3D Engraving in Wood with Opt Lasers PLH3D-XT8 8 diode blue laser on an AVID CNC

In this video I attempt to do a 3D engraving in wood converted from an STL file into a grayscale depth map. The 45W power and longer focal length lens of hte XT8 laser make this possible.

You can get more info on the XT8 laser here: https://optlasers.com/Plug-and-Play-K...

AVID CNC here: https://www.avidcnc.com/

STL2PNG converter: https://fenrus75.github.io/FenrusCNCt...

ImagR Laser Image procession software: https://www.imag-r.com/

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