My life may not settle down for months and I am moving during that time no matter what, possibly to one coast or another. Or Chicago. Or Timbuktu. (It’s on the list.)
If I consider temporarily placing my machine in Glowforge foster care, what would be some guidelines? I know a talented artist in my community who would probably love to have it and would make beautiful things with it. My concern is whether something should happen to it and whether someone far more talented than me would ultimately convince me to give it up after seeing things of beauty leap straight out of their head into real life on a regular basis. Or whether it would have beer spilled on it or even–God forbid–be Forge-napped [makes sign of the cross].
I can possibly have it shipped where I am now, but it will have to be moved in the next few weeks or months, possibly more than once, and possibly across a great distance. It seems risky and impractical for me to set it up where I am and then move it soon afterwards, and I can’t really accept it here in the first place.
Finding a trustworthy Forge-sitter seems potentially wise but I am unsure. How can I mitigate the risk? What do you look for in a Forge-sitter? There’s always the print shop owner in the next town who makes inappropriate comments and gives extra-creepy hugs. I would trust him with my Glowforge but not with much else! There must be something better. Could I rent it out to a maker space?