Laser etching wood

Working at Zone Creations there's often some interesting stuff being run on the lasers - we've just finished a window display for Harrods and are about to make some panels for Buckingham Palace. Today, whilst in the workshop, one of the machines was engraving the top of a wooden barrel - burning off the top 2mm or so of material:




A 2009 aim has got to be to make more of the lasers here!