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   On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:39:20 +0100, Ian Bell    
   wrote:   
      
   >keithr wrote:   
   >> Ian Bell wrote:   
   >>> I have just received a prototype PCB that I need to cut accurately to   
   >>> size (double Eurocard). This is well beyond my poor hack sawing skills   
   >>> so I am hoping there is someone not to far from me (Holt, UK) who has   
   >>> a band saw or something similar that I can use.   
   >>>   
   >>> Help?   
   >>>   
   >>> Cheers   
   >>>   
   >>> Ian   
   >>   
   >> Score the board deeply on both sides with a sharp scriber, snap the   
   >> board along the scribe line and neaten up with a file. Clamp a steel   
   >> rule to the board as a guide when scoring and practice on a piece of   
   >> scrap board first.   
   >>   
   >> The method is quick neat and accurate and requires no special skills,   
   >   
   >   
   >Thanks Keith. Several people have suggested this method so I am going to   
   >experiment on a piece of scrap and see how it goes.   
   >   
   And when you snap it, lay the board on a table edge, aligned with the   
   scoring. Apply more pressure to one end than the other and it will   
   kind of tear along the line rather than snap. It will all be under   
   much more control that way.   
      
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