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Subject: Re: Guillotine cutter

From: AncelB <mosaicmerc@...>
Date: 2016-01-23

For many years I used a carbide tile cutting scribe to score/snap PCBs.
But with thinner PCBs they bend and distort. So a shear might be better.
But they do NOT work on FR1 boards which are more rigid and more flat.

I recently switched to this 4" desktop saw for more precision and faster
'production' type work as I am starting a kit series.

The diamond blade is awesome and the product captures the dust by using
it in the same box it came in - cut down to access the table.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AEZ70AO?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00

PCB distortion and dimensional precision is critical when trying to
build cavity filters etc.

Ancel