Glowforge release

[Steve Morris]

Well he does admit to possibly moving the head with power on, that would screw with the positioning on a non-encoder system.
As for "waiting for the program to finish loading", why is the print button active before its is completely ready to print - that is just a dumb bit of design that is asking for trouble.

[Kev Williams]

My Gravograph LS900, from the moment the screen shows it's loading data (via parallel port), I can start lasering. Actually, all of my Gravo/New Hermes equipment will run before the job data is fully uploaded.

My Triumph and GCC won't show a new job until it's fully loaded up.

All depends on the maker I suppose, and it seems the GF lets you run while uploading. Even though the machine instruction data is digital, it's loaded and used analogously, shouldn't be a problem. It's not with my machines...

[Jacob John]

I present to you, a competitor. Seriously, I feel strange after watching this.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...r-and-engraver

[Lee DeRaud]

Can we just use "GF" to refer to either/both of them?
The sense of deja vu is pretty much overwhelming.

[Kev Williams]

The Deja Vu I got came after looking at that 'inner artist' photo + "Beambox": Batman's Edward Nygma and his 'Box' to beam brainwaves...

[Mark Taylor2]

Maybe I'm reading that wrong...but the price seems a bit high for what seems to be coming out of China of late that power range. I could be wrong.

[Dave Sheldrake]

remember about 20 pages back I mentioned a new machine the same as the glowforge......

[Bill George]

Both machines are conveniently water cooled and I am assuming something like a car radiator transfers heat into the room. The Pro can work all day long doing those jobs... until it overheats. At least they include a air pump, exhaust fan and "free" hose to ventilate fumes outside. I think this machine has a better chance than the GF, it does look to be designed as a laser, not 3D printer and its local control not cloud.

[Paul Phillips]

Made in Taiwan so hopefully build quality should be better than typical Chinese machines, not as good as LaserPro but seems like it could be a legit contender in the Hobbyist market, I would buy it over GF just because the marketing seems more honest and straight forward, (not calling it a 3d printer!) and pricing seems a bit better. That video though, trying a bit to hard to look like apple or something.

[Bill George]

Yes a better chance than the GF and aimed at the creative/hobby market.

[Kev Williams]

What I liked when reading the 'about us' stuff, is Beambox makers seem to be okay with building and marketing their version of a 'mouse trap' and actually calling it a mousetrap, rather than trying to convince everyone they've invented something better than a mousetrap and marketing it as a fully automated vermin prison...

[Lee DeRaud]

What I liked when reading the 'about us' stuff, is Beambox makers seem to be okay with building and marketing their version of a 'mouse trap' and actually calling it a mousetrap, rather than trying to convince everyone they've invented something better than a mousetrap and marketing it as a fully automated vermin prison...

Yeah, but there's still a very strong "just push a button, no artistic talent required" vibe.

The tech world is full of people who think they're special because they came up with a new way to automate the easiest 5% of task X.

[Paul Phillips]

What I liked when reading the 'about us' stuff, is Beambox makers seem to be okay with building and marketing their version of a 'mouse trap' and actually calling it a mousetrap, rather than trying to convince everyone they've invented something better than a mousetrap and marketing it as a fully automated vermin prison...

If we only had a like button!

[Bill George]

Frankly I think it will go. A lot of Creative people really do not care about the details, just let me design and show me the "Start" button. No BS about special materials, no BS (maybe a little) about how it works and tube life.

[Bert Kemp]

getting back to the GF Ive been reading about a lot of unhappy campers wondering why their GF stops running every day its over 75 in the house LOL Did this one have close loop cooling like the GF ?