Our water-cooled carbon dioxide laser enables precision cutting and engraving of a wide variety of materials.

The laser beam is invisible to the human eye. The bright light seen when cutting is formed by the vaporization of the material being cut. When cutting, the laser nozzle follows the line of the cut. Click one of the pictures to the left to view a video clip of our laser cutting a piece of 3/4 inch cherry wood.

The laser beam is reflected from a number of internal mirrors and directed down toward the cutting table through the laser nozzle.

When engraving, the laser nozzle moves side to side over the engraved motif. Click one of the pictures to the left to view a video clip of our laser engraving an inscription on a piece of 3/4 inch hickory.

We use a variety of different lenses, power settings and cutting speeds to cut hardwoods from 1-1/2 inches to 0.02 inches thick when building our tables.

By varying the power produced by the laser over each pixel of an engraving, it is possible to vary the depth of the engraving and produce three dimensional engraved designs.

Blowers evacuate the small amount of wood smoke produced by cutting and engraving operations.