10 sheets, one at a time, before they are worn out :-)

No, seriously, I'v used a simple "office/paper"
guillotine to cut between 0.05 mm and 0.80 mm laminate.

Probably OK for for hobby use, and do not expect it to
last forever.

For larger volumes I went to a metal shop and used the
2 m wide cutter (manual) there. But I did a couple
of 100's of cuts...

And it's not the copper but the fiber glass that is
hard and worns out the guillotine. It is fiber glass
(FR4) laminate you have ?

Jan-Erik.


Joe Farr wrote :

> Hi all,
>
> Has anybody tried using an office paper guillotine to cut PCB laminate ?
>
> A real cutter is quite expensive (for the amount of time I would need
> one), but I've seen some paper cutters quite cheap.
> They say they will cut up to 10 sheets - that's about 1mm, the PCB
> laminate I use is only 1.5mm, single sided.
> Once you remove the safety guards, they look a similar design.
>
>Any thoughts....

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