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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] How to cut circuit boards?

2003-12-20 by Markus Zingg

>Any suggestions on cutting circuit boards. I have used a bandsaw, but
>it tends to be slow, dusty and inaccurate. I have tried paper shears,
>but the board tends to get warped and is only good for about two
>inches and it is too hard to cut any further.
>
>I have seen a few references to using a diamond tile saw.  They have
>wet tile saws with a diamond blade at home depot for $88 but it seems
>that the blade would get gummed up with epoxy and not cut.

I use the bench circular saw KS 115 from Proxxon with the diamond
blade NO 28 012 with good sucess. This little saw is having an adaptor
to connect a vacum cleaner to it and by doing so dust and dirt remains
within limits. The saw is definately not made to cut 50 boards a day
but should do fine for hobby use. The saw is not that expensive. A
little web search showed that it's aparently ~$130. The diamod blade
is a bit pricey ($35) but definately worth it.

www.proxxon.com 

HTH

Markus

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