[sdiy] Cutting PCB Material

[James Husted]

I know this will probably be frowned upon, but the fastest way is to use a
paper cutter. I have a 20" one that I've used many times and it works great.
I've even cut sheet metal with it (small gauges of course 22ga and such).
The only thing you have to worry about is the material creeping while being
cut (the stuff moves while cutting = not a right edge). That and your
fingers. A fast determined cut works best. I put mine on the floor, put the
piece on the surface, STAND on the piece, then while kneeling down like
this, cut smoothly and fairly quickly with a even movement. Works great.
After a lot of PCBs the thing won't cut paper well until sharpened, but
still works good. They sell them at art stores, and their fairly cheap.
-James
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on 11/2/01 3:57 PM, Scott Gravenhorst at music.maker at gte.net 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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