New to GF can't wait to get it

[Ibemars]

Hiya, recently bought a GF and waiting for it to come. What are some things I should do first?

[dklgood]

Welcome to the forum.
Read as much as you can here in the forum. You will be well prepared for your Glowforge when it arrives.

[jamely]

Also check out all the excellent tutorials one this post, especially the Matrix content about learning to design near the bottom:
Community Glowforge Tutorials: Table of Contents

[evansd2]

Read through this too:

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1: I'm new to Glowforge and really have no idea where to start

Hey, welcome to the forum! Glowforge has a getting started page, it’s definitely worth your time: <a href="https://support.glowforge.com/hc/en-us/sections/11792517736475-Design-and-Print-Tutorials">https://support.glowf…

You’ll be particularly interested in the “other things to get for your glowforge” (#1a and 2) sections.

[jestelle]

You’ve done the first best thing, which is come to this forum

Now read everything you can

[RyanD]

Read until your eyes hurt. I have dabbled in so many things I never would have some up with on my own and because of that, I’ve come up with a few things on my own! There is so much to learn on here from everyone the possibilities are just about endless. This is my morning paper, I sit down and read all of the new posts every morning to keep up.

Enjoy and never stop learning!

[rvogt]

Ditto ditto ditto…read everything. Then, when you get your GF you’ll know where to go to read again because you can’t quite remember :-). And HAVE FUN!!