[sdiy] PCB cutting tool?

[Paul Higgins]

Wow, that's hardcore...a table saw??!!

More power to ya, I guess...  I thought I was hardcore, and I use a 
Dremel scroll saw!  (Works pretty well, actually, for the yellow 
phenolic perfboard).  You do have to be careful about the brittleness 
of the stuff.  I make sure the foot of the saw is pushing down pretty 
good on the board.  There's not much else you can do.  And don't force 
the work, let it feed itself in.  Phenolic sucks, it's just super 
brittle.

-PRH

On Sunday, May 2, 2004, at 08:44 PM, Scott Juskiw wrote:

>>  >    I'm throwing together a little stompbox and I'll probably end 
>> up using
>>> some cheap Radio Shack PCB for it. I'll probably have to cut it down 
>>> to
>>> size. Is there a preferred tool for this? What about methods? Do I 
>>> just cut
>>  >it up? I'm just worried about cracking the whole thing.
>
> I use a table saw to cut my boards. Then a belt sander to smooth the 
> edges.


Paul Higgins
email: higg0008 at tc.umn.edu