No, I covered that in a previous comment 
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The only thing that will stop me is if GF announces that they absolutely will not sell the tubes to users for them to install themselves
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I dont think he said they wouldnt sell tubes at all, he said they would not support it. To me this means you can get the hardware, but you’re on your own as far as installation.
And speculation ends!
yeah i am surprised but deeply appreciative that they responded thus
I want my GF signed, laser signed 
Im happy to say you were a little off 
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I don’t think we’ll hear about a solution by the time shipments start.
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I’m just happy that the pitchforks are being put away and the crowd is dispersing.
I’d love to talk about the whole update. Apparently, the post about discussing the update wasn’t the place to do that. Maybe here.
(Took of the end bit about the tube I had since that is well covered elsewhere.)
I really liked that, too. That is a really big milestone, and big news.
I really liked hearing about the factory worker that has a pre-order. That’s gotta be so cool to have such a personal understanding of what you’re buying.
Actually made me think of Henry Ford pricing his automobiles and his employee salaries so that the guys making his cars could afford to own them.
I think of the Glowforge as a bit of a luxury item that wouldn’t be readily available to everybody; but really my family’s claims that it’s way too expensive of a toy come down to priorities. After all, R.V.s and most vacations cost more.
That darn shielding!
I would have liked it but I’m out! here you go 
Yeah, that and the Pro showing up (as you mentioned) really seem to indicate that a finish line is in sight.
I certainly would not be in this boat if the pricing was at estimated full retail. At least, not a Pro machine. It definitely makes the technology more accessible financially and adds to that ease of use that k40s and other cheap lasers don’t offer. Just the combination required to get me interested in something I didn’t know I needed.
Hey @dan, can we please request a photo of this Pro? Preferably showing the pass through slot. #ProGlamourShot
Have to second that. It will be very nice to see a living pro, even if it just in the zoo and not yet in the wild, and yes I know they look almost identical, but it’s an emotional thing 
As you might imagine, no sooner did it arrive than the engineers ripped it apart. It’s like Dr. Frankenstein’s lab for Glowforges here.
Well…when they put it back together again (unlike that poor egg fellow), we would love to see it – and I for one am really excited to hear comments from Beta testers and pre-releasers (when they start to get out into the world).
Oh come on show us the guts in all their glory 
(based on possible IP disclosure concerns I can understand that you would not share that yet)
I would even just like a photo of the front plate showing the pass-through slot. We’ve seen the photos of the guts of the GF, it’s the passthrough that is likely the only thing different from the Basic.
Unless your team is savagely destroying the Pro in this process.
i suspect your entreaty comes far too late 
It involves a sledgehammer 
how else were you planning on opening yours for a tube swap?
Your engineer must be related to me. That is what I usually do first with a new tool!
Did you tell him he just voided the Warrenty? :-)))
Too bad somebody didn’t have the foresight to photograph it first.
Might be more interesting seeing it in pieces!