If it is cold and you are alone, sleeping on your Glowforge while it’s running will help keep you warm and cozy. Fact.
Yeah the clamps are terrible. Even fully squeezed (which is reeeeally hard on the fingers), I couldn’t manage to get the hose through. I need another hand or something. I’ll be heading to the hardware store to get a screw clamp.
I first saw the spring clamps at BAMF. I was fumbling with them. My carpenter brother popped them on with no effort. We disconnected the vent hose in the evenings so he took care of re-installation after that!
I do like the worm gear though.
someone needs to cross one of those with a screw clamp. the screw can open the clamp but only close it to a maximum that isn’t too extreme?
It’s already out there. Looks like the spring clamp but has a screw that opens it instead of tightening, then it only closes down with the natural tension of the spring.
What someone needs to really do is toss together a 3D thingiverse design of some finger-pads you can slip onto those wire ears so you can pinch them without screaming in pain…
Or people can grab a pair of pliers.
What is the diameter of the wire it’s made with?
…says the cat!!!