They say that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

Without further ado, an actual record made from a tortilla playing "The Mexican Hat Dance" also known as "Jarabe Tapatío".

Why do this?

A while ago there was a satirical video featuring a tortilla jammed on top of a record player spindle.

In a way, it mocks the emerging trend and resurgence of vinyl and Record Store Day's tendency to release limited-run, colored records which are often resold for a much higher price by scalpers.

The video went viral and I wanted to see if I could actually make a tortilla record work without merely piping in some music in the background.

I was already familiar with cutting records on acrylic with a laser cutter for use in mechanical gramophones at 78 rpm, outlined in my instructable here.

https://www.instructables.com/id/Make-a-Playable-La...

It was in turn, modified from Amanda Ghassaei's instructable which was intended for 33 and 45 rpm on wood, paper, and acrylic.

https://www.instructables.com/id/Laser-Cut-Record/