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About Glowforge Plus
Glowforge Plus is the perfect laser cutter and engraver for your craft room or classroom. Its powerful laser, improved speed, and premium components make it simple to cut, score, and engrave hundreds of materials up to ½” thick like wood, acrylic, leather, fabric - even chocolate. Transform creative ideas into reality with Glowforge Plus.
Transform creative ideas into reality. Glowforge Plus's powerful laser, superior speed, and premium components make it the perfect laser cutter for your craft room, business, or classroom.
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$4,995.00
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Product Highlights
40w laser
Print all day with enhanced cooling
12 Month Worry-Free Warranty
Regular price
$4,995.00
Regular price
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$4,995.00
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About Glowforge Plus
Glowforge Plus is the perfect laser cutter and engraver for your craft room or classroom. Its powerful laser, improved speed, and premium components make it simple to cut, score, and engrave hundreds of materials up to ½” thick like wood, acrylic, leather, fabric - even chocolate. Transform creative ideas into reality with Glowforge Plus.
Product Details
Dimensions
Glowforge exterior (Pro and Plus): 38″ x 20.75″ x 8.25″ (965mm x 527mm x 210mm)
Glowforge Exterior Dimensions
(Pro and Plus)
Air Filter Exterior Dimensions
Air Filter Exterior Dimensions
Material dimensions Work Area
Cutting area: approx. 11" (279mm) deep and 19.5" (495mm) wide
Maximum material depth: 18" (455mm) for Plus; unlimited for Pro
unlimited for Pro
Maximum material width: 20" (515mm)
Maximum material height: 2" (50mm)
Maximum material height with tray: 0.5" (13mm)
Material Capability
Can safely print on any laser-compatible material, with examples below. Glowforge recommends Proofgrade™ materials for automatic settings and perfect results.
Engrave and Cut:
Engrave only
Wood
Acrylic
Leather
Draftboard
Veneer
Paper
Cardboard
Delrin
Mylar
Rubber
Cork
Sandpaper
Food
...and hundreds more!
Glass
Stone
Slate
Titanium
Aluminum
Marble
Ceramic tile
Corian
...and hundreds more!
Software
Easy and powerful interface will have you printing in minutes
Web interface works on Mac, PC, Linux, and many mobile devices (internet required)
Compatible with JPG, PNG, SVG, PDF, and other file formats.
Glowforge Premium includes support for DXF files
Drag-and-drop layout with live camera preview to position designs on the material
Automatically scan drawings and print without design software
Catalog of premium, customizable, ready-to-print designs
One Button Print
When used with Proofgrade materials, automatically determines settings for perfect cutting and engraving
Cameras
Wide Angle Camera — Mounted on the lid, provides a view of the entire printable area, accurate within 0.25” (6mm)
Macro Camera — Mounted on the head, provides extreme up-close information for autofocus, accurate within 0.004” (0.1mm)
Lighting
Dual high-efficiency internal LED strips give your work broad illumination for a wide angle view
Headlights under the lid give point illumination for precise precisioning
Laser System
CO2 Laser — Custom CO2 glass laser tube capable of continuous operation at 10,600 nm; rated at 45 watts for Pro and 40 watts for Plus
Fixed Alignment — Factory calibrated optical system does not require any alignment by the user
Sealed Optics — Enclosed optical path with cleanable and replaceable windows protects the laser optics to avoid replacement or realignment
Mechanicals
Case — High modulus injection molded plastic
Linear System — Custom extruded aluminum linear rails with belt driven v-wheel carrier
Motion — Dual hybrid stepper Y axis; single hybrid stepper X axis
Cooling — Closed loop self contained internal cooling.
Air Assist — Internal air assist with no external compressor hookup required
Recommended Operating Temperature: 60F-75F (16C-24C) Plus; 60F-81F (16C-27C) Pro
Requirements
Wi-Fi required (2.4 GHz b/g/n and WPA2, WPA, WEP, or open)
Ventilation with either the Glowforge Compact Filter, or an open-able window within 8 feet
110/220 VAC, 50 or 60 HZ outlet
Glowforge Plus and Pro have 800W peak power consumption
Compact Filter has an additional 350W peak power consumption
Miscellaneous
Precision power settings allow enough control to draw lines on copy paper
3D engrave settings carve detailed surfaces
Positioning precision to 0.001” (0.025mm)
Engraving up to 1355 DPI
Glowforge Pro Upgrades
Pro Passthrough slot allows the use of material that’s up to 1/4″ (6.3mm) high, up to 20” (50.8cm) wide, and as long as desired
Upgraded solid state thermoelectric cooling
Safety
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 Plus is a Class 1 laser device with no special training required
The Glowforge Pro is a Class 4 laser device and comes with all necessary safety training materials
Certified to UL/ANSI/IEC 60950-1-07 and CAN/CSA-C22.2 NO. 60950-1-07 (R16) by TUV Rhineland
Warranty
12 Month Comprehensive Warranty
Full warranty info at glowforge.com/warranty
Bring your ideas to life, like magic!
Glowforge Air Filter
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$1,295.00
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$1,295.00
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Our Air Filter upgrade lets you put your Glowforge anywhere.
Lasers like your Glowforge require ventilation. All Glowforge printers come with a 4” (10 cm) diameter hose which allows you to use your Glowforge near a window. It sits on the ground near your Glowforge printer and cleans the air, allowing you to operate it anywhere in your home, school, or office!
Make just about anything
Key Benefits
Precisely cut, engrave, and score hundreds of materials up to ½” thick with a professional-grade laser.
Engrave photographs, patterns, or text in vivid detail onto materials like wood, acrylic, stone, leather, and more.
Create infinitely long projects using the Passthrough slot with continuous auto-tracking.
See exactly what you’re printing with live camera preview and precise autofocus.
What Our Customers Are Saying...
Frequently Asked Questions
How is Glowforge different from a 3D printer?
Glowforge uses subtractive manufacturing while traditional 3D printers use additive manufacturing. A 3D printer builds up material, like plastic filament, layer by layer. With Glowforge, you’ll put a piece of material like leather, wood, or acrylic in the machine and it carves out your product using laser light. The technical name for the category of tools that includes Glowforge is a CNC laser cutter engraver, but that's a mouthful, so we call it a 3D laser printer.
What can I make with Glowforge?
You can make an endless variety of useful, beautiful, and practical things from a bunch of different materials like wood, leather, felt, fabric, acrylic, paper, and more. See what amazing things other Glowforge owners are making over on Instagram, #glowforge.
What kind of software and hardware do I need to use Glowforge?
Great news! You can use your Glowforge from a Mac, PC, tablet, and smartphone, using our simple, powerful, and free web interface.
Will Glowforge be difficult to set up or learn how to use?
Glowforge is incredibly easy to use. Most of our customers tell us it takes them less than 30 minutes to get their printer out of the box, plug it in, set it up, AND finish their first print!
The web interface, point-and-click software, and simple hardware (just one button!) combine to make it both simple and easy to use.
Your Glowforge comes with a detailed manual to help you learn to use it easily and quickly. We also have many resources to help: our community forum answers most questions within hours, our detailed learning information at glowforge.com/support answers the most frequently asked questions, and we’re always here to help if you have a question.
We’ve seen incredible creativity from people ranging from preschool students to great-grandparents. We have no doubt you’ll be able to create amazing things!