Everywhere i look these days i see a blog article about someone laser cutting old vinyl lps.
Cutting vinyl records with laser.
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I think the first place i saw it was on the make magazine blog.
Although polyvinyl chloride pvc can in fact be cut with laser the thermal process produces hydrochloric acid and toxic fumes.
For this reason we advise you not to use laser for cutting pvc in order to prevent corrosion of your laser system and to ensure the safety of the machine operator.
Personally these laser cut plastic end tables by israel s studio groovy fair warning.
Vinyl which is a very common material for records is toxic when laser cutting.
This is a close up image of a vinyl record taken with an electron microscope.
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The laser cutter cannot make such precise cuts because the width of the beam is too large so the grooves on my records are about 1 2 orders of magnitude larger in every dimension than these grooves.
A better alternative is to use thin black acrylic.
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The dark objects in the grooves are tiny particles of dust.
It seems like a great idea especially if you choose an image that fits the record you are cutting.
Cutting vinyl with ease you may be wondering whether your existing laser cutting machine can cut vinyl or perhaps you ve attempted to cut this material with no luck so let s be clear you will need a laser cutting machine that is specifically optimised to cut vinyl.
I couldn t actually find them on their flash y website are not to my taste but i really like the fact that that they put some old vinyl records in their laser cutter and managed to make something fairly cool out of them.
The table on the left uses the cut out from the table on the right as.
Do not use it in your laser cutter.
