Alan,
I have used a tile saw with a slicing blade for a couple of years. It
does a good job. Be careful of your fingers. You can run it wet to keep
the dust under control, but it slings water. Or run it dry and put up
with the dust. I got the idea from someone on this list, although I
don't find the related emails at the moment.
The saw I use is a QEP 60084A 4-Inch Portable Wet Saw that I bought at
Lowe's for (as I recall) about $53. You can get a slicing blade (0.008
inches) for about $8.00 from
http://www.lopacki.com/sawblades/#f.The rip guide on my saw is not precisely parallel to the blade and thus
is not a satisfactory method to produce square cuts. I mark the PCB and
manually guide it. Again, be careful of your fingers!
Steve
On 11/16/2011 7:36 PM, alan00463 wrote:
> I have no shear. I have no vise. What can I use to cut PCB material? I'll start with 6" X 12" X 0.062" SINGLE SIDED PC BOARD.
> Is there a hack for cutting straight lines on this material
> without buying a shear?
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