I use a Prosnip S20 offset hand sheet metal shears to cut my circuit
boards. It does it clean and smooth. I always file the copper edges
of my bords to keep the burr edge from damaging my laminator. It also
ensures good contact between the transfer paper and the board.
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Young" <mikewhy@s...> wrote:
>
> Yup. Coming soon along with CAD package, both as built and done
"right".
> I'll wait till Monday to snap some pics. (My manicurist ran away,
along with
> the maid and gardener.)
>
> Great ideas, Allan. Simple is great.
>
> Mike.
>
> PS: I etched the first board this evening using the Pulsar newbie
kit. (Very
> fast etch times using their sponge trick. It was a touch over a
minute at
> room temperature on 1/2 oz. copper.) Good clean 10 mil traces and
spaces
> across most of the board. A small burr on the cut edge kept part of the
> transfer from bonding to the remainder. Not sure what to cut the
board with.
> I tried scissors, a fine toothed panel blade on the tablesaw blade,
and also
> mashed up the cutter wheel on the rotary paper trimmer in vain. I
think the
> past two days adds up to needing a throatless shear for the shop.
What do
> you guys use?
>
> Oh, and the "drill press" works beautifully. It cries out for a lock
in the
> up position, but the scrap board prop will work fine for a while.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Randy Ledyard" <rll_groups@a...>
> To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 2:20 AM
> Subject: RE: [Homebrew_PCBs] Minimalist drill press
>
>
> >
> > pics, man, pics
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
> >>
> >> Well, the tiny little drill bits arrived this afternoon,
> >> reminding me that I
> >> hadn't figured out yet how to put the RotoZip to work. I also
>