This invention provides a system and method combining liquid guided laser and electrical discharge machining to create a common feature, and a resulting workpiece. The workpiece is positioned in a liquid guided laser cutting path and machined by a liquid guided laser device to create an intermediate feature in the workpiece. The workpiece is then positioned in an electrical discharge machining (EDM) device so that an electrode of the EDM device is operatively positioned proximate the intermediate feature and machined using the EDM device to modify the intermediate feature in the workpiece to create the finished common feature in the workpiece.