Homebrew PCBs

Hi Steve,

I might be able to do that.  But the air compressor is in the garage
shop, not the office!  I don't have a sandblasting cabinet, do you find
a lot of use for it?

Alan  KM6VV


Steve Greenfield wrote:
> 
> I was thinking that if you use one of those pencil die grinders,
> you could use the air exhaust to vacuum the dust up.
> 
> I have my little sandblasting cabinet set up with a small valve on
> the exhaust hose so that it acts as a vortex vacuum to blow the
> fine dust outside. Not very elegant, but it works.
> 
> Steve Greenfield
> 
> --- Alan Marconett KM6VV <KM6VV@...> wrote:
> > Hi John,
> >
> > I guess I'll have to do that.  I've used cardboard baffles to
> > keep brass
> > and aluminum dust/chips down, they normally just collect beside
> > the mill
> > in the tray the mill sits in.  I got a STACK of dust (and some
> > blew
> > around) from a PCB the size of a QUARTER!
> >
> > What do you think of Phenolic board?  Can you use it?  MUCH
> > cleaner, and
> > nicer on endmills!
> >
> > I'm also thinking I might set up a small "hand vacuum" to keep
> > THIS dust
> > down.
> >
> > Alan  KM6VV