BTW, for a great selection of shears, seach www.mcmaster.com for
'shears' (make sure to click on the [+] of each of the results to expand
the tree). Some of the shears are specified for PCB's.

Tal

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Alex Kilpatrick
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 12:41 PM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: [EE]: Cutting PCBs
>
>
> I guess this is EE....  Hmmm.
>
> Anyhow, there was a recent thread about cutting PCBs.  I
> tried something new on my latest order.  I laid down a tight
> row of the smallest pads I could create, marking the lines
> where I wanted the board to cut.  Then, I took a pair of tin
> snips, and cut along those holes.  It worked really well.  I
> had tried cutting just a regular board with tin snips before,
> and it took a *lot* of force, and was hard to get a clean,
> straight line.  With all the holes there, it cuts very
> easily, and perfectly straight.  Since the holes are so
> small, it leaves pretty close to a straight line cut.
>
> The place I order from (Express PCB) has a limit of 350
> holes, which hasn't been a problem yet.  YMMV.
>
> Hope this helps someone.
>
> Alex
>
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