Photo credits

The home hero is a Creative Commons photo of an Epilog Edge CO2 laser. The Beginner Picks tile is a public-domain photo of a desktop CO2 engraver. The materials card is a Creative Commons photo of birch plywood. The air-assist card, the honeycomb thumbnail, and the basswood thumbnail are xTool product photos. The other home and Beginner Picks photos are free to use under the Pexels License, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike, or CC0.

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  Home hero A desktop Epilog Edge CO2 laser with the lid open, working on a piece of wood. Photo by Jeanette Ekren on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped.

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  Beginner Picks A desktop CO2 laser engraver on a workbench. Photo by Torsja on Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. Cropped.

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  Materials The layered edge of a sheet of Finnish birch plywood. Photo by Bystander on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped.

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  Tools & Accessories An air-assist pump, hose, and nozzle for a diode laser. Product photo from xTool. Cropped.

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  Types of Lasers A blue laser engraving a mark into a piece of wood. Photo by Sóc Năng Động on Pexels. Pexels License.

Beginner Picks

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  Beginner diode laser A diode laser module engraving a mark into a piece of wood. Photo by Opt Lasers on Pexels. Pexels License. Cropped.

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  Honeycomb bed A flat aluminum honeycomb panel for a laser bed. Product photo from xTool. Cropped.

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  Safety glasses Orange laser safety goggles rated for diode wavelengths. Photo by Кармо2 on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped.

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  Fire extinguisher A red ABC dry-powder fire extinguisher standing on a concrete floor. Photo by MURSHID ELAMARAM on Wikimedia Commons. CC0. Cropped.

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  Basswood and plywood A stack of thin basswood plywood sheets. Product photo from xTool. Cropped.