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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Cutter selection and/or hack s

From: "=?utf-8?B?UGllcnMgR29vZGhldw==?=" <piers@...>
Date: 2011-11-18

Where do you get that from?

(btw I did get some fr4 from eBay, a seller in Qingdong, and it's perfectly fine. 5 10∗15 (cm) sheets less than 10 bucks. Took a while to arrive as usual.)


PG

Sent from my phone, anything lewd or incomprehensible is probably autocorrect and not my fault.

----- Reply message -----
From: "Leon Heller" <leon355@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Cutter selection and/or hacks
Date: Fri, Nov 18, 2011 7:44 am


On 17/11/2011 15:43, DaveC wrote:
> This stuff is TOUGH! I scored with a utility knife, through the
> copper and well into the fiberglass. When I bent it over the edge of
> a table, it bowed a lot before finally breaking.

I use CEM-1 paper/fibre-glass laminate. It's ∗much∗ easier to cut and
drill than FR4.

Leon
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Leon Heller
G1HSM


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