Well, it is pretty hard to compete with puzzles, diatribes, and such.  
But thought that I would report on the results of cutting stripboard, 
boring as it may be.

I have a project which requires quite a few little boards, and the 
easiest way to do it is to buy a few large stripboards and cut them 
down.  The traditional wisdom (according to the Internet, which I think 
perhaps cannot always be trusted) is to use a ruler, a sharp blade, and 
"snap."

Not so.  I tried three different methods.  (a)  Ruler, blade, snap.  
(b)  A jigsaw.  (c)  A Dremel tool with a cutter blade.  The Dremel tool 
wins hands down.  The ruler,blade,snap fails because it is is very 
difficult to get that deep a score in a good quality board, and it 
doesn't break even.  The jigsaw fails because when you get down to a 
small piece, and have to hold one part in your hard, the jigsaw vibrates 
and wants to move in a sideways direction.

The Dremel tool, doing a complete cut from left to right, is quick, easy 
and extremely accurate.  I recommend a high RPM on it, but it it very 
easy to hold a small piece in your hand and cut it.

John
(p.s.  Just to get into the spirit of things:  "Cuba libre!"  And 
interpret it how you like.  :-)  And I'll just bet that I'm one of the 
few people on this list who have actually been to Cuba (twice).  Very 
nice people -- bad government, tho.
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