First week with my Glowforge

Definitely go through a tutorial or two on YouTube.
I like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib8UBwu3yGA

Also, lots of good write ups and details about laser related stuff here:

And other general goodies here:

Keep with it! good luck! and keep asking questions here! lots of folks willing to help you learn

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