Hiya!
I kept checking the website to see if it had shipped. Nothing! A few days passed still nothing. I couldn’t stand it anymore. It was like waiting for Santa Claus to arrive when I was a little girl. I broke down and chatted with Glowforge to see when I could expect my new toy to arrive. Then finally it did arrived via FedEx. We received our latest “toy,” a new Glowforge Pro. A what? A Glowforge is a laser cutter and engraver. It uses a beam of light the width of a human hair to cut and engrave.
Unfortunately it did not arrive with its accessories needed to set it up. I contacted Glowforge again and finally received those yesterday along with the sample materials pack. Last night Ken and I got it set up. But we have not yet had a chance to print anything. I am anxious to power it up and see exactly what it can do! According to the Glowforge website, www.glowforge.com it can cut materials such as wood, leather, acrylic, cardboard, fabric and paper to name a few.
In addition to cutting it can also engrave on glass, titanium, stone, marble, ceramic tile and more. In doing some research I have discovered that it will not cut or engrave (or at least very well) on brass, copper and silver, all of which are metals I use frequently in my jewelry! I am a bit disappointed about that. However, I do have a CNC Taig micro mill that will engrave on metal. I was hoping that the Glowforge would too! I have to do some more research but there is a product out there, Cermark that I may be able to use to engrave on metals. If anyone has experience engraving on metals using Glowforge or a 45W laser cutter please leave a comment.
I now have a nice collection of machines, our latest addition of the Glowforge, a recently purchased Ender 3D printer and a Taig CNC micro mill. That is not to say I have all the equipment I would like to have! I don’t think you can ever have too much equipment or too many tools! I have several other items on my list that I would eventually like to purchase. But for now I am excited to see what I can do with the equipment I currently own.
All of these cool little machines will aid me in making jewelry in almost every imaginable material or at least materials that I want to use to make unique, wearable art jewelry. What materials are some of your favorite pieces of jewelry made of? Do you own any jewelry made from leather, acrylic, or paper. Do you own any jewelry that was 3D printed? Would you like to?
Stayed tuned to see new jewelry creations being made on all of these.
ENJOY!!
cheryl