There are both orange bits as well as the box that are really needed if one wants to move it.
As well as the box…
that is a much pricier item. Moving the machine from room to room should have the orange bits installed to protect the machine from shifting and damaging itself, and moving the machine in a car or similar much less shipping really needs the box as even that is sometimes not enough as many posts to support can attest.
Looks like @Deleted managed a whole conversation while I was looking up the links.
Luckily I have the orange bits just not the boxes. Yes, two months left . On the bright side, it’s lightly used and works like it just came out the box. That’s because I hardly used it .
Thanks for the links! I’ll expedite the process to have it shipped.
The only thing I have to add, is that the unit out (almost) of warranty drops the price, dramatically (sorry) and you should be prepared for that when / if offers come in.
Regardless you should either find the old box or get one to have available when sold. I have several such boxes of purchased items often disguised as furniture as so many folk insist on it when shipping the equipment, but the Glowforge box is the most engineered of any of them, and it is the most needed as well.
Adding onto that, it’s “official” shipping it that way. I’ll definitely confirm with customer service if this still qualifies it to be in warranty if their boxes are purchased.
The FNL are always putting that line in the boilerplate, but the Glowforge is possibly the only machine I have had that it is real, both on the plus side in using it, and the minus if you don’t. My box has a gash on the top that might have broken something but didn’t because of the packing design.
This might have been misunderstood…(or perhaps it’s me that has misunderstood).
Glowforge will nothelp you ship a machine…but, they will sell you another box in the GF shop under spare parts. They’re expensive…and I don’t believe they sell any boxes for the filter.
Sorry…apparently it was me who was misunderstanding. Whomever will be the owner might consider having the box as important, so in that way you are correct.
in truth, it will… you need the box for transport, and repair in the future, IF you where selling locally then you can get away with no box, but ONCE it needs to be shipped, then you MUST have a box!
. On the bright side, it’s lightly used and works like it just came out the box. That’s because I hardly used it 
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dan
Thank you!!