Please Help! Glass top of my Glowforge Pro is coming off!

[takarakaytreasures]

Please Help!! Has anyone dealt with the glass of the door coming off your Glowforge?? I went to open it yesterday and the whole corner of my glass came off the hinge!! My Glowforge still works but I can no longer open the top glass door!!
If you’ve had this issue what did you do to fix it??

I have had my Glowforge for 2 years now so I am not worried about voiding the warranty.

[Xabbess]

Hello and welcome to the community. This has happened to other owners. If you do a search you will find some ideas and insights about how to repair the lid.

[dan84]

Here’s a link to a guide to gluing the lid back on and a discussion around the topic:

https://www.summet.com/blog/2022/02/19/gluing-the-glass-lid-back-on-my-glowforge/

HOWTO: Glue the glass lid back in place

A few years ago I got some experience gluing my glowforge’s lid back on. Since then, I got a new (to me, refurbished) unit (to replace the laser tube), and it worked great for a year, but then I noticed that the hinge on my new unit was separating from the glass. Since my refurbished unit was out of warranty, I figured I’d fix it myself and record a video in case anybody else wants to see how I did it. https://www.summet.com/blog/2022/02/19/gluing-the-glass-lid-back-on-my-glowforge/

[jay]

Yah, I’ve had to glue both the front handle back on as well as the glass top to the hinges in the back.

The last time, I went ahead and bought a 3rd party “hinge bracket” that wraps around the glass lid (giving it more surface area). So far it’s holding. You can see that video here:

Glowforge glass lid fell off! Repair with aftermarket hinge bracket