Impatient Glowforge?

n6mon · January 4, 2018, 1:00am

Has anyone had their grow impatient with them? I work from home and tend to work in projects in my slack time. This morning, I put a piece of material in the , went back into the house from the garage where the is. Sent the job to the and then got distracted by a dirty, four letter word, WORK. When I looked back at the screen on the machine that I use to send jobs the and the prompt to push the button was gone, so I sent it again, walked out to the and apparently the first job had already run, without me pushing the button.

Tom_A · January 4, 2018, 1:02am

No… effing… way!

Mind if I ask you to please please please open a case for this in Problems & Support rather than here? It’s kind of an important safety concern that definitely needs to be addressed.

johnse · January 4, 2018, 1:20am

Cat pushed the glowing button?

n6mon · January 4, 2018, 1:22am

Nah, my cats would never lower themselves to go into the garage

gmckayca · January 4, 2018, 2:19am

Rats?

Tom_A · January 4, 2018, 3:47am

It looks like somebody moved this thread here to P&S. But moving’s not the same as opening a new case. They may or may not look at it. Here… Let’s go ahead and tag @dan and @Rita as, to me, it seems pretty serious and in need of attention.

PrintToLaser · January 4, 2018, 2:53pm

Just speculation, but I think it is analogous to a kitchen disposal just turning itself on. By design, it is a safeguard, shouldn’t be possible.
If you indeed have cats, that is my bet. A big blinking button would be enticement enough.

jimstock60 · January 4, 2018, 3:28pm

Could your garage be haunted by the ghost of a handyman that is curious about the Laser Thingee?

Tom_A · January 4, 2018, 3:34pm

Everyone knows there’s no such thing as ghosts. Clearly it was aliens.

wesleyjames · January 5, 2018, 1:08am

I think that’s a record wait until alien conspiracy guy showed up.

Rita · January 6, 2018, 2:46am

I went digging through your machine logs, and they look quite normal. The machine turns on, normal stuff happens, then there’s a button press at 9:34 Pacific. It’s followed by more prints around 10:30. I don’t want to dispute the ideas of cats, rats, or aliens, but is it possible that you pressed the button before work intervened? Does that timing match your workday?

jaz · January 24, 2018, 9:49pm

It’s been a little while since I’ve seen any replies on this thread so I’m going to close it. If you still need help with this please either start a new thread or email support@glowforge.com.