Lee,

On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:54:15 +1100, Lee McLaren wrote:

> I have tried an electric tile cutter which looks like a saw blade 
> without teeth which is coated with something hard like diamonds, it work 
> ok but is slow and creates a lot of dust.

So much like them, that they *are* diamonds!  :-)  Don't breathe that dust - glass dust is really abrasive and 
will do your insides no good at all.

If you're doing the score-and-snap trick, clamp the good half (or the smaller, if they're both good) between 
flat jaws, about a couple of mm from the score line.  This helps prevent damage or bending.  And if there is 
any copper crossing the break-line, cut all the way through it before trying to snap, otherwise it may try to 
peel away from the board on one side or other.

Rather than use a Stanley knife ("Box cutter" for the left-ponders) the Olfa P-800 is much better - it's 
designed for scoring rather then cutting, and I get much better results and less scary slips with this!  The 
only problem is finding someone who sells them...

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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