Homebrew PCBs

JanRwl@... wrote:
> In a message dated 12/9/2002 7:01:15 PM Central Standard Time, 
> rjshaw@... writes:
> 
>>It's difficult to get a nice smooth edge like a guillotine.  I use a small 
>>18" guillotine and it's the ultimate for doing pcb
>>off-cuts. It's very small, about the area of an A3 paper guillotine.
> 
> 
> I take it this "guilotine" is the European word for "paper cutter" such as is 
> used in offices and schools?  What kind of KNIFE - edges would you use?  
> Seems the HSS (if that!) blades those COME with wouldn't stay sharp past half 
> a dozen cuts!

It's a *real* guillotine with upper and lower shearing edges made from
hard 10mm thick ground steel. It can cut 1/16" soft materials like brass
and copper and 1/32" harder things like steel. It is all metal construction.
IIRC, there's small guillotines like this in Farnell or Radio Spares
catalogues. Mine was hand made by an engineer with nothing else to do;)