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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: PCB cutting

From: Corey Minion <csminion@...>
Date: 2012-12-22

Why would fiberglass dull blades any faster than yellow or red brass or
any other metal for that matter?

If you want to cut boards on a tablesaw, I would recommend a plastics
and phenolics ready triple chip grind neg rake blade such as this one
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http://www.toolstoday.com/p-5968-industrial-quality-plastic-cutting-saw-blades.aspx?variantids=10261,0&
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On 12/21/2012 12:24 PM, Mars Bonfire wrote:
> I have the equivalent bench shear from Gizzly Tool...but in the 8" size (Grizzly didn't seem to carry the 12" anymore). Looks almost identical to the enco with a somewhat different design for the hold down.
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> If it is the same quality as the Grizzly, it is a great tool. I use it to shear everything from 1/8 plate down through 0.01" brass
> shim stock. The blades are hard and easily removable for resharpening which should be a snap. It should cut PCB like butter though I hate to dull the blade cutting glass fiber. For cutting PCBs are other plastics I use a Freud Diablo non-ferrous cutting 10" blade on a table saw (carbide, 80 tooth as I recall) it has a very interesting tooth profile and a low, if not negative "hook". Cuts plastic and aluminum plate like butter...virtually no burrs.
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> Steve
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