OK, can we send the thing in to get cleaned?

[timjedwards]

You can get it quite clean…

Video Tutorial: How to Clean the Interior of Your Glowforge

When I first looked for information about cleaning the Glowforge, I was disappointed that official support did not go into any more detail than empty the crumb tray, wipe the floor, and wipe the lens and head window with Zeiss wipes. My Glowforge was a mess (in all nooks and crannies) and I was clueless how to get it clean without messing something up. After looking around the forum and seeing what you all do to clean your own machines, I felt better about it all. Needless to say, I let my Glowf…

Pre-Release | Car Wash

My glowforge had some mileage on it when I got it. Then I added even more mileage since I’ve owned it. The honeycomb has definitely seen some better days. Discamiler. THIS IS NOT THE OFFICIAL GUIDE ON HOW TO CLEAN THE BED. You do this and screw thing up. Shame on you. Okay then. Play this while reading this. Wait until the 50 sec point then start. https://youtu.be/OlARiwAazQI?t=4 This is what it looked like before I cleaned it. [image] This is the after. [image] Steps in-between. Fill…

Caution: Dirty Pictures....or...How I Cleaned the Exhaust Fan

Update: 12/14/2018: Happily, the Glowforge crew has released an “easier to implement” cleaning regimen for the exhaust fan now…instructions for how to do it involve purchase of a special non-flammable degreasing spray cleanser and use of a special cleaning mode of the software…instructions here: Written up below is the old way that I was doing it…it’s a fairly labor intensive alternative that has worked very well if you are willing to keep up with it as you go along and not let it get …