Glowforge

Glowforge

Make magical things at the push of a button.

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Meet Glowforge, your at-home 3D laser printer that makes magical things at the push of a button. Easily create custom products with a professional laser cutter.
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Aaron Crocco
This is quite cool but let's face it: nobody in their right mind can think a $1000+ price point will get this thing into mass adoption.
Devin Montgomery
@aaroncrocco The average PC was $2-3K in the 90s, and a lot of people bought them. I don't see the price point as that crazy, especially given how much more day-to-day use most people can get from a laser cutter vs 3D printer. It's really a big deal if it's as easy to use as it looks - machines with similar specs are ubiquitous on Ebay, but really hard to use.
Özgür Celebi
@aaroncrocco your right. The wow affect end's, when you see the price tag.
Seth Louey
@aaroncrocco Honestly though, if you bought it and made some stuff to sell, you'd make back your money ten fold.
Veronica Belmont
I've seen this in action, and I'm very impressed. The price point really opens this technology up to a lot of makers who previously couldn't afford access to a 3D laser printer.
Seth Louey
@deanputney @danshapiro Excuse my french here, but holy shit this is so awesome!!! I was watching the video and I'll give you the play by play... - ok, cool. - ok, that's cool... - ok, HOLY SHIT! But seriously though, having something like this can return the investment ten fold. I might have missed it, but what are the file extensions that you can use with this? EPS, AI, or PDF?
Eric Willis
@sethlouey The drone! I had a chance to hunt this too.
Dan Shapiro
Maker
@sethlouey Thanks Seth! There's a partial list at http://glowforge.com/tech-specs/ as well as a lot of other goodies. We expect to be pretty flexible in what we ingest and add a lot more to that list over time.
Dan Shapiro
Maker
@erictwillis @sethlouey The drone's real; we've got two of them with us at Makerfaire. Dual counterrotating rubberband gattling guns unload roughly 80 bands/sec. These were built on an Iris+ frame, and use a pair of laser-cut delrin gears (plus an extra motor) to drive both gattling guns.
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