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Its powerful laser works with 100s of materials like wood, acrylic, leather, cardstock — even chocolate. Unleash your creativity with Glowforge Aura’s free and easy-to-use design software, Proofgrade® materials, and optional in-app purchase of millions of designs, fonts, and ready-to-make projects. The only limit is your imagination!
Unlock a new dimension to your creativity with Glowforge Aura™ Craft Laser™. Its powerful laser precisely cuts, engraves, and scores hundreds of materials so you can bring your ideas to life in minutes.
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Product Highlights
Compatible with your Mac, PC, tablet or phone
Import designs in your favorite formats
Infinite prints with Aura Passthrough
Preview Mode sees before you print
Autofocus and 3D Engraving
Safe for creating at home
12 Month Worry-Free Warranty
Works with 100s of materials
Its powerful laser works with 100s of materials like wood, acrylic, leather, cardstock — even chocolate. Unleash your creativity with Glowforge Aura’s free and easy-to-use design software, Proofgrade® materials, and optional in-app purchase of millions of designs, fonts, and ready-to-make projects. The only limit is your imagination!
Unleash Your Creativity
Glowforge Aura exterior: 22″ x 20.5″ x 5″ (556mm x 521mm x 127mm)
Max materials depth: up to 1⁄4” thick
Max material size: 12” x 12” inches
Cutting area approx: 144 in sq.
Glowforge Aura can cut materials up to 1/4" thick, and engrave materials up to 3/4" thick with the cutting tray removed.
Can safely print on any laser-compatible material, including the examples below. Glowforge recommends using Aura-compatible Proofgrade® materials for smart settings and perfect results. Proofgrade materials are specially sourced and lab-tested for creating prints safely at home.
Note: Most Proofgrade materials work beautifully with your Glowforge Aura, but we recommend against using Draftboard™, medium plywood, and clear, white, and blue acrylic. All other acrylic colors, and both Light and Thick plywoods, will work wonderfully. Learn more about laser-compatible materials here and see our collection of Aura-compatible Proofgrade materials here.
CAUTION: Laser cutting vinyl will immediately destroy your laser. As an alternative, try our Eco Iron-On material.
Wood
Acrylic
Leather
Veneer
Paper
Cardboard
Delrin
Mylar
Rubber
Cork
Sandpaper
Food
...and hundreds more!
Stone
Slate
Titanium
Aluminum
Marble
Ceramic tile
Corian
...and hundreds more!
Easy-to-use, web-based software will have you printing in minutes
Glowforge App works with Mac, PC, Chromebook, tablet, and phone
Compatible with JPEG, PNG, SVG, PDF, and other popular file formats
Aura Vision™ live camera preview lets you visualize your designs on your materials
Automatically scan and print drawings and print without design software
Choose from a catalog of premium, customizable, ready-to-print designs
When used with Proofgrade materials, automatically determines settings for perfect cutting and engraving
Wide Angle Camera — Mounted on the lid, provides a view of the entire printable area
High-efficiency internal LED lighting gives your work broad illumination for a wide angle view and precise precisioning
The Glowforge Aura Craft Laser is certified as a Class 1 laser product containing an embedded Class 4 laser
Case — High modulus injection molded plastic
Linear System — Glass filled injection molded linear rails and steel slides with belt driven carrier
Motion — Hybrid stepper X and Y axis
Cooling/Air Assist — Custom laser head fan for combined cooling and air assist
Recommended Operating Temperature: 60F-75F (16C-24C)
Wi-Fi required (2.4 GHz b/g/n and WPA2, WPA, or open)
Ventilation with either the Glowforge Personal Filter, or an open-able window within 8 feet
110/220 VAC, 50 or 60 HZ outlet
Glowforge Aura has 84W peak power consumption
Precision power settings allow enough control to draw lines on copy paper
3D engrave settings carve detailed surfaces
Glowforge Aura Passthrough slot allows the use of material that’s up to 3/8″ (9.5mm) high, up to 12” (30.48cm) long, and as wide as desired
Certified to UL standards
Safety sensors alert in case of bumps or unplanned movement
Safety sensors warn in case of overtemperature conditions
Safety sensors notify when fan performance changes
The Glowforge Aura is certified as a Class 1 laser product containing an embedded Class 4 laser and comes with all necessary safety training materials
Certified to EN/I EC 62368-1:2014 EN/I EC 60825-1:2015 CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 62368-1-14:2014 UL 62368-1:2014 by TUV Rheinland
12 Month Comprehensive Warranty
Full warranty info at glowforge.com/warranty
Bring your ideas to life, like magic!
Give one of our Glowforge experts a call or instantly chat online.
Lasers like your Glowforge Aura require ventilation. With the Glowforge Craft Laser Filter, you can put your Glowforge Aura anywhere! It sits on the ground near your Glowforge Aura and cleans the air, allowing you to operate it anywhere in your home.
Precisely cut, engrave, and score with a beam of light.
Preview, perfect and visualize your prints before you print.
Easy-to-use tools & step-by-step tutorials make creating a breeze.
Create millions of projects from hundreds of materials.
Glowforge Aura fits material up to 12 in x 12 in (30.4 cm x 30.4 cm) and works with thicker materials than craft cutters — you can cut materials up to ¼ in (0.635 cm) thick and engrave objects up to ¾ in high. It cuts and engraves laser-compatible materials including wood, acrylic, leather, veneer, paper, & cardboard, and also engraves on denim, mylar, rubber, cork, sandpaper, food, stone, slate, titanium, aluminum, marble, ceramic tile, and hundreds more!
Glowforge Aura uses a blue, 6-watt, solid-state laser, so it is not compatible with glass, clear acrylic, white acrylic, blue acrylic, vinyl, or Draftboard®️ materials.
Glowforge Aura can cut materials up to 1/4" thick, and engrave materials up to 3/4" thick with the cutting tray removed.
All Glowforge printers are quick to set up and easy to use. You can choose to work with hundreds of materials to make the kinds of amazing things that you see on our Community Forum or Instagram. All our printers come with everything you need to get started making magical things at the touch of a button.
If you want to make projects at home like paper greeting cards, personalized signs, or acrylic accessories, then Glowforge Aura is perfect for you. If you’re looking for even more speed, power, or the ability to create products for a business, then check out our Performance Series.
No! Every Glowforge laser works with our web-based App, Glowforge Print. You can use your Mac, PC, tablet, or smartphone to access the Glowforge App. To create a print, design a project completely from scratch right in the App — choose from millions of fonts, graphics, pattern tools, stamp-templates, & more! You can also choose thousands of ready-to-print designs from the Glowforge Catalog, and customize them to make your perfect project!
If you prefer, use your favorite software (like Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape, CorelDraw, Adobe Photoshop, GIMP, Autodesk 360, Sketchup, and more) to create a project in your favorite file formats like JPG, PNG, SVG, or PDF, then easily drag-and-drop it right into the Glowforge App.
The Glowforge Aura is 22 in (W) x 20-½ in (D) x 5 in (H) — or about the size of a large printer.
It takes less than 30 minutes to get your printer out of the box, set it up, and finish your first print.
Glowforge uses a beam of light the width of a human hair to cut and engrave with incredible accuracy to one-thousandth of an inch. It can engrave images in stunning high-resolution comparable to what you see on your phone or computer screen now. Learn more here!