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   From: ruffrecords@yahoo.com   
      
   Don Pearce wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > d   
      
      
   Thanks for the tip Don.   
      
   Cheers   
      
   Ian   
      
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