I have tried 1/16 thick PCB material on a paper cutter (a good one) and would not recommend it. It will cut it but the amount of force required is high and the board tends to move during the cut making it difficult to cut straight. I have not had any PCB stock that is less than 1/16" but suspect it would work good for thin stock.
Chris
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Adam Seychell <a_seychell@...> wrote:
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> On 17/06/2010 11:41, sailingto wrote:
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> > I use a smaller size paper cutter, it works good on .032" and less. For
> > .062" and .050" it does "ok", but really need to slide PCB out about
> > middle ways so the board doesn't "twist" on cutting.
> >
> > Harbor Freight has two sizes, I have the small one, and am looking at
> > getting the large one.
> >
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> I've wondered about these paper cutters. Is it possible to apply enough
> force to cut 1.6mm (0.062") material in the middle of the blade ? My
> guess is this would put too much strain the paper cutter, but never
> tried it myself. How close can you cut to traces without risk damaging
> them ?
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