Homebrew PCBs

Alan,

I have used a tile saw with a slicing blade for a couple of years. It 
does a good job. Be careful of your fingers. You can run it wet to keep 
the dust under control, but it slings water. Or run it dry and put up 
with the dust. I got the idea from someone on this list, although I 
don't find the related emails at the moment.

The saw I use is a QEP 60084A 4-Inch Portable Wet Saw that I bought at 
Lowe's for (as I recall) about $53. You can get a slicing blade (0.008 
inches) for about $8.00 from http://www.lopacki.com/sawblades/#f.

The rip guide on my saw is not precisely parallel to the blade and thus 
is not a satisfactory method to produce square cuts. I mark the PCB and 
manually guide it. Again, be careful of your fingers!

Steve

On 11/16/2011 7:36 PM, alan00463 wrote:
> I have no shear.   I have no vise.   What can I use to cut PCB material?   I'll start with 6" X 12" X 0.062" SINGLE SIDED PC BOARD.
> Is there a hack for cutting straight lines on this material
> without buying a shear?
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