Homebrew PCBs

I have one since quite a number of years. To cut a few PCB'sit is 
expensive but I never tried as I cut them with a little table saw.!

Here I can cut and bend aluminum sheets up to 1.5mm thickness. The 
cutting quality is good. The bending at 90 deg angle is tedious to 
following the marking on the sheet and in fact does not bend completely 
at 90 degrees on a 1.5mm thickness, a bit better on 1mm thickness.

The handles are not the best for using the device as I have to knock on 
them with the palm of my hands because the lever is not long enough for 
the strength needed. I had to turn the two in aluminum.

All in all not a bad device if one is getting used to it and nice for 
relatively small pieces.

Jean-Claude

Am 24.01.2016 um 22:24 schrieb alan00463@... [Homebrew_PCBs]:
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> I found this PCB board cutter for a little less,
> http://www.grizzly.com/products/12-Combination-3-in-1-Sheet-Metal-Machine/T21320
> But weighs 114 #, so freight makes up a bunch of the price difference.
> Not sure--is 22 gauge steel thick enough to cut PCB's?   I don't know 
> the 22 gauge.    Plus it bends as well as shears.   And slip rolls, 
> whatever that means.     But I wouldn't buy it without a personal 
> recommendation.
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