Introducing the miniature Glowforge

But the baby Glowforge should be printing an even smaller GF

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So very nice, thank you for this (although it adds to me ever-growing project list).

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This is so you can use up scraps left over from your bigger projects!

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This is incredibly cute! You are so darned good at this miniature stuff it blows me away!

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Ha ha…jokes on you…this model never got them to begin with!:smile: :grinning:

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I love it. Easy to do, just score the veneer with the entire pattern :wink:

Xzibit would be proud.

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One easy (though perhaps not inexpensive) way to do that would be to use Chibitronics Fade Effects and LED stickers:

https://chibitronics.com/shop/effects-stickers/

… with a simple circuit:

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Yep. It’s squee.

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That is FANDOM to the max! Love it.

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One super easy way is glow in the dark paint…

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Oooohhhhhh! Yours is so nice and shiny! I should replace my photo above with yours!

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LAME…
I ran it off only to find the calipers non-functional. Do a better job next time, @arh2. :wink:

This is so damn cool! And funny! And should earn you a reward, if not win you an award!

Now…
Who’ll be the first to make the tiny escutcheon?
Who’ll be the first to install a working RBG LED?

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Sorry, should have been a living hinge right there, or something… :rofl:
… and at least a living hinge on the lid!

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@gmckayca and @evansd2, that would be a very tiny rabbit hole we’d go into…

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That’s just because it was very freshly weeded. It won’t stay that way. :rofl:

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I love it! I need to make this!

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Awwww, adorable! These would make great service awards at GF, if that’s still a thing.

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Awesome and adorable.

When will you be posting miniature Glowforge 2.0?

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Seeing how :glowforge: 2.0 is still a free for all wish list in fantasy land, what would you like in your mini 2.0 version?

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This is so adorable … that I will have to make it! Usually, things are made for everyone else. Thank you so much for the coolest gift!

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