A wet tile saw works perfectly. I use one myself for cutting batches of PCB. I don't however use water in it, I use a facemask instead to stop the dust but it makes a lovely job of cutting FR4 and the white stuff. Dom ----- Original Message ----- From: To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 8:08 PM Subject: Re: [EE] Found Way to Cut PCBs > Yes, shears work well ... I used one at the local hospital. > > However, I think that a wet tile-saw would work very well, since the water > would > capture the dust. However, I have never actually tried one. Can anyone > comment? Should be cost competitive, as they seem to be on sale all the > time. > > David > > > Quoting Brooke Clarke : > >> Hi: >> >> For a number of years I've been looking for a low cost way to cut apart >> Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) and finally found it. A 12 inch bench >> mounted hand shear. >> http://www.prc68.com/I/12InShear.shtml >> It cuts boards with a very small amount of force on the 3 foot long >> lever. This means you do NOT need to bolt it to concrete or a heavy >> bench, like would be the case if you used it to cut steel plates. There >> are smaller sizes of shear and some or all of them may also work well. >> If you use one of the shorter shears for PCB cutting let me know which >> one you use. >> >> -- >> Have Fun, >> >> Brooke Clarke >> http://www.PRC68.com >> >> >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >> > > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist