[sdiy] cutting pc boards

[John Luciani]

On 8/30/07, Paul Perry <pfperry at melbpc.org.au> wrote:
> Yeah, I was thinking about those lever style paper cutters - I have one here
> - they won't do at all.
> I also have a bandsaw form somewhere - the standard tabletop kind - and I've
> had a go with that, but it wasn't pleasant at all.
> I wouldn't care to saw up a populated SMT board with it, I can tell you!

I have had good results with an Olson 1/4" 6TPI regular tooth. A skip
tooth, a hook tooth
or less TPI would probably produce nasty results.

After cutting ~8-10 linear feet of FR4 the blade is useless for wood
and is *dangerous*.
I usually only use the bandsaw on FR4 if the blade is getting old.

(* jcl *)

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