Could probably rig up a hose from a shop-vac to suck up most of the dust... -Pete On Feb 11, 2010, at 12:20 PM, Picbits Sales wrote: > 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 -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist