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Subject: Re: How to cut circuit boards?

From: "javaguy11111" <javaguy11111@...>
Date: 2003-12-22

Thanks to all for the suggestions. I decided to get a cheap tile saw
at Home Depot and I am happy to say that it cuts very well and there
was virtually no dust.

There was a little bit of a copper burr on the edge, but that was
easily filed away.

One minor inconvenience was that the fence has a gap with the table so
the board could not rest directly against the fence, but a bit of
scrap circuit board clamped against the fence and flush to the table
fixed that.



--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "javaguy11111"
<javaguy11111@y...> wrote:
> Any suggestions on cutting circuit boards. I have used a bandsaw,
but
> it tends to be slow, dusty and inaccurate. I have tried paper
shears,
> but the board tends to get warped and is only good for about two
> inches and it is too hard to cut any further.
>
> I have seen a few references to using a diamond tile saw. They have
> wet tile saws with a diamond blade at home depot for $88 but it
seems
> that the blade would get gummed up with epoxy and not cut.