Clarifications on the Warranty Regarding International Shipping
Something we just wrote up for the support team, posted here as a heads up:
We fully insure your shipment. If something happens on the way to the address you give us, we’ll make it right. Should you have a problem after delivery, since you’re in the US, the warranty even pays for shipping to our repair center and back again.
One note: we’ve heard some planning to ship to the US who plan to ship their Glowforge on to another country. Of course that’s OK by us, but a word of caution. If you dec…
If you’re paying for us to ship it to you in Malta, then our insurance covers you all the way to Malta. But if you take delivery in Omaha and truck it to a Malta-bound freighter, don’t make a claim for seawater damage.
Can you resell your Glowforge?
You can absolutely resell your Glowforge. You can also transfer ownership to a different glowforge.com account (the buyer’s) if you resell. You can’t transfer ownership of your Glowforge.com account, though, so e.g. founder status is not transferable.
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Ladies and Gents: Weekly Highlights is going to need to undergo drastic revision in light of the impending huge volume of submissions, and the need to shift focus to answering questions.
This will be the final curated edition of the Highlights. Going forward, I will provide a blank Draft template Wiki each week in the Everything Else Category - the edition will run from Saturday through Saturday, and I’ll finalize and close the Wiki on the following Wednesday.
It’s going to be the responsibility of each individual creator to add his or her own links to the Wiki if they want to have their projects included in the highlights.
As a Wiki, it will be editable by everyone. Just click the little pencil icon at the bottom of the first post in the Highlights, (sometimes it hides behind the 3 dots) , copy and paste the link to your post.
If you want to add a photo - right click the photo, “Copy Image Location” and paste that on a new line right under your project link.
I’m going to leave this one open for a few days so anyone who wants to add their contributions from the last few days can add them directly to this Wiki. (Been out of town.)
I can take care of adding @dan and @staff comments in the top section, along with any announcements that get posted, so just worry about adding your own submissions. People do want to see them! Show them off! (I will also pull Gallery photos from the highlights - it’s a lot less hunting and clicking).
I think the highlights are a great service for the community in general, but they are getting to be about the length of the Made on a Glowforge category itself.
And in case you miss something…be sure to check out the [Made On A Glowforge Category] (Made on a Glowforge - Glowforge Owners Forum ) .
It’s where all the cool stuff pops up!
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Okay, I promise to get back to work on another practical project but before this plays out I found out that pencil drawing translates into laser engraves extremely well.
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Not a super productive day today. I did finish up the set of Heroic/Evil coasters. I had a few more problems with the trace function dropping out the middles of the graphics. Support is looking into that. I was able to get around that by importing JPEGs instead of tracing. You can’t get cut lines by doing that, but luckily, all were cut out when I completed the first side of the coaster.
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I remembered this post by @joe Where he asked about getting some cut log blanks, and where would he get those. I suddenly thought, who has 2 thumbs, and recently did this? (and had 2 thumbs after doing this too!)
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This guy!
(haha - my boss called and asked if he could borrow my chain saw as a large oak branch had crushed through his fence - I asked a couple of questions and realized he had never used a chainsaw in his life and didn’t own kevlars, steel toes, protective metal faceshiel…
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Tonight had some colleagues over for dinner given it is finally BBQ weather. They came with their 5 year old and 11 year old, both exhausted from a day’s activities. Given most of the talk was adult talk, they were getting restless and cranky.
Asking if they enjoyed drawing, would they want to make their drawings and place them in a laser? Well I hadn’t used the trace function, but sure seemed the time to do it. When you are used to CAD or even trace/expand/fix in AI, GFUI trace is so easy (alb…
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Supplies: 1/8" Proofgrade Cherry & Maple
Op Time: Kicks 1 hr 9 mins - Dab 19 mins 6 sec.
These are some simple engraving tests. So stuff has changed in that department for sure.
(Note: No cleanup. As-is and color filled)
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Color fills are dollar store ‘Sharpies’
The power of software folks.
I haven’t worked much at all with the trace function on this machine because I’ve had so many of my own designs I wanted to try. But @bill_laba ’s recent trace results really inspired me to give it a go.
It’s no secret to many of you that I like to do rubberstamping and make cards (in fact, @marmak3261 has commented on the size of my stamp collection). Often I will stamp an image then hand cut it with scissors so I can use the added dimension on a card. No hand cutting needed any more, I’ve g…
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One of the things that I wanted to make was some engravings on black granite. It took me 3 trys to get something that I thought looked ok. This is how I did it. First the granite came from Homedepot and is available in single 12 inch squares. I borrowed a tile saw and cut it down to 3.5 inch squares. It is .375 inches thick. The first thing you need to do is select a nice clear picture with good contrast. I used Photoshop to sharpen the picture slightly more than normal. You want the whi…
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Tonight had some colleagues over for dinner given it is finally BBQ weather. They came with their 5 year old and 11 year old, both exhausted from a day’s activities. Given most of the talk was adult talk, they were getting restless and cranky.
Asking if they enjoyed drawing, would they want to make their drawings and place them in a laser? Well I hadn’t used the trace function, but sure seemed the time to do it. When you are used to CAD or even trace/expand/fix in AI, GFUI trace is so easy (alb…
After seeing @rebecca ’s coaster stamp:
I got inspired to make my own stamp tonight. @joe , I freakin forgot to reverse it again! Well luckily I remembered just after I started… Need to make a sign above the laser…
So using the inventables 2x3 linoleum on wood block stamp material, made a stamp for my colleagues brewery. Man does the spew recondense on the lower part of the block. I engraved at 1%/85. I made the block a smidge bigger than the linoleum so it engraved the sides flat. I slightly …
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While I was working on the Quilt Block Key Holder there were a couple of requests to show how I was testing the results of various power and speed settings on the core, and it’s interesting enough to see what goes on inside.
