Glowforge Pro

It’s small and the software is subscription based and doesn’t work very well. I also find it frustrating to dial in power and focus because it’s all relative to their settings. It’s not just mm/sec etc.

The things that make the Glowforge a good starter machine (except for the price!) are the things that quickly become frustrating. The proprietary software allows for little customization and the machine is, in effect, just too simple. I can't go more than a few jobs before I have to do a cleaning of the Glowforge. All jobs really have to be masked. Speed is bad.

It's online only and not able to add air assist or rotary

The Glowforge is not very open source. We are stuck using their software and it is not very user friendly for my students.

Size

I'd like a bigger (and accurate) cutting area

For the Omtech Laser, I wish it had an onboard camera like the glowforge does.

Bigger cut area

Improve registration of preview to actual cuts. Make the thing actually cut through material consistently.

Fumes

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