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>From: "Phil" <phil1960us@...>
>Reply-To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
>To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: PCB Shear
>Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 17:30:25 -0000
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>Probably NOT what you are thinking of but I use this -
>http://www.grizzly.com/products/item.cfm?ItemNumber=G4011
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>It can do 30" wide PCBs! Though I typically use it for 4-6" wide
>stuff. :) It does a nice clean job on 062 FR4 stuff. However, it
>trashes phenolic (I'm not sure phenolic is actually shearable so it's
>probably not the fault of the machine).

I've heard that you can shear phenolic material if you heat it first, it
makes it less brittle.

Leon
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