Nice, and yeah I cut wood with it several times. Mainly 3mm ply, but it does great and usually in one pass. Can only cut certain colored acrylics with a diode, and there's tricks for engraving clear with a diode. I haven't tried it with this laser since I ended up getting a 40W as well, but I'm sure it could cut 3mm black acrylic no problem. I mainly like using this one for fine engraving though, which I feel it's amazing at.