Alan,
Now that you mention it, I have a saw table I haven't used in years
that mounts a regular 7 - 7/14-in circular saw. The carbide blades
for those saws are pretty thick, since their application is not
usually fine finish work, but I haven't investigated diamond blades.
The diamond-edge tile saws are made to cut ceramic material, so I
figure they'll do pretty well on fiberglass-epoxy.
The reground router bits I use are carbide, and they have no problem
at all with the PC boards. In the meantime, I quickly dulled two
regular Dremel "hobby" bits drilling the stuff. The downside to the
box of 40 reground bit deals is that there are only 4 or five sizes
that I'd ever use, at least for PC boards. Still, they're very
economical when on sale.
Ted
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "alan00463" <alan00463@y...> wrote:
>
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Ted Bruce <kilocycles@y...> wrote:
> >
> > I'm still using the same two reconditioned HF bits
> > from their $9.95 box of bits package. Over 600 holes
> > drilled so far.
> >
> > Based on the comment as to how best to cut PC board
> > material, I'm looking at their $59.99 4" wet tile saw
> > with diamond blade. I have their sheet metal brake
> > and one of the famous circular punches, and I'm
> > satisfied with the quality.
> >
> > Ted Bruce KX4OM
>
> Let us know how that works on PC board. Now that you men-
> tioned it, I think I will see about getting a diamond blade
> for my table saw to cut PC board.
>
> Alan
>