Just start cutting dry ice and you will be fine… 
A quick Google search and I found a number of CO2 extinguisher s for $30 including shipping
I have bought a few CO2 extinguishers at surplus or at auctions for next to nothing (like $5 each).
I bring them to a local place near me and they test, refill, and certify them for about $20 - $30 depending upon size.
If they are not used (and most are not) they don’t wear out, but they might have leaked so you need to get them tested.
I stand corrected. I should have known better. Though I did see some for $90. I’ll just grab my co2 tank from the kegerator and flood the box of the laser with that. … 
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New campaign to be held…somewhere: Vacuum sealed box for GF. No oxygen, no fire. Easily worth another couple thousand a piece right? hmmm…I need to patent this!
im really hoping so!
Are the hardware specs (cpu type, ram, etc) available at this point?
Welcome @willweyer to the forum. Perhaps you have been reading all along, but it’s good to have a post from you and resurrecting an old topic.
Yes, I’ve been an eager news gatherer on the forums looking at what people are planning, have done and are looking to do. It’s going to be a blast having a well thought out tool that can bring ideas into real tangible things!
Just wondering if powering down so quickly will disturb the force “as we say” in either the powersupply or lasertube…just sayin.
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It may. But if there is a fire in the machine and the detector goes off. House > Glowforge. Just sayin.
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HAHAHA yeah trudat…wasn’t using my miniscule brain…hahaha
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We’ve been trying to switch from “graceful shutdown” to “just turn it off” around the office to be sure there aren’t any undiscovered problems there - it should be pretty robust to sudden power loss.
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Dan…would having a UPS hookup in case of blackout or brownout help ? Obviously not in the case of a fire, but added safety?
That would have to be a pretty big/serious APC/UPS.
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oh ok I was thinking the kind you hook to a computer.
Pretty sure @dan said that the peak wattage is about 800W. Though you can get APC/UPS can handle that for the desktop world. But the uptime will be short. If you are talking about if you get a power blip (under 1~2mins) a 1100W unit maybe okay. Anything longer than 4~5 mins you’ll need something larger.
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Merci I didn’t have the money anyhoo…lol
But I will keep this in mind.