I believe it’s a 2 inch tall object (max) that can be engraved, because you can’t have the object pressed up right against the laser nozzle, although there is 2.5 inches total clearance. I think the GF needs about half an inch of space for clearance and focus.
Otherwise the little flame that shoots up when you engrave or cut might be charring the optics, setting things on fire, and other Generally Undesirable Laser Behavior. (GULB)
Plus or minus half an inch of course, I haven’t seen one yet.
(Could be totally wrong, that’s just my interpretation of the tasty clues.)
she is using a a Surface Book I know because I have two one is a i7 with NVidia gpu and the other a i5 without nivida. As to the specific cpu and gpu for her Surface Book I don’t know, she was also using the included Microsoft pen to do the drawing with. But for the with she was doing a NVidia dedicated gpu would not be needed. I also have a surface pro 4
How do you like the Surface Book? I want to get one, the one with the dedicated GPU, but the cost is so high. I might end up with a Surface Pro 4 and forgo the heavy lifting in terms of ACAD and such.
Thanks for the pictures! Glad to see some examples out and about now. I am wondering though, are the bodies on those demo’s still the 3D printed versions or did they appear to be injection molded ?
the pro 4 i7 can run fusion 360 well enough could wouldn’t use it for a car work load as my 8 hour job. The i7 book with dGPU has no issue with fusion work. That being said if your going to go hard core cad you should get a real workstation.
The price is very hi for the hardware regardless and had a good 6 months of bad intel drivers but otherwise I like the devices.
Some back ground I manage 14k~ or so desktops’ with around 25 different models. Handle sing basic office work to insanely advanced predictive modeling for financial things (intentionally vague). So yes part of my day job is judging the appropriate work load for given devices
@Shell and I both sport Surface Books, much to our mac-using colleague’s chagrin.
After a week of travel + nonstop maker faire all weekend, I should not be trusted with saying anything important. Ignore what I say, trust the website.
Ignore what I say, trust the website.
OK that one’s true - it looks like giant elbow macaroni, if elbow macaroni looked cool.
Can’t speak for @Shell, but my SB’s power management is totally busted; it likes to turn itself on in the middle of the night so that in the morning my shoulder bag’s hot and my battery’s dead. This is likely the universe getting revenge on me, since I was the program manager for power management in Windows 98/2000… and last I heard that code’s still in use.
They are very much injection molded, and we believe they are final. (Always a chance of discovering new problems, but they’ve been unchanged AFAIK for a while now).
We thought the same thing. I was impressed that you came back to finish the discussion on how lasers work despite sidetracks, and how you stuck with the copper cutting question through distractions. I’d have forgotten my name if I were presenting with all that was going on there.
@pdobrien, it was so great to meet you in person this weekend & your pendant turned out pretty cool. This was my FAVORITE event we’ve done so far (despite the power troubles on Sunday) for a couple reasons.
The new prints we’re doing are so darn fun and just really - in my opinion - do Glowforge a little more justice that a trace print alone.
I saw SO MANY Glowforge owners (and ya’ll are SO COOL) and other various friends/former coworkers from the Seattle area.
Last but not least, my parents came on Saturday and saw Glowforge in person for the first time, watched the talk, and met Dan. They are both teachers, and my mom teaches 4th grade in a low-income district and is looking for creative ways to incorporate STEM into her curriculum even more. I definitely want to get her a Glowforge soon!
(Sidenote: I’m pleased to see I went nearly completely unphotographed this weekend, even thought I was there the entire time. )
PSS - here’s the mini-frame that my boyfriend Kyle and I made at Laser Thursday last week when we were all cranking through the Maker Faire print projects to get them just right. Those are dino-robots, and we’re making dino faces, in case you’re wondering. And yes, I lost the little bow-tie connector pieces for the top, I cheated and used glue. But this frame WOULD hold together without glue, if I hadn’t lost them…which is why we printed extras to have on-hand at the show in case you’re a butterfingers like me.
Dino Faces are awesome! Beats my sad face this weekend as I was drenched by the rain in an unflattering bridesmaid dress with make up dripping down my face and running around trying to get all the guests some umbrellas. Pretty sure I should only look like that on Halloween!
I just poured through all the pictures and videos I took on Saturday hoping to prove you wrong. But somehow you managed to evade all of them! That’s talent, you must teach me this skill!
It was great to meet you in person! thanks for letting me steal a couple moments of your time, you guys were so busy! I was happy to see so many people interested in the Glowforge though!
In the last picture, the shiny head with a black coat and a bag strap on his shoulder up by the running machines is me. My wife is the attractive redhead watching her design being “printed.” The fellow in the blue shirt across from me is the one that brought up these templates being ideal for parties. I think you captured the moment I was asking if these templates might be available in the catalogue.
