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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Easy to machine circuit board?

From: JanRwl@...
Date: 2002-07-23

In a message dated 22-Jul-02 08:31:01 Central Daylight Time,
scott@... writes:


> Would this phenolic board be easier to cut than
> glass-epoxy board?


Yes. The cutters will last longer, provided that is not "glass-fiber
reinforced phenolic". It is the glass fibers in FR-4 that do-up cutters!
ONLY solid carbide drill-bits or router-bits can even be CONSIDERED to mill
glass-epoxy!


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