[sdiy] Cutting PCBs

[Tim Parkhurst]

On 8/30/07, Nicholas Gregorich <nicksdsu at mac.com> wrote:
> What do board houses use to cut boards? I really began to appreciate
> services that offer depanelization after I tried cutting PCBs myself. I
> ended up using a band saw at work which was hard to control and felt
> really unsafe. I sanded the edges to even them out.
>
> A nice feature of the LPKF prototyping machines is that they will route
> the outline of the board making depanelization really easy. Perhaps this
> similar to what a board house does?
>
> Nick.
> _______________________________________________

You hit the nail on the head - PCB houses use carbide routing bits to
depanelize boards. They also change them on a regular basis because a
dull router bit just makes a mess of things!


Tim (making a mess of things since 1959) Servo
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