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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] PCB cutter

From: Adam Seychell <a_seychell@...>
Date: 2010-06-17

On 17/06/2010 3:09, Simao Cardoso wrote:
>
> Don't hurt yourself. My fingers hurt just from seen your video (i have
> cut myself in power tools before).

Those diamond tile cutting blades are relatively smooth compared to a
toothed blade so if your finger happens to brush passed, you'll just
loose a layer of skin. One possibility I didn't think about is a finger
jammed where the blade travels down through the table top opening !

> My own opinion, is that if spending more money than in a carbide scriber
> or steel scissor to cut pcb's is better to spent it on a cnc router.

I agree. Sheet metal guillotines are expensive. They also stress the
PCB, and leave rough edge. I wanted something cheap, that cuts fairly
accurate but also very quick and no fuss like a guillotine. I'd think a
CNC machine would be too time consuming to use for doing just a few cuts.

Adam