Convince me not to buy a Glowforge

[Fat Bastard 608]

Just saw an ad for it. Looks fucking amazing. $6k for the pro. I have no idea what I want/need it for but I feel like I need it in my life. 

[Dontshootrude 374]

$6k? I can think of better ways to spend $6k but if you want to print out a bunch of cardboard globes I guess this product is for you.  Go for it and report back.

[RDCanecutter 26,476]

For $6,000, I'll build you a nicer cardboard globe than in the video, and I'll paint some of the countries on it too.

[HRSchenker 2,274]

There's a $300 brand out there that all the cool kids are using to 3D print handguns. I think it's called the Ender 3 Pro.

[ztejas 43,546]

7 hours ago, RDCanecutter said:

For $6,000, I'll build you a nicer cardboard globe than in the video, and I'll paint some of the countries on it too.

I'm so freaking good at painting continents. Sometimes I go outside the lines. I know I'm not 'sposed to but I like being myself.

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4,977]

You could get like 600 hand forged tomahawks for that price. Or like 300 fancy ones and use them to smoke a new bowl out of a different hawk for almost every day of the year.

[davidg 4,038]

We have a Epilog Helix with a 50w CO2 laser at work for engraving equipment nameplates.  It cost a bit more than $6k.  My designer runs it and we may have run a government job or three through it before.  It also has the rotary 3rd axis for engraving on curved surfaces.  Engraved yeti cups for enveryone.

[Sam Lin 3,563]

I was on the kickstart preorder list for years with Glowforge, ultimately canceled it due to delays dragging on and there being other options on the market (Epilog and Trotec are two - not saying they're better, just that you should look around and compare for yourself). The big thing with the 'baby lasers' is you need to understand the limitations of what it can and can't do, and have realistic expectations for your projects.

[NWBuck 8,587]

4 hours ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

You could get like 600 hand forged tomahawks for that price. Or like 300 fancy ones and use them to smoke a new bowl out of a different hawk for almost every day of the year.

OT, but the tomahawk thread is how I discovered Shag/Surl 

[Bevo&Pevo 5,222]

the tomahawk thread in itself was greatness.

[ROFL BOX 6,649]

the tomahawk thread in itself was greatness.

I think I was reading on that thread from like page 3 or less but then it totally got away from me with a balloon to 30+ pages in a hurry.

Too much to try & keep up.

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