Hi, thank you so much for your reply really helpful. My acrylic toppers would be food safe, and will be no thicker than 3mm. I now know after reading your reply that I need a laser cutter with all the built in cooling etc so I would be looking at paying that bit more and it's good to know a CO2 would be what I am looking for, and I (won't be buying a chinese one) safety is one of my main concerns. The cutting area would be 300 x 200mm, perfect size. So I shall now look into seeing what's out there and the software I can use to go with it. Have you any idea where I can start looking?

Kind Regards Karen