Glowforge Plus 3D Laser Printer
Q&A
- The Glowforge Aura is the first Craft Laser, letting you unleash your creativity from your home.
- The Glowforge Basic is the standard home offering for personal printing.
- The Glowforge Plus is the premium home offering for the ultimate personal printing experience, ideal for small craft businesses.
- The Glowforge Pro is the most powerful and capable Glowforge model, suitable for big projects, businesses of any size and shared use.
Differences between the machines include:
Speed: Glowforge Aura uses a blue, 6 watt, solid state laser for powerful cut speeds. Compared to the Glowforge Basic and Plus 40 watt CO2 laser, Glowforge Pro uses a 45 watt CO2 laser which lets it cut at speeds up to 12X faster than Glowforge Aura.
Material Size: Glowforge Aura works with materials 12” x 12” size. It can cut materials up to 1/4" thick, and engrave materials up to 3/4" thick with the cutting tray removed. The Glowforge Basic, Plus and Glowforge Pro work with materials up to 18” deep, 20.4” wide, and 2” thick. The maximum printable area is about 11” x 19.5”.
With the Passthrough slot, the Glowforge Pro lets you make oversized prints. It can work with materials 20” wide, up to ¼” thick, and as long as you want. To use the Passthrough slot, you print the first 10 inches, slide the material through the slot, and repeat. That means you can create huge, dramatic products, including furniture!
Laser Class: Glowforge Basic, Plus and Glowforge Aura are both Class 1 lasers (like a DVD player). The Glowforge Pro Passthrough slot makes the Pro model a Class 4 laser which requires the person using it to have laser safety training (included with your purchase). You should not use the Pro in public or around kids without installing the included Pro Shields.
All machines come with a 12-month warranty.
Rated 4 out of
5
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Dotty Glowforge from
Needs two people to set up.
You need two people to set it up.. it’s heavy and make sure you follow the set up instructions. I’ve just completed the first print files and success! Easy to use and follow the given getting started instruction on the website. I’m eager to start with some fun and more challenging projects already!
Date published: 2022-11-07
Rated 5 out of
5
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BethKrum from
Amazing machine, great in store customer service
The machine is absolutely fantastic, I asked the lovely assistant manager Anne at my local store in Southampton to do some demonstrations for me. She took lots of time helping me over a couple of days and then I bought it. I am over the moon, it’s so easy to use and set up, and so quick. It’s worth every penny. I have a small Dollshouse business and it will be an amazing tool to take my designs to the next level.
Date published: 2022-10-20
Rated 5 out of
5
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Westlands from
Glowforge plus
This is the best thing I have ever had I can't stop making things. Big price to pay but well worth it.in
Date published: 2022-09-26
Rated 1 out of
5
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skd1 from
Expsenive paperwieght
Very limited and uses cloud-based services. if their servers go down the laser becomes a massive, expensive paperweight, which I have been experiencing for the past 24 hours. Also, you have to pay to do simple tasks like draw a simple shape, use text functions and even flip in images in their user interface.
Date published: 2024-09-01
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