So cool!!! Love the patterns.
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I love this!!! What a nice fruit bowl it would make–perfect Christmas present! Thanks so much for posting the file.
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That’s pretty cool!
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So, safety of lasering actual vinyl LP’s anyone?
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Sadly, not safe at all. 
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Don’t laser vinyl, or anything with vinyl in it (PVC).
Can still find a way to make what you want, tho. Just takes some doin’:
http://community.glowforge.com/t/can-glowforge-cut-record-album-silhouettes/1041
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Ooh, adding slump makes for all sorts of possibilities. How hot do you have to get the acrylic (i.e. what materials can you use for the “mold”)?
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No idea, cause I haven’t actually tried it yet.
I suspect that a heat gun will be necessary for the acrylic, and you wouldn’t want to slump them over anything but heavy Pyrex. (Or a tin can or something like that.)
The PLA slumped easily in a toaster oven, but I wouldn’t recommend doing acrylic in your oven.
Might make your toast taste funny. 
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Used this at my old job for heating stickers for easier removal and now I own one for home usage.
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004TUCV/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Looks like another tool acquisition is in store for me. Garage sales are perfect for these sorts of smaller tools.
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These are so handy and cheap. Worbla is also laser-able and a heat gun helps immensely in working with it.
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Yep, so many things you can do with heat guns. Also soldering.
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I have some worbla like material (no name brand) but haven’t tried laser cutting it yet. That needs to happen soon…lol
and I already have a heat gun 
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I’ll be interested to hear how it goes! Especially if it happens to be cheaper. 
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i generally stay away from harbor freight for anything that plugs in, rotate, or needs to last for more than a month, but I gotta say that I picked up their $10 heat gun about three years ago and it still functions great. Certainly beats using a Bic for heatshrink.
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Harbor freight is like WalMart. Good for certain things but not always quality. Although I will say I love the walmart brand salsa more than others…lol
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That’s good to know. I almost bought that heat gun a couple months ago but questioned the quality.
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I got it from my son in law that does DAG…he makes lightweight armor and stuff.
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Well it ain’t no Steinel, but for the price I’m happy. Of course, I may have lucked out… they tend to iterate with small changes (and possibly alternate factories). I have the one branded “Drill Master” and marked as “Item #92869”.
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Thanks for the clarification!