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Hand Graving Tools for PCB's

Hand Graving Tools for PCB's

2014-06-27 by bobledoux@...

Fine instruments and firearms have traditionally been hand engraved using a diagonally cut square piece of tool steel. 

Do we have any experience with this technique for circuit boards? 


I imagine a rounded tool bottom might produce a better groove between the copper surface and softer board.


Here is some info:


Engraving - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Engraving - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as whe...
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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Hand Graving Tools for PCB's

2014-06-27 by "Zoran A. Šćepanović"

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On 06/27/2014 09:58 PM, bobledoux@... [Homebrew_PCBs] wrote:
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> Fine instruments and firearms have traditionally been hand
> engraved using a diagonally cut square piece of tool steel.
>
> Do we have any experience with this technique for circuit boards?
>
>
> I imagine a rounded tool bottom might produce a better groove
> between the copper surface and softer board.
>
>
> Here is some info:
>
>
> Engraving - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engraving>
>


Do you have time in abundance?

- --
Best Regards
Zoran A. Scepanovic
zastos@...
+381 63 609-993


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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Hand Graving Tools for PCB's

2014-06-28 by David Lyon

Often when I need to make something, I just take some pcb that I have, then
add parts to get what I need.


On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 6:18 AM, "Zoran A. Šćepanović" zastos@...
[Homebrew_PCBs] <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> On 06/27/2014 09:58 PM, bobledoux@... [Homebrew_PCBs] wrote:
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> > Fine instruments and firearms have traditionally been hand
> > engraved using a diagonally cut square piece of tool steel.
> >
> > Do we have any experience with this technique for circuit boards?
> >
> >
> > I imagine a rounded tool bottom might produce a better groove
> > between the copper surface and softer board.
> >
> >
> > Here is some info:
> >
> >
> > Engraving - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engraving>
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> Do you have time in abundance?
>
> - --
> Best Regards
> Zoran A. Scepanovic
> zastos@...
> +381 63 609-993
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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Hand Graving Tools for PCB's

2014-06-28 by Peter Johansson


On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 3:58 PM, bobledoux@... [Homebrew_PCBs] <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

> Fine instruments and firearms have traditionally been hand engraved using a diagonally cut square piece of tool steel.
>
> Do we have any experience with this technique for circuit boards?

Not with this technique specifically, but with the increase in popularity of small CNC routers, more and more people are achieving a similar result through automated means.

-p.