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https://glowforge.com/our-products

https://flux3dp.com/beamo/

Glowforge Pro - $5,995

Glowforge Basic - $2,995

Beamo Desktop (30W) - $2,000

All-in-one laser cutter on your desk. Otherwise modifying a 3D printer (e.g. Ender 3/5) with CNC/Laser attachments work as well if your budget is much lower. :)

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Please note that Glowforge ALSO requires the obnoxious cloud to actually cut. And being forced to rely on "cloud" is how Cricut is able to bait-n-switch users and effectively demand more money for purchased hardware.

There is absolutely 0 reason why a CNC laser cutter needs commodity internet at all. And I'd argue that an internet controlled fire-causing laser is a Bad Idea.

Because Glowforge requires their server farms online, Glowforge could pull a Cricut at any moment's notice.

Beamo is local only through USB, I may or may not have been tempted to buy it just for that.

Glowforge is cloud-based too though, and doesn't accept gcode (ddingus's criterion from another comment on this post [1]). What evidence is there that Glowforge isn't just at an earlier phase of the same pattern?

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26479791

Exactly.

There is no evidence.

Anytime there is lock in on machines, there will eventually be rent seeking.

I have zero trust on this.

One evidence is that glowforge open sourced their stuff, not saying it would be easy, but it does make it possible to avoid their cloud thing https://github.com/Glowforge .

If the cutting op protocol is exposed, that is really good. We can make a library.

Nice to know.

That all looks like the bare minimum they're legally required to open source due to using GPLed code (the Linux kernel, uboot, etc).

Well crap.

I need to edit while I can.

Those are not even close. A Cricut starts at $200.

The rental begins at $200, right?

Cricut is a small CNC exacto knife, they cost ~$200

People use Cricut/CAMEO to cut vinyl stickers for the most part. Can't cut vinyl with lasers, you get chloride.

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