suggest wrapping your tubing with sound dampening materials along with an outer sheath of metal or harder material. This will cut down on noise SIGNIFICANTLY.
I used bubble wrap from the proofgrade in the meantime until I can fashion something more functional and durable, but it helped a LOT.
Aye, I have about an 8 inch run, straight to the external port on my window. It would be shorter if the hose condensed any more =P. I think this is about the shortest run possible without cutting the hose down.
So is the idea that pre-release units will be replaced with true production units? Or is that just betas? If so, you might want to rename to Burninator LT (limited time). Or else you’ll have to have Burninator 2: Judgement Day. Or, my personal favorite, Burninator 2: Electric Boogaloo.
LOL, cute, and yes, all pre-release units remain the property of GF and will have to be returned at some point. Hopefully, for the chosen, they will get their own very close to having to return the PR units. I’d find it even harder to have had one and then not than to just be waiting!
Awesome! I somehow expected that you would be one of the next 'Forgers. I love your project and can’t wait to see what you do next! I know you are anxious to test 3D engraving, not sure it is enabled for pre-releases yet tho.
