Glowforge release

[Dave Sheldrake]

The lid and interlock is the Big Red Button.

Not if you want any hope of getting through EU customs it isn't

[Nigel P. Jones]

weird, I used the "insert video" option on the page here, and what shows up on my computer is this…
Even if pics are turned off in the 'Creek settings, I would think the link would still appear, but maybe not?

Strange indeed. I have images turned on, and I see the images in your post (and others), just not the video. This is what it looks like to me:

novideo.png

[Jerome Stanek]

I would lift the lid (laser turns off), blow out or spritz flame, continue with the project.

If this was the same someone I saw, he was cutting several layers of paper he had taped together.

No he was cutting wood

[Steve Morris]

Not if you want any hope of getting through EU customs it isn't

Beg to differ Dave, thats how Trotec works - lift the lid and it stops.

[Bill George]

Beg to differ Dave, thats how Trotec works - lift the lid and it stops.

Doesn't it also have a STOP button?

[Dave Sheldrake]

Doesn't it also have a STOP button?

All of mine do, a stop button may or may not need to be raised such as an e-stop but an interlock is not usually a means of stopping a machine that the HSE will accept without another means .

[Gary Hair]

Doesn't it also have a STOP button?

I don't know about the rest of the models, but my Speedy 400 has a big red stop button.

[Nigel P. Jones]

I saw the video in both posts. I did see where someone was wondering where the BIG RED button was as he had a fire in his unit.

Here's the post I assume Jerome is referring to, from a FB Glowforge group. It does look like they were cutting cardboard, not wood.

glowforge-fire.jpg

[Bert Kemp]

What a Joy to have everything controlled by GF and the cloud. seems like lots of people today are haveing this trouble

When I signed into Glowforge today it's a totally different page and I can't find the dashboard to get to my designs. Is it just me?

[Dave Sheldrake]

I don't know about the rest of the models, but my Speedy 400 has a big red stop button.

My 300 does as well Gaz

[Steve Morris]

One Speedy 300 as delivered - no big red button and the manual only refers to opening the lid which will stop motion and switch off laser immediately.

IMG_20180131_144847901_HDR.jpg

[Dave Sheldrake]

There's a stop on the CP Steve, the glowforge doesn't have one

[Matt McCoy]

There's a stop on the CP Steve, the glowforge doesn't have one

It looks like it is in the hopper and can be activated via a future update.

[Nigel P. Jones]

Looks like Glowforge is planning to ramp up the marketing, including doubling down on the nonsense "3D laser printer" terminology. Just saw this press release: https://www.businesswire.com/news/ho...-Glowforge©-3D

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Glowforge, the Seattle-based creator of the iconic 3D laser printer, has announced that Michelle Mares has joined the company as Head of Marketing. Mares joins the company from Nordstrom Rack, where she served as Director of Marketing. Previously, she spent eight years in the video games industry leading consumer marketing efforts for both Xbox LIVE and Nintendo, including the award-winning “Wii would like to play” campaign for the launch of the Nintendo Wii.

“When I first heard about Glowforge and the consumer excitement generated through their crowdfunding campaign, and then saw the amazing things Glowforge customers are creating and sharing organically every day, I knew this product was something I wanted to be involved in,” said Mares. “It’s a marketer’s dream to work on disruptive technology that delights customers and fuels people’s creativity. The 3D laser consumer space is currently unchartered territory and Glowforge is clearly leading the way.”

[Scott Shepherd]

Disruptive Market? That's funny. I have yet to see one thing it does that none of our lasers will do. In order to be disruptive, you'd have to do something no one else's lasers can do.