On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 6:45 PM, Clint Sharp<piclist@mit.edu> wrote:
> Whenever I've needed to cut PCB material at home I've used the straight
> edge and utility knife method, it works very well as long as you only
> need simple shapes, just make a few score lines on each side so the cuts
> get progressively deeper and then snap.
>
> A few practice pieces and you'll get to know how many cuts for a fairly
> clean snap, buy a pack of blades because fibreglass will blunt them
> rapidly.

Will the fibreglass dust created during the scoring process pose a threat?

> Smooth the edges with fairly coarse wet and dry 'sandpaper' (wet it
> because fibreglass dust is *not* nice when it's airborne) on a flat
> surface.

Good idea. Thanks!
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