Cutting Vinyl Records With Laser

Although polyvinyl chloride pvc can in fact be cut with laser the thermal process produces hydrochloric acid and toxic fumes.

Cutting vinyl records with laser.

Another option is to use thin mdf and paint it black. I think the first place i saw it was on the make magazine blog. 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. 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.

Do not use it in your laser cutter. We can also do custom designs just contact us to find. Custom laser cut vinyl records from rock to country. Personally these laser cut plastic end tables by israel s studio groovy fair warning.

We are constantly updating and adding new designs. It seems like a great idea especially if you choose an image that fits the record you are cutting. The dark objects in the grooves are tiny particles of dust. 16 penn plaza suite 1518 new york ny 10001 usa phone.

A better alternative is to use thin black acrylic. This is a close up image of a vinyl record taken with an electron microscope. 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. Everywhere i look these days i see a blog article about someone laser cutting old vinyl lps.

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