Couple of things to be aware of when you’re lasering thick foamcore:
1. Watch it when you do. Do not leave it unattended under ANY circumstances.
The foam inside the paper backings melts, and it can actually burn with real flames inside the closed paper when you are work…
I was inspired by the spinners I saw at Maker Faire last month and wanted to work on something fun with the different techniques I saw there. I thought the planetary gears from the Steamy Tech people were really cool to play with and wanted to try and do something similar to get some experience with the parts and integration. I also liked how @marmak3261 had used nuts for weights and wanted to use the same solution for weighting mine. I worked out a first draft and cut it out of some 1/8" and…
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I did not receive the fancy new black crumb tray. It’s not the end of the world and if you told me my choice was to wait for it or to get my Glowforge now, I’d definitely have opted to get it. But it is a little bit of a bummer. I’d definitely be interested in the option to potentially purchase one…
My friend John (of the beer holder fame ) and I had been talking about making custom coasters for his various brewed/distilled products from the farm out of some cool wood from the farm. He really admired my Guiness oak coaster and noted that a ancient cedar had fallen near his driveway.
So my wife and I drove over to the farm with my trust tree bow-saw (don’t like to use a chainsaw for this as the chain oil contaminates a lot of the wood, plus super thin kerf). The three of us marched down his …
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Front:
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Why is the hole off-center? Because I decided to use my tablet when I printed instead of my computer. Dragging with your finger isn’t precise enough. Lesson learned. My earlier attempt (that I screwed up on) the hole was dead center.
Back:
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Ours, too. Must have seen the series at least 3 times now. Here’s us at Philly ComicCon a couple months ago:
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Yes… This is me:
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I had a surprising number of people come up to me and address me a…
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I called my parents over and we had some dinner first. Talk about self control!
The girls got right to unpacking as soon as we said it was okay…
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The sounds of angels singing as the box was opened… [image]
Removing all the orange bits… [image]
On the network and second print already. Oldest wanted a picture frame…
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The must have founders ruler photo…
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And the tolerance photo (very impressed)…
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More to follow.
First post in a couple of weeks because I’ve been working on a project that has been uncooperative at best.
Some of you were backers of a project on Kickstarter called the Codex Silenda: Book of Puzzles. It’s a laser cut “book” telling the story of an apprentice to DaVinci and his unauthorized exploration of his master’s secrets.
https://www.codexsilenda.com
They are of course long behind in delivery but they offered a perk with cut files for backers so we could make our own, change the story…
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I decided to finally try out making my Fractal puzzle.
(Free design here Fractal Letter Puzzle - T )
I did make some modifications. Specifically, I wanted a cover for it, so the pieces don’t fall out in transit. I had some small (1/8" x 1/16") neodymium magnets laying around, so I decided to use those.
Now some experimentation. I wanted to press fit them in. So I made a circle in Inkscape, and tried out a bunch of settings and measured the depth.
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One interesting thing I found. I kep…
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I tried engraving leather (not 3D though). Yes, there was char. However, I sprayed the print with Fiebing’s Leather Sheen , and it set the engraved area and it doesn’t smear anymore.
This test print is only 1 by 1.5 inches. I can print it in a larger size (or a different image) and post it if you like. My guess is that the darker half of the image might be more detailed.
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I’d found a cute little cutting board a while back while at Ikea and wanted to customize it a bit. I’d found a cherry blossom picture that I liked and after doing some cleanup tried it out on the board. I ended up doing a double pass since I didn’t think it was enough after the first pass and wanted to make sure it wouldn’t wash out once it was cleaned.
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Here’s a little closer of the etching.
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I think it turned out pretty nice for a bitmap. I wanted to try a more modern pat…
My friend wanted me to print out some coasters to hand out during his performances (he often performs in bars).
At first I said, “It takes to long to print out a single coaster, and wood would be expensive.” Then I thought, “Wait, I can just make a coaster stamp.” So, I did.
The old-timey, worn look is part of his branding. This project was super fun.
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Rubber
Coasters (much cheaper in high volume)
Base - Art Minds, 4 inch pine
Glue
Waterproof ink
I called my parents over and we had some dinner first. Talk about self control!
The girls got right to unpacking as soon as we said it was okay…
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The sounds of angels singing as the box was opened… [image]
Removing all the orange bits… [image]
On the network and second print already. Oldest wanted a picture frame…
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The must have founders ruler photo…
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And the tolerance photo (very impressed)…
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More to follow.
Yeah… Nothing new here. YAFS (Yet Another Fidget Spinner). So feel free to skip if you have no interest. I’m mostly posting this for other noobs like me to see what the process looks like from another noob’s perspective.
My son Andy’s thing these days is “Daddy, I wanna make something.” He doesn’t have anything in mind. He just wants to make stuff. And I think that’s awesome. Partially because it helps me increase my laser skill. (I’m not usually the idea guy… I’m the guy who makes the…
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Last weekend, I finished the arcade cabinet I discussed here:
I’m really happy with how it came out.
I put an old monitor and a raspberry pi (running retropie) in it. I can now play lots of old nostalgic games. I introduced my kids to several games I used to play as a kid. They’re comment was “your games were different than ours, but they are still fun”.
I designed it so that all the parts for it would fit on a GF bed. Although I cut it at the local maker space.
Here’s the front an…
