[sdiy] Cutting PCB Material

[patchell]

    Saws are fine.  You can cut a lot of fiber glass with a saw.

    Just don't do like I did on the first job I had.  I waltzed into the
machine shop with a copper clad pannel and cut it on the sheet metal
shear...you would have thought I had committed some sort of mortal sin
(well, to the machine shop guy, I did!).  Boy, was he pissed!

Scott Gravenhorst wrote:

> I need to cut a piece of pre-etched PCB in half so I
> can use the other half for something else later.  The
> package says "polyester glass".  I think I read
> (here) that this stuff is really abrasive and can wear
> out tools for cutting??  My intention was to use a coping
> saw, which is really the only tool I have for this other
> than simply holding it against a table edge and breaking
> it along a line of pre-drilled holes.  The material is
> cream colored if that makes a difference.  Will this
> ruin my saw blade?  The cut will be a little longer
> than 4 inches.  (René, I'm finally putting the 4069 VCO
> on a permanent board!).
>
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