I am wondering if there are other presents waiting for me in other recesses of the forge.
THE FORGE PROVIDES!
But seriously, is that o-ring important? Should I reinstall it someplace? Hmmm. I did a job tonight and no problems yet
And please let me know if there should be other things floating around (like those wipes)ā¦ UPS did upend the Box on its side so anything could have floated around. Probably not good to just toss in unsecured small items into the glowforge before shipping.
Yep, the rubber washers were on the stops that were screwed into the side rails holding the gantry in place. Put them back onto them so that next time you screw them in to lock the Glowforge down (for shipping, etc.) the rubber stops keep the side rails from getting scratched.
They probably stashed one there so no one uses it for their glasses, ready when they call in to support about a dirty lens. Itās like an extra sheet of ProofGrade, stashed safely awayā¦ (kidding)
As @jakerember stated: You should have had a pack of wipes included. Normally inside of the foam insets. But it could have been bounced out when packing, shipping, or unpacking. Fortunately it wound up somewhere safe.
@jacobturner good to know it is standard and not some rando thing a factory worker dropped in there.
So My suggestion for GF assembly line is to secure the āfree ziess wipes sampleā a little better, or someoneās machine may get wipes lodged somewhere that could damage something I think itās pretty standard that UPS is upending these boxes, against the labelingās best efforts to warn not to. (My GF ended up on my porch on itās side, and several people in the Facebook group had it happen too)
Maybe, but the new machines are plastic wrapped in a bag now so itās unlikely anything will work its way into the guts of the machine like yours did (Iām assuming you didnāt have the bag wrapped GF version).
Arenāt the wipes tucked into the foam pieces, stuffed inside the padding foam in the gantry, covered by a Glowforge, covered by a plastic bag? I think its fate is sealed, now.
Right, if tucked in the foam, inside the plastic bag. Thenā¦ wellā¦ it can fall free and lodge behind everyoneās cooling tank (which is on the inside front left corner of the 'forge), or worse!
HAHA. It depends what foam the wipes are inserted into! WHITE or GREY. LOL. Since mine had fallen out, and my door was closed, I assumed my wipes were inserted into the WHITE foam on the INSIDE of the machineā¦ Which the new ābig plastic bagā wouldnāt help protect against, since itād all be trapped inside the bag together.
But maybe the wipes were inserted into the GREY foam on the outside of the GF? I can see how āthe bagā would protect against that. HMMMā¦
(kidding)
I think its fate is sealed, now